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Apoptotic cell death in the lactating mammary gland is enhanced by a folding variant of alpha-lactalbumin

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Summary, in English

Apoptosis is essential to eliminate secretory epithelial cells during the involution of the mammary gland. The environmental regulation of this process is however, poorly understood. This study tested the effect of HAMLET (human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells) on mammary cells. Plastic pellets containing HAMLET were implanted into the fourth inguinal mammary gland of lactating mice for 3 days. Exposure of mammary tissue to HAMLET resulted in morphological changes typical for apoptosis and in a stimulation of caspase-3 activity in alveolar epithelial cells near the HAMLET pellets but not more distant to the pellet or in contralateral glands. The effect was specific for HAMLET and no effects were observed when mammary glands were exposed to native a-lactalbumin or fatty acid alone. HAMLET also induced cell death in vitro in a mouse mammary epithelial cell line. The results suggest that HAMLET can mediate apoptotic cell death in mammary gland tissue.

Publiceringsår

2004

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

1221-1228

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volym

61

Issue

10

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Birkhäuser Verlag

Ämne

  • Cell Biology

Nyckelord

  • involution
  • caspase
  • HAMLET
  • breast cancer
  • apoptosis
  • alpha-lactalbumin
  • protein folding

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1420-9071