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. 1979 Jul;31(1):63–72. doi: 10.1128/jvi.31.1.63-72.1979

Induction of mouse mammary tumor virus RNA in mammary tumors of BALB/c mice treated with urethane, X-irradiation, and hormones.

R Michalides, L van Deemter, R Nusse, P Hageman
PMCID: PMC353422  PMID: 228060

Abstract

The involvement of mouse mammary tumor virus (MTV) in the development of mammary tumors of nonviral etiology in BALB/c mice was studied by measuring the levels of MTV RNA, MTV DNA, and MTV proteins in spontaneously arising and hormonally, chemically, and/or physically induced mammary tumors of BALB/c females. The following results were obtained. (i) Spontaneous mammary tumors contained very low levels of MTV RNA; 4 X 10(-6)% of the the cytoplasmic RNA was MTV RNA. No MTV proteins could be demonstrated by using sensitive radioimmunoassays for MTV proteins p27 and gp52. (ii) Mammary tumors induced by treatments with urethane or X-irradiation alone contained higher levels of MTV RNA; these tumors contained 3- and 19-fold more MTV RNA, respectively, compared with spontaneous mammary tumors. (iii) Mammary tumors induced by combined treatment with urethane and X-irradiation expressed high levels of MTV RNA in the mammary tumors; a 1,724-fold increase in MTV RNA content compared with spontaneous mammary tumors was observed. However, very low levels of MTV proteins gp52 and p27 were detected, suggesting some kind of impairment at the translation of the MTV RNA. MTV RNA was also induced by this treatment in mammary glands and spleens, but not in the livers of tumor-bearing animals. (iv) Balb/c females continuously exposed to prolactin contained high levels of MTV RNA and MTV proteins in stimulated mammary glands and in the hormonally induced mammary tumors. These findings suggest that MTV is not responsible for the maintenance and probably also not for the development of all murine mammary cancers.

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