| First Author | Dourdin N | Year | 2008 |
| Journal | Cancer Res | Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 7 | Pages | 2122-31 |
| PubMed ID | 18381417 | Mgi Jnum | J:133305 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3778243 | Doi | 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5727 |
| Citation | Dourdin N, et al. (2008) Phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 deficiency accelerates tumor induction in a mouse model of ErbB-2 mammary tumorigenesis. Cancer Res 68(7):2122-31 |
| abstractText | Loss of the tumor suppressor phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) and amplification or elevated expression of ErbB-2 are both involved in human breast cancer. To directly test the importance of these genetic events in mammary tumorigenesis, we have assessed whether mammary-specific disruption of PTEN could cooperate with activation of ErbB-2. Transgenic mice expressing ErbB-2 under the transcriptional control of its endogenous promoter (ErbB-2(KI)) were interbred with mice carrying conditional PTEN alleles and an MMTV/Cre transgene. Loss of one or both PTEN alleles resulted in a dramatic acceleration of mammary tumor onset and an increased occurrence of lung metastases in the ErbB-2(KI) strain. Tumor progression in PTEN-deficient/ErbB-2(KI) strains was associated with elevated ErbB-2 protein levels, which were not due to ErbB-2 amplification or to a dramatic increase in ErbB-2 transcripts. Moreover, the PTEN-deficient/ErbB-2(KI)-derived mouse mammary tumors display striking morphologic heterogeneity in comparison with the homogeneous pathology of the ErbB-2(KI) parental strain. Therefore, inactivation of PTEN would not only have a dramatic effect on ErbB-2-induced mammary tumorigenesis but would also lead to the formation of mammary tumors that, in part, display pathologic and molecular features associated with the basal-like subtype of primary human breast cancer. |
