DIETARY-FAT PROMOTES MAMMARY TUMORIGENESIS IN MMTV V-HA-RAS TRANSGENIC MICE

被引:21
作者
DEWILLE, JW
WADDELL, K
STEINMEYER, C
FARMER, SJ
机构
[1] The Ohio State University, The Ohio Sate University Biochemistry Program, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Columbus, OH 43210-1093
关键词
DIETARY FAT; TRANSGENIC MICE; ONCOGENE AMPLIFICATION; HYPOMETHYLATION;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3835(93)90033-6
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of dietary fat on mammary tumorigenesis in MMTV/v-Ha-ras transgenic mice. Female MMTV/v-Ha-ras transgenics were fed diets providing 0, 5 or 25% of calories from corn oil (CO). The mammary tumor incidence was 7% (0% CO), 36% (5% CO) and 52% (25% CO). Ras mRNA levels were increased in mammary tumors in the 25% CO group. The ras transgene was hypomethylated in mammary tumors, but not in liver or non-transformed mammary tissue. Mammary tumors expressed apolipoprotein E mRNA. Alterations in gene structure and expression in transgenic mice may suggest mechanisms by which dietary fat promotes mammary tumors.
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