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The combination of tamoxifen and the rexinoid LG100268 prevents ER-positive and ER-negative mammary tumors in p53-null mammary gland mice.

Abstract
In pursuit of effective therapeutic agents for the estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, we previously showed that bexarotene reduced mammary tumor development by 75% in ErbB2 mice. To further improve the effectiveness of breast cancer prevention, we have now investigated the effects of a combinatorial therapy consisting of two cancer preventive drugs. On the basis of the hypothesis, rexinoid LG100268 plus tamoxifen would more effectively prevent the development of both ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancer. We treated p53-null mammary gland mice with tamoxifen and LG100268, individually and in combination. By 60 weeks of age, vehicle-treated mice developed tumors in 52% of transplanted mammary glands, whereas mice treated with tamoxifen and LG100268 developed tumors in only 13% of transplanted mammary glands. To further define the mechanistic effects of this combinatorial treatment, we investigated the effects of tamoxifen and LG100268 on mammary tissue biomarkers. In mammary tissue harvested before tumor development, the proliferation markers Ki67 and cyclin D1 were significantly reduced in mice treated with the combination therapy. In addition, the rexinoid target genes ABCA1 and ABCG1 were induced in both the rexinoid and combination treatment groups, whereas expression remained constant in tamoxifen group. These results show that tamoxifen-LG100268 combinatorial treatment is more effective in preventing mammary tumors than either agent alone. In addition, these studies have identified relevant tissue biomarkers that can be used to show the effect of these agents on mammary tissue. These results support the development of clinical trials of antiestrogen and rexinoid combinatorial therapy for the prevention of patients with high-risk breast cancer.
AuthorsAbhijit Mazumdar, Daniel Medina, Francis S Kittrell, Yun Zhang, Jamal L Hill, David E Edwards, Reid P Bissonnette, Powel H Brown
JournalCancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Cancer Prev Res (Phila)) Vol. 5 Issue 10 Pg. 1195-202 (Oct 2012) ISSN: 1940-6215 [Electronic] United States
PMID22926341 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents
  • Nicotinic Acids
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Tetrahydronaphthalenes
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Tamoxifen
  • LG 100268
Topics
  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents (pharmacology)
  • Female
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental (metabolism, pathology, prevention & control)
  • Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse (genetics)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nicotinic Acids (pharmacology)
  • RNA, Messenger (genetics)
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Receptors, Estrogen (metabolism)
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tamoxifen (pharmacology)
  • Tetrahydronaphthalenes (pharmacology)
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 (physiology)

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