Immortalization of distinct human mammary epithelial cell types by human papilloma virus 16 E6 or E7.

AUTOR(ES)

Wazer, D E

RESUMO

Multiple mammary epithelial cell (MEC) types are observed both in mammary ducts in vivo and in primary cultures in vitro; however, the oncogenic potential of different cell types remains unknown. Here, we used human papilloma virus 16 E6 and E7 oncogenes, which target p53 and Rb tumor suppressor proteins, respectively, to immortalize MECs present in early or late passages of human mammary tissue-derived cultures or in milk. One MEC subtype was exclusively immortalized by E6; such cells predominated in late-passage cultures but were rare at early passages and apparently absent in milk. Surprisingly, a second cell type, present only in early-passage tissue-derived cultures, was fully immortalized by E7 alone. A third cell type, observed in tissue-derived cultures and in milk, showed a substantial extension of life span with E7 but eventually senesced. Finally, both E6 and E7 were required to fully immortalize milk-derived MECs and a large proportion of MECs in early-passage tissue-derived cultures, suggesting the presence of another discrete subpopulation. Identification of MECs with distinct susceptibilities to p53- and Rb-targeting human papillomavirus oncogenes raises the possibility that these cells may serve as precursors for different forms of breast cancer.

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