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. 1991 Jul;82(7):815-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb02707.x.

Stimulatory effects of retinoic acid on tumor growth and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 in rats bearing estrogen-responsive pituitary tumor MtT/Se

B Roy  1 , P O Ogundigie, N Fujimoto, A Ito
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Stimulatory effects of retinoic acid on tumor growth and serum insulin-like growth factor-1 in rats bearing estrogen-responsive pituitary tumor MtT/Se

B Roy et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1991 Jul.

Abstract

MtT/Se is one of 4 cell lines derived from an estrogen-dependent pituitary tumor, MtT/F84. The main difference between these tumor types is that MtT/F84 secretes both growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) whereas MtT/Se secretes only GH. MtT/Se grew slowly in ovariectomized (ovex) rats, but tumor growth was much faster in estrogen-treated ovex rats. Effects of dietary retinoic acid (RA) on tumor growth, serum GH and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels were examined in ovex rats. Latency of tumor growth was shortened, and tumor take and weight were promoted by all-trans RA both in the presence and absence of exogenous estrogen. Serum GH and IGF-1 levels became increased in tumor-bearing rats whereas PRL levels remained unchanged. Serum IGF-1 levels exhibited a good correlation with tumor weights (r = 0.84). Our results suggest a close relationship between increase of tumor weight and stimulation of serum IGF-1 level by RA in tumor-bearing rats.

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