TY - JOUR
T1 - ER and PR in renomedullary interstitial cells during syrian hamster estrogen-induced tumorigenesis
T2 - Evidence for receptor-mediated oncogenesis
AU - Li, Jonathan J.
AU - Weroha, Saravut John
AU - Davis, Marilyn F.
AU - Tawfik, Ossama
AU - Hou, Xiaoying
AU - Li, Sara Antonia
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The estrogen-induced and -dependent Syrian hamster renal tumor is the most intensively studied model in estrogen carcinogenesis. Yet, it remains confounding that the kidney of this species behaves as an estrogen target tissue. As both reproductive and urinary systems arise from the same germinal ridge, we propose that some of the germinal cells, normally destined for the uterus, migrate and establish themselves in the renal corticomedullary region in this hamster strain. These ectopically located germinal cells remain dormant unless exposed to estrogen. Supporting this contention, a subset of renal interstitial cells, primarily located in the corticomedullary region, express PR after only 2 wk and ERα after 1.5-3.0 months of estrogen treatment. AS treatment continues, groups of cells of the renal interstitium and small and large renal tumors show ERα+ and PR+ staining. Although ERα and PR isoform profiles in estrogen-treated hamster kidneys are distinctly different from corresponding uterine patterns, both receptor isoform profiles in primary renal tumors closely resemble those seen in hamster uteri. Renal ERα protein and mRNA expression increased after 2.0 and 4.0 months of estrogen treatment and in all renal tumors examined. Using nuclear image cytometry, both early small and large renal tumors were highly aneuploid, indicating that genomic instability is probably a critical early event in estrogen carcinogenesis.
AB - The estrogen-induced and -dependent Syrian hamster renal tumor is the most intensively studied model in estrogen carcinogenesis. Yet, it remains confounding that the kidney of this species behaves as an estrogen target tissue. As both reproductive and urinary systems arise from the same germinal ridge, we propose that some of the germinal cells, normally destined for the uterus, migrate and establish themselves in the renal corticomedullary region in this hamster strain. These ectopically located germinal cells remain dormant unless exposed to estrogen. Supporting this contention, a subset of renal interstitial cells, primarily located in the corticomedullary region, express PR after only 2 wk and ERα after 1.5-3.0 months of estrogen treatment. AS treatment continues, groups of cells of the renal interstitium and small and large renal tumors show ERα+ and PR+ staining. Although ERα and PR isoform profiles in estrogen-treated hamster kidneys are distinctly different from corresponding uterine patterns, both receptor isoform profiles in primary renal tumors closely resemble those seen in hamster uteri. Renal ERα protein and mRNA expression increased after 2.0 and 4.0 months of estrogen treatment and in all renal tumors examined. Using nuclear image cytometry, both early small and large renal tumors were highly aneuploid, indicating that genomic instability is probably a critical early event in estrogen carcinogenesis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034875304&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0034875304&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1210/endo.142.9.8355
DO - 10.1210/endo.142.9.8355
M3 - Article
C2 - 11517180
AN - SCOPUS:0034875304
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 142
SP - 4006
EP - 4014
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 9
ER -