Parity reduces mammary repopulating activity but does not affect mammary stem cells defined as CD24 + CD29/CD49fhi in mice

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BCa) mortality is decreasing with early detection and improvement in therapies. The incidence of BCa, however, continues to increase, particularly estrogen-receptor-positive (ER +) subtypes. One of the greatest modifiers of ER + BCa risk is childbearing (parity), with BCa risk halved in young multiparous mothers. Despite convincing epidemiological data, the biology that underpins this protection remains unclear. Parity-induced protection has been postulated to be due to a decrease in mammary stem cells (MaSCs); however, reports to date have provided conflicting data.

METHODS: We have completed rigorous functional testing of repopulating activity in parous mice using unfractionated and MaSC (CD24midCD49fhi)-enriched populations. We also developed a novel serial transplant method to enable us to assess self-renewal of MaSC following pregnancy. Lastly, as each pregnancy confers additional BCa protection, we subjected mice to multiple rounds of pregnancy to assess whether additional pregnancies impact MaSC activity.

RESULTS: Here, we report that while repopulating activity in the mammary gland is reduced by parity in the unfractionated gland, it is not due to a loss in the classically defined MaSC (CD24+CD49fhi) numbers or function. Self-renewal was unaffected by parity and additional rounds of pregnancy also did not lead to a decrease in MaSC activity.

CONCLUSIONS: Our data show instead that parity impacts on the stem-like activity of cells outside the MaSC population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Breast cancer research and treatment - 183(2020), 3 vom: 16. Okt., Seite 565-575

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dall, Genevieve V [VerfasserIn]
Vieusseux, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Seyed-Razavi, Yashar [VerfasserIn]
Godde, Nathan [VerfasserIn]
Ludford-Menting, Mandy [VerfasserIn]
Russell, Sarah M [VerfasserIn]
Ashworth, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Robin L [VerfasserIn]
Risbridger, Gail P [VerfasserIn]
Shackleton, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Britt, Kara L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Integrin beta1
Journal Article
Mammary fat pad transplants
Parity
Stem cells

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.06.2021

Date Revised 23.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10549-020-05804-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312725027