Differential gene expression in a murine model of cancer cachexia

Constance L. Monitto, Dan Berkowitz, Kyoung Min Lee, Pin Sokhon, Daqing Li, Michael Breslow, Bert O'Malley, Martin Schiller

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Abstract

Murine adenocarcinoma 16 (MAC16) tumors and cell lines induce cachexia in NMRI nude mice, whereas histologically similar MAC13 tumors do not. After confirming these findings in BALB/c nude mice, we demonstrated that this tissue wasting was not related to decreased food intake or increased total body oxidative metabolism. Previous studies have suggested that MAC16's cachexigenic properties may involve the production of tumor-specific factors. We therefore screened for genes having increased expression in the MAC16 compared with the MAC13 cell line by performing hybridization to a murine cDNA expression array, by generation and comparison of cDNA libraries from each cell line, and by PCR-based subtractive hybridization. Northern blot hybridization was performed to confirm differences in transcript expression. Transcripts encoding insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4, cathepsin B, ferritin light and heavy chain, endogenous long-terminal repeat sequences, and a viral envelope glycoprotein demonstrated increased expression in the MAC16 cell line. The roles of a number of these genes in known metabolic pathways identify them as potential participants in the induction of cachexia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)E289-E297
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume281
Issue number2 44-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • Murine adenocarcinoma 13 and 16 cells
  • cDNA expression array

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Physiology
  • Physiology (medical)

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