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RANKリガンドは,プロゲスティン誘発の乳腺上皮増殖と発癌を媒介する
Eva Gonzalez-Suarez1, Allison P Jacob, Jon Jones
1Department of Hematology/Oncology Research, Amgen Inc, Seattle, Washington 98119, USA.
Nature
|October 1, 2010
まとめ
ランク・リガンド (RANKL) は乳腺の増殖と腫瘍の発達を,特にプロゲステロンによって誘導する. RANKLを阻害すると,乳腺腫瘍と新生前病変が減少し,増殖性乳腺疾患の治療の可能性を示唆します.
科学分野:
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
背景:
- RANK/RANKL経路は,オステオクラストोजेネシスと乳腺の発達に不可欠である.
- RANKLは,妊娠中のプロゲステロンに対する反応として,乳腺上皮増殖を媒介する.
- RANKLが乳がん腫瘍形成における直接的な役割は,以前は確立されていなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- 乳がん腫瘍形成におけるRANK/RANKL経路の機能的貢献を調査する.
- RANKLの阻害が乳がん腫瘍の発症を弱めるかどうかを判断する.
- ホルモン誘発の乳腺上皮増殖におけるRANKLの役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- 機能獲得研究のためにMMTV-RANKの変異性マウスを利用した.
- 機能喪失の研究のためにRANKLの薬理学的阻害を用いた.
- 評価された乳がん腫瘍発生率,新生前症および上皮増殖マーカー (例えば,サイクリンD1)
主要な成果:
- RANKとRANKLは,正常,前悪性,および腫瘍性乳腺上皮質で発現する.
- MMTV-RANKのトランスジェニックマウスは,加速された新形成前症候群と乳腺腫瘍の増加を示した.
- 薬理学的RANKL阻害は,複数のモデルで腫瘍の発達と乳腺上皮質の増殖を減少させた.
- RANKLの阻害により,サイクリンD1レベルが低下し,細胞サイクル進行が減少したことを示した.
結論:
- RANKLは,特にホルモン誘発の環境では,乳腺腫瘍形成を促進する直接的な役割を果たします.
- 乳がんの発生率の増加に対するプロゲステロンの貢献は,RANKLに依存する増殖によって媒介されます.
- RANKLの阻害は,増殖性乳腺疾患の潜在的な治療戦略を表しています.
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