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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of caloric restriction on the incidence of mammary tumor development, the levels of the expression of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)- and prolactin-RNA, as well as the levels of serum prolactin, were investigated in virgin RIII/Sa mice, a strain known to display a high incidence of spontaneous mammary tumor development. Of the 54 mice fed a low-calorie (LC; 10 kcal/day) diet containing low fat (LF; 5% corn oil) for a period of 72 weeks, only seven mice were found to develop mammary tumors, an incidence of 13%. By contrast, the cumulative tumor incidence in a similar sized group of mice, fed a high-calorie (HC; 16 kcal/day) low fat-containing diet was 73%. Estimation of the relative levels of MMTV-RNA, as determined by Northern and slot blot hybridizations, in the mammary glands of mice fed LCLF and HCLF diets for 8, 10, 16, 28, and 36 weeks revealed that the LCLF diet-fed mice expressed 4-15-fold less RNA than the HCLF diet-fed mice. Interestingly, however, the LCLF diet did not appear to exert any effect on the expression of prolactin RNA even though it reduced the levels of serum prolactin. We suggest that in RII/Sa mice the modulation of MMTV-induced mammary tumors by dietary calorie is linked to the secretion of serum prolactin which, in turn, affects the replication of MMTV required for mammary cell transformation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-3835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-211
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary regulation of mammary tumorigenesis in RIII/Sa mice: investigation of a possible mechanism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2400.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't