Abstract
Background: In this study, we aimed to identify a novel extracellular proteinase ADAMTS-18 that could be a potential tumor suppressor gene. Results: We successfully constructed Adamts-18 knockout mice with BALB / c background. RT-PCR analysis showed syngeneic mammary tumor cell line 4 T1 per se has weakly endogenous ADAMTS-18 expression. Orthotopic inoculation of 4 T1 cells within the mammary fat pad of host mice, we found no significant difference in tumor growth and metastasis between Adamts-18 knockout mice and widetype control. Conclusions: We did not confirm that ADAMTS-18 in the host tissues is relevant for breast tumor progress in a murine 4 T1 breast cancer model.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Feb 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ADAMTS-18
- Breast cancer
- Knockout mice