Estrogen regulates vascular endothelial growth/permeability factor expression in 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced rat mammary tumors

Endocrinology
J NakamuraA Brodie

Abstract

Vascular endothelial growth/permeability factor (VEG/PF) is expressed in some normal tissues and at high levels in a wide range of tumors. This growth factor is believed to be a key mediator of angiogenesis. Recent reports have shown that VEG/PF mRNA in the normal rat uterus is stimulated by estradiol (E2). In this study, we investigated the expression of VEG/PF in the mammary gland and 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA)-induced, hormone-dependent mammary tumor of the rat model, and also whether VEG/PF is regulated by E2. VEG/PF mRNA from tumor extracts was amplified by RT-PCR with VEG/PF primers and generated two main products which corresponded in size to those expected for VEG/PF 164 and 120. In some cases, a third product corresponding in size to that expected for VEG/PF 188 was also generated. No such PCR products were generated from equal amount of RNA from normal mammary tissue, rat brain, or liver. Using immunocytochemistry, VEG/PF expression was detected in the epithelial cells of the tumors. We developed an ELISA assay to measure VEG/PF protein concentrations and found a 4-fold difference between normal mammary glands (1.3 +/- 0.11 ng/mg protein) and tumors (4.44 +/- 0.66) (P < 0.01). E2 treatment (5 microg/rat, s....Continue Reading

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