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Breast cancer results from a complex interplay of genetics and environment that alters immune and inflammatory systems to promote tumorigenesis. Obesity and cigarette smoking are well-known risk factors associated breast cancer development. Nicotine known to decrease inflammatory signals also modulates immune responses that favor breast cancer development. However, the mechanisms by which nicotine and obesity contribute to breast cancer remain poorly understood. In this study, we examined potential mechanisms by which nicotine (NIC) and high-fat diet (HFD) promote growth of HCC70 and HCC1806 xenografts from African American (AA) triple negative (TN) breast cancer cells. Immunodeficient mice fed on HFD and treated with NIC generated larger HCC70 and HCC1806 tumors when compared to NIC or HFD alone. Increased xenograft growth in the presence of NIC and HFD was accompanied by higher levels of tissue-resident macrophage markers and anti-inflammatory cytokines including IL4, IL13, and IL10. We further validated the involvement of these players by in vitro and ex vivo experiments. We found a proinflammatory milieu with increased expression of IL6 and IL12 in xenografts with HFD. In addition, nicotine or nicotine plus HFD increased a subset of mammary cancer stem cells (MCSCs) and key adipose browning markers CD137 and TMEM26. Interestingly, there was upregulation of stress-induced pp38 MAPK and pERK1/2 in xenografts exposed to HFD alone or nicotine plus HFD. Scratch-wound assay showed marked reduction in proliferation/migration of nicotine and palmitate-treated breast cancer cells with mecamylamine (MEC), a nicotine acetylcholine receptor (nAchR) antagonist. Furthermore, xenograft development in immune-deficient mice, fed HFD plus nicotine, was reduced upon cotreatment with MEC and SB 203580, a pp38MAPK inhibitor. Our study demonstrates the presence of nicotine and HFD in facilitating an anti-inflammatory tumor microenvironment that influences breast tumor growth. This study also shows potential efficacy of combination therapy in obese breast cancer patients who smoke.
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Alimentación Animal , Antiinflamatorios/farmacología , Neoplasias de la Mama/inducido químicamente , Dieta Alta en Grasa , Nicotina/farmacología , Animales , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular , Femenino , Humanos , Imidazoles/farmacología , Inflamasomas , Inflamación , Neoplasias Mamarias Animales/inducido químicamente , Neoplasias Mamarias Animales/patología , Mecamilamina/química , Ratones , Trasplante de Neoplasias , Células Madre Neoplásicas/metabolismo , Nicotina/química , Nicotina/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo/efectos de los fármacos , Piridinas/farmacología , Regulación hacia Arriba , Proteínas Quinasas p38 Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismoRESUMEN
Mild testicular heating safely and reversibly suppresses spermatogenesis. In this study, we attempted to clarify the underlying molecular mechanism(s) involved in heat-induced spermatogenesis suppression in human testis. We conducted global proteomic analyses of human testicular biopsies before, and at 2 and 9 wk after heat treatment. Thirty-one and Twenty-six known proteins were identified with significant differential expression at 2 and 9 wk after heat treatment, respectively. These were used to characterize the cellular and molecular events in the testes when seminiferous epithelia became damaged (2 wk) and recovered (9 wk). At 2 wk post-treatment, the changed expression of a series of proteins could promote apoptosis or suppress proliferation and cell survival. At 9 wk post-treatment, the changed expression of proteins mainly promoted cell proliferation, differentiation and survival, but resisted cell apoptosis. Among those heat-regulated proteins, HNRNPH1 was selected for the further functional study. We found that HNRNPH1 was an anti-apoptosis protein that could regulate the expression of other heat-induced proteins. In conclusion, heat-induced reversible suppression of spermatogenesis occurred by modulating the expression of proteins related to proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and cell survival pathways. These differentially expressed proteins were found to be key molecular targets affecting spermatogenesis after heat treatment.
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Proteoma/metabolismo , Espermatogénesis , Testículo/metabolismo , Animales , Apoptosis , Biopsia , Línea Celular , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Ribonucleoproteína Heterogénea-Nuclear Grupo F-H/genética , Ribonucleoproteína Heterogénea-Nuclear Grupo F-H/metabolismo , Calor , Humanos , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos ICR , Proteoma/genética , ARN Interferente Pequeño/genéticaRESUMEN
XXY men (Klinefelter syndrome) are testosterone deficient, socially isolated, exhibit impaired gender identity, and may experience more homosexual behaviors. Here, we characterize social behaviors in a validated XXY mouse model to understand mechanisms. Sociability and gender preference were assessed by three-chambered choice tasks before and after castration and after testosterone replacement. Metabolomic activities of brain and blood were quantified through fractional synthesis rates of palmitate and ribose (GC-MS). XXY mice exhibit greater sociability than XY littermates, particularly for male mice. The differences in sociability disappear after matching androgen exposure. Intact XXY, compared with XY, mice prefer male mice odors when the alternatives are ovariectomized female mice odors, but they prefer estrous over male mice odors, suggesting that preference for male mice may be due to social, not sexual, cues. Castration followed by testosterone treatment essentially remove these preferences. Fractional synthesis rates of palmitate are higher in the hypothalamus, amygdala, and hippocampus of XXY compared with XY mice but not with ribose in these brain regions or palmitate in blood. Androgen ablation in XY mice increases fractional synthesis rates of fatty acids in the brain to levels indistinguishable from those in XXY mice. We conclude that intact XXY mice exhibit increased sociability, differences in gender preference for mice and their odors are due to social rather than sexual cues and, these differences are mostly related to androgen deficiency rather than genetics. Specific metabolic changes in brain lipids, which are also regulated by androgens, are observed in brain regions that are involved in these behaviors.
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Encéfalo/metabolismo , Síndrome de Klinefelter/metabolismo , Conducta Social , Testosterona/metabolismo , Animales , Conducta de Elección , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Síndrome de Klinefelter/genética , Síndrome de Klinefelter/psicología , Masculino , Metabolómica , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Odorantes , Palmitatos/análisis , Palmitatos/metabolismo , Ribosa/análisis , Ribosa/metabolismo , Conducta Sexual Animal/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Modulating germ cell death and survival have significant therapeutic potential for male infertility and contraception. We have shown previously that IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) gene expression is up-regulated in human testis when germ cell apoptosis is induced by intratesticular hormonal deprivation created by testosterone administration. Humanin (HN) is a binding partner of IGFBP3, and both are expressed in rat testes. We therefore hypothesized that IGFBP3, a proapoptotic factor, and HN, an antiapoptotic factor, are important regulators of male germ cell apoptosis. Whereas baseline apoptosis in the testis was equivalent between Igfbp3 knockout and wild-type mice, treatment with GnRH antagonist (GnRH-A) for 2 wk induced germ cell apoptosis in wild type, which was dramatically reduced in Igfbp3 knockout mice. To investigate the direct effects of IGFBP3 and HN on germ cell apoptosis, intratesticular administration of IGFBP3 for 5 d in rats induced a 4.2- and 3.8-fold increase in apoptosis at stages VII-VIII and XIV-I of the seminiferous epithelium cycle, respectively. GnRH-A treatment for 5 d increased apoptosis, mainly at stages VII-VIII. Addition of IGFBP3 to GnRH-A treatment enhanced apoptosis to 39.3-fold at stages VII-VIII, which was higher than either treatment alone. Intratesticular injection of HN significantly decreased GnRH-A-induced apoptosis at stages XIV-I but not stages VII-VIII. We conclude that IGFBP3 and HN play key roles in the coordinated regulation of testicular germ cell homeostasis. Perturbation of this interaction is important in enhancing or preventing germ cell death, providing new targets for future therapies.
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Apoptosis , Células Germinativas/fisiología , Proteína 3 de Unión a Factor de Crecimiento Similar a la Insulina/fisiología , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intracelular/fisiología , Espermatozoides/fisiología , Animales , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Apoptosis/genética , Antagonismo de Drogas , Femenino , Células Germinativas/efectos de los fármacos , Células Germinativas/metabolismo , Hormona Liberadora de Gonadotropina/análogos & derivados , Hormona Liberadora de Gonadotropina/farmacología , Inyecciones Subcutáneas , Proteína 3 de Unión a Factor de Crecimiento Similar a la Insulina/administración & dosificación , Proteína 3 de Unión a Factor de Crecimiento Similar a la Insulina/genética , Proteína 3 de Unión a Factor de Crecimiento Similar a la Insulina/farmacología , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intracelular/farmacología , Masculino , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Ratones Noqueados , Ratas , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Espermatozoides/citología , Espermatozoides/efectos de los fármacos , Espermatozoides/metabolismo , Testículo/anatomía & histología , Testículo/efectos de los fármacos , Testículo/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Treatment with injectable testosterone undecanoate (TU) alone or in combination with oral levonorgestrel (LNG) resulted in marked decreases in sperm concentrations. In this study, we used proteomic analyses to examine the cellular/molecular events occurring in the human testis after TU or TU + LNG treatment. We conducted a global proteomic analysis of the human testicular biopsies before and at 2 weeks after TU alone or TU + LNG treatment. Proteins showing significant changes in expression were identified and analyzed. As a result, 17 and 46 protein spots were found with significant differential expression after the treatment with TU alone and TU + LNG, respectively. TU treatment changed the expression of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K), proteasome inhibitor PI31 subunit (PSMF1), and superoxide dismutase [Mn] mitochondrial precursor (SOD2). These proteins inhibit "assembly", induce cell death, and promote compensatory "cell survival" in the testis. After TU + LNG treatment, "proliferation/cell survival" and "apoptosis/death" were the predominant responses in the testis. TU + LNG treatment inhibited the expression of Prolyl 4-hydroxylase beta subunit (P4HB) and Annexin A2 (Annexin II). These proteins are involved in apoptosis and cell proliferation, respectively. TU + LNG treatment also enhanced the expression of SOD2 and Parvalbumin alpha (Pvalb). These two proteins may protect testicular cells against apoptosis/death and promote cell survival. In conclusion, TU and TU + LNG treatments suppress spermatogenesis through different pathways by changing the expression of different proteins. hnRNP K, PSMF1, SOD2, P4HB, Annexin II, and Pvalb, are key proteins that may be early molecular targets responsible for spermatogenesis suppression induced by hormone treatment.
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Anticonceptivos Masculinos/administración & dosificación , Levonorgestrel/administración & dosificación , Proteoma , Testículo/metabolismo , Testosterona/análogos & derivados , Administración Oral , Biopsia , Western Blotting , Quimioterapia Combinada , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Inyecciones Subcutáneas , Masculino , Mapeo Peptídico , Espectrometría de Masa por Láser de Matriz Asistida de Ionización Desorción , Testículo/patología , Testosterona/administración & dosificaciónRESUMEN
To assess adult stem cell differentiation in the testis, we injected bone marrow cells from adult green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic mice into the seminiferous tubules and the testicular interstitium of busulfan-treated wild-type or c-kit mutant (W/W(v)) mice. Ten to 12 weeks after transplantation, we examined the fate of the transplanted bone marrow cells and found that they survived in recipient testes. In both the busulfan-treated and W/W(v) mice, some of the GFP-positive donor cells had a Sertoli cell appearance and expressed follicle-stimulating hormone receptor within the seminiferous tubules. In addition, GFP-positive donor cells were found in the interstitium of recipient testes, and they expressed the cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc). In the seminiferous tubules of busulfan-treated mice, GFP-positive donor cells had the appearance of spermatogonia or spermatocytes and expressed VASA. However, this was not found in the seminiferous tubules of W/W(v) mice. We conclude that adult bone marrow cells, in a favorable testicular environment, differentiate into somatic and germ cell lineages. The resident neighboring cells in the recipient testis may control site-appropriate stem cell differentiation. This clinically relevant finding raises the possibility for treatment of male infertility and testosterone deficiency through the therapeutic use of stem cells.