Project description:Tamoxifen is a non-steroidal anti-estrogenic drug widely used for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer in women; however, there is evidence that tamoxifen is hepatocarcinogenic in rats, but not in mice. Additionally, it has been reported that tamoxifen may cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in humans and experimental animals. The goals of the present study were to (i) investigate the mechanisms of the resistance of mice to tamoxifen-induced hepatocarcinogenesis, and (ii) clarify effects of tamoxifen on NAFLD-associated liver injury. Feeding female WSB/EiJ mice a 420 p.p.m. tamoxifen-containing diet for 12 weeks resulted in an accumulation of tamoxifen-DNA adducts, (E)-M-NM-1-(deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-tamoxifen (dG-TAM) and (E)-M-NM-1-(deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-N-desmethyltamoxifen (dG-DesMeTAM), in the livers. The levels of hepatic dG-TAM and dG-DesMeTAM DNA adducts in tamoxifen-treated mice were 578 and 340 adducts/108 nucleotides, respectively, while the extent of global DNA and repetitive elements methylation and histone modifications did not differ from the values in control mice. Additionally, there was no biochemical or histopathological evidence of NAFLD-associated liver injury in mice treated with tamoxifen. A transcriptomic analysis of differentially expressed genes demonstrated that tamoxifen caused predominantly down-regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism genes accompanied by a distinct over-expression of the lipocalin 13 (Lcn13) and peroxisome proliferator receptor gamma (PparM-NM-3), which may prevent the development of NAFLD. The results of the present study demonstrate that the resistance of mice to tamoxifen-induced liver carcinogenesis may be associated with its ability to induce genotoxic alterations only without affecting the cellular epigenome and an inability of tamoxifen to induce the development of NAFLD. Female and male WSB/EiJ mice were fed diet containing 420 p.p.m. tamoxifen for 12 weeks, and then tamoxifen-DNA adduct formation and gene expression profiles in the livers from four control and four tamoxifen-treated mice were investigated.

Project description:Administration of tamoxifen (TAM) as breast cancer adjuvant therapy is associated with a 50% reduction in breast cancer risk and an increase in endometrial cancer risk. To investigate underlying mechanisms, we documented TAM-induced gene expression changes in cultured normal human mammary epithelial cell (NHMEC) strains (numbered 5, 16 and 40) established from tissue taken at reduction mammoplasty from three different individuals. Cells exposed to 0 and 10 uM TAM for 48 hours were evaluated for survival, TAM-DNA adduct formation by TAM-DNA chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA), and gene expression changes using DNA-oligonucleotide microarray and real time reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). At 48 hr, cells exposed to 10 uM TAM were 78% viable, respectively, and there were no measurable TAM-DNA adducts (limit of detection [LOD] = 0.3 adducts/10^8 nucleotides). For microarray analysis, RNA was extracted from cells exposed on three occasions to 10 uM TAM and the corresponding oligonucleotide probes were labeled with fluorescent dyes and hybridized to NCI microarrays (>20,000 human genes). Expression changes of > 3-fold were considered significant, and by these criteria, thirteen genes were up-regulated and one was down-related in NHMEC strain 16, seventeen genes were up-regulated in strain 05, and eleven genes were up-regulated in strain and 40. Elements that were up-regulated in all three cell strains included several interferon-induced genes (IFITM1, IFIT1, IFNA1, MXI and GIP3), and a potassium ion channel (KCNJ1). No significant expression changes were found for genes related to estrogen or xenobiotic metabolism. RT-PCR revealed TAM-induced up-regulation of the five genes of interest, and interferon á (IFNA1), in all three NHMEC strains, with the exception of GIP3 and MX1, which were unchanged in strain 40. The magnitude of TAM-induced up-regulation ranked: strain 16 > strain 05> strain 40. The consistent induction of interferon-related genes in all three NHMEC strains suggests that, in addition to hormonal effects, TAM exposure may enhance immune response, through interferon induction, in normal breast tissue. RNA was extracted from three cell strains (NHMEC 98016, 98040 and 99005) and exposed on three separate occasions to 10 uM TAM. Comparisons were made using 16 arrays with 8 dye swaps for cell strain NHMEC 99005, 9 arrays with 4 dye swaps for NHMEC 98016, and 12 arrays with 6 dye swaps for NHMEC 98040.

Project description:Administration of tamoxifen (TAM) as breast cancer adjuvant therapy is associated with a 50% reduction in breast cancer risk and an increase in endometrial cancer risk. To investigate underlying mechanisms, we documented TAM-induced gene expression changes in cultured normal human mammary epithelial cell (NHMEC) strains (numbered 5, 16 and 40) established from tissue taken at reduction mammoplasty from three different individuals. Cells exposed to 0 and 10 uM TAM for 48 hours were evaluated for survival, TAM-DNA adduct formation by TAM-DNA chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA), and gene expression changes using DNA-oligonucleotide microarray and real time reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR). At 48 hr, cells exposed to 10 uM TAM were 78% viable, respectively, and there were no measurable TAM-DNA adducts (limit of detection [LOD] = 0.3 adducts/10^8 nucleotides). For microarray analysis, RNA was extracted from cells exposed on three occasions to 10 uM TAM and the corresponding oligonucleotide probes were labeled with fluorescent dyes and hybridized to NCI microarrays (>20,000 human genes). Expression changes of > 3-fold were considered significant, and by these criteria, thirteen genes were up-regulated and one was down-related in NHMEC strain 16, seventeen genes were up-regulated in strain 05, and eleven genes were up-regulated in strain and 40. Elements that were up-regulated in all three cell strains included several interferon-induced genes (IFITM1, IFIT1, IFNA1, MXI and GIP3), and a potassium ion channel (KCNJ1). No significant expression changes were found for genes related to estrogen or xenobiotic metabolism. RT-PCR revealed TAM-induced up-regulation of the five genes of interest, and interferon á (IFNA1), in all three NHMEC strains, with the exception of GIP3 and MX1, which were unchanged in strain 40. The magnitude of TAM-induced up-regulation ranked: strain 16 > strain 05> strain 40. The consistent induction of interferon-related genes in all three NHMEC strains suggests that, in addition to hormonal effects, TAM exposure may enhance immune response, through interferon induction, in normal breast tissue.

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Genotoxic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic effects of tamoxifen in mouse liver

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