Endurance Training Attenuates Angiogenesis Following Breast Cancer by Regulation of MiR-126 and MiR-296 in Breast Cancer Bearing Mice

In recent decades, various studies have shown a relationship between exercise and decreased mortality in patients with breast cancer. However, potentially involved molecular mechanisms are yet to be detected.
The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of endurance training on gene expression of miR-126, miR-296, HGS and protein expression of VEGF-A, in the tumor tissues of breast cancer bearing mice.
Twelve laboratory female BALB/c mice, weighing 19 ± 1.05 g, were randomly divided into two groups of 6 each; that is, endurance training and control, after inducing cancer by subcutaneous injection with MC4-L2 into their right sides. Each session of endurance training involves 60-min of running on a treadmill at an intensity of 60% - 65% VO2max, five days a week for 10 weeks. Twenty-four hours after the last exercise session, the mice are sacrificed and the genes expression is measured.
Endurance training caused a significant decrease in miR-296 (P Data from this study demonstrate that endurance training can significantly decreases tumor growth in BALB/c mice. Endurance training mediates its effects through reduction of level of the vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) and VEGF receptors (VEGFR) in tumor tissue.