Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide and pharmaceutical agents have therapeutic and preventive effects in breast cancer. The human epidermal growth factor receptor 2/neu is one of the most important oncogenes in human breast cancer. Prepubertal exposure to endogenous estradiol and a phytoestrogen, genistein (Gen), has been shown to reduce future breast cancer risk. Gen downregulates tyrosine kinase regulated protein expression and reduces prostate cancer. In this study, the effects of prepubertal exposure to Gen on rat mammary carcinogenesis and the erbB2/Akt signal pathway were investigated. Prepubertal female Sprague-Dawley rats were daily exposed to Gen at 125 mg/kg (Gen-1) and 500 mg/kg (Gen-5) from postnatal days 22-28. Subsequently, the rats were given a single dose of 100 mg/kg 7.12-dimethylbenz [a] anthracene on postnatal day 42 to induce mammary tumor. The mRNA expression of erbB2 and amplified in breast cancer 1 (AIB1) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The protein levels of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), erbB2, phosphotyrosine protein, Akt, and p-Akt were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. The activity of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) was detected by liquid scintillation counting. The percentage of rats with mammary tumors in breast cancer model (BCM), Gen-1, and Gen-5 was 71.43, 52.38, and 33.34%, respectively. The incidence of 7.12-dimethylbenz [a] anthracene-induced mammary tumors significantly decreased in Gen-5 compared with that in BCM. The mRNA levels of AIB1 and erbB2 and the protein levels of erbB2, p-Akt, and PCNA protein expression were downregulated for a long time in the mammary tumors in Gen-5 groups. The activity of PTK was also decreased for a long time. However, the total Akt protein expression did not change significantly among BCM, Gen-1, and Gen-5. Prepubertal exposure of Sprague-Dawley female rats to 500 mg/kg Gen can reduce later breast cancer risk and its protective effect is associated with persistent downregulation of the expression of erbB2, p-Akt, AIB1, and PCNA and with low PTK activity in the mammary tumor. Our results suggest that erbB2/Akt signaling plays a role in tumor formation and targeting erbB2/Akt signaling with prepubertal exposure to Gen may provide greater efficacy to the current therapies used to treat tumors.

2006-10-01·Endocrinology2区 · 医学

Neonatal Exposure to the Phytoestrogen Genistein Alters Mammary Gland Growth and Developmental Programming of Hormone Receptor Levels

2区 · 医学

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作者: Jefferson, Wendy N. ; Padilla-Banks, Elizabeth ; Newbold, Retha R.

Developmental effects of genistein (Gen) on the mammary gland were investigated using outbred female CD-1 mice treated neonatally on d 1–5 by sc injections at doses of 0.5, 5, or 50 mg/kg·d. Examination of mammary gland whole mounts (no. 4) before puberty (4 wk) revealed no morphological differences in development after Gen treatment. However, mice treated with Gen-50 had stunted development characterized by less branching at 5 wk and decreased numbers of terminal end buds at 5 and 6 wk. Conversely, at 6 wk, Gen-0.5-treated mice exhibited advanced development with increased ductal elongation compared with controls. Measurements of hormone receptor levels showed increased levels of progesterone receptor protein and estrogen receptor-β mRNA in Gen-0.5-treated mice compared with controls; ERα expression was decreased after all doses of Gen treatment. Lactation ability, measured by pup weight gain and survival, was not affected after neonatal Gen-0.5 and Gen-5. Mice treated with Gen-50 did not deliver live pups; therefore, lactation ability could not be determined. Evaluation of mammary glands in aged mice (9 months) showed no differences between Gen-0.5-treated mice and controls but mice treated with Gen-5 and Gen-50 exhibited altered morphology including reduced lobular alveolar development, dilated ducts, and focal areas of “beaded” ducts lined with hyperplastic ductal epithelium. In summary, neonatal Gen exposure altered mammary gland growth and development as well as hormone receptor levels at all doses examined; higher doses of Gen led to permanent long-lasting morphological changes.

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