Xenoestrogens alter mammary gland differentiation and cell proliferation in the rat.
Open Access
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 103 (7-8) , 708-713
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.95103708
Abstract
We investigated mammary gland differentiation and cell proliferation in rats after acute exposure to xenoestrogens. Pubertal female Sprague-Dawley rats (six/group) were treated for 1 week with diethylstilbestrol (DES), genistein, o,p'-DDT, Aroclor 1221, Aroclor 1254, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), or the vehicle, sesame oil. Animals were killed 18 hr after the last treatment. Analysis of mammary whole-mounts revealed that exposure to DES, genistein, and o,p'-DDT resulted in enhanced gland differentiation and increased epithelial cell proliferation as measured by proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry, TCDD treatment inhibited cell proliferation and gland development. Aroclor 1221 and Aroclor 1254 treatments had slight but not statistically significant effects on cell proliferation and mammary gland development. We conclude that DES, genistein, and o,p'-DDT given to pubertal rats act as morphogens; i.e., they increase cell proliferation, which promotes maturation of the undifferentiated terminal end buds to more differentiated lobular terminal ductal structures.Keywords
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