PMID- 19605689 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090720 LR - 20211020 IS - 1549-5477 (Electronic) IS - 0890-9369 (Print) IS - 0890-9369 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 14 DP - 2009 Jul 15 TI - Regulation of transgenes in three-dimensional cultures of primary mouse mammary cells demonstrates oncogene dependence and identifies cells that survive deinduction. PG - 1677-88 LID - 10.1101/gad.1801809 [doi] AB - The advent of targeted therapies for cancer has provoked interest in experimental models for the systematic study of oncogene dependence. To that end, we developed a three-dimensional (3D) culture system to analyze the responses of primary mouse mammary epithelial cells to the induction and deinduction of oncogenes. Mammary cells derived from normal virgin mice, or from tritransgenic mice (TetO-MYC;TetO-Kras(G12D);MMTV-rtTA) in which MYC and mutant Kras can be regulated by doxycycline, develop from single cells into polarized acini. Lumen formation occurs without apparent apoptosis, and the hollow spheres of cells enlarge by division, with metaphase plates oriented perpendicularly to the apical surface. When MYC and Kras(G12D) are induced, the acini enlarge and form solid, depolarized spheres. Upon deinduction of MYC and Kras(G12D) the solid structures regress, leaving a repolarized monolayer of viable cells. These cells display a phenotype consistent with progenitors of mammary epithelium: They exclude Hoechst dye 33342, and reform acini in 3D cultures and repopulate mammary fat pads more efficiently than cells harvested from uninduced acini. Moreover, cells in the surviving spheres retain the ability to respond to reinduction and thus may represent the type of cells that give rise to recurrent tumors. FAU - Jechlinger, Martin AU - Jechlinger M AD - Program in Cancer Biology and Genetics, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA. jechlinm@mskcc.org FAU - Podsypanina, Katrina AU - Podsypanina K FAU - Varmus, Harold AU - Varmus H LA - eng GR - P01 CA94060/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - K01 CA118731/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA094060/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 CA83084/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 CA083084/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30-CA 08748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Genes Dev JT - Genes & development JID - 8711660 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 0 (Benzimidazoles) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - N12000U13O (Doxycycline) RN - P976261J69 (bisbenzimide ethoxide trihydrochloride) SB - IM CIN - Nat Rev Cancer. 2009 Sep;9(9):613. PMID: 19705530 MH - Animals MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis MH - Benzimidazoles/metabolism MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Culture Techniques/*methods MH - Cell Division MH - Cell Survival/*physiology MH - Doxycycline/pharmacology MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Mammary Glands, Animal/*cytology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Oncogenes/*genetics MH - Stem Cells/cytology MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - Transgenes/*physiology PMC - PMC2714708 EDAT- 2009/07/17 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/21 09:00 PMCR- 2010/01/15 CRDT- 2009/07/17 09:00 PHST- 2009/07/17 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/01/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 23/14/1677 [pii] AID - 10.1101/gad.1801809 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Genes Dev. 2009 Jul 15;23(14):1677-88. doi: 10.1101/gad.1801809.