Development of metabolic and contractile alterations in development of cancer cachexia in female tumor-bearing mice

Abstract

Our study demonstrates divergent tumor development and tissue wasting within 3- and 4-wk mice, where approximately half the mice developed large tumors and subsequent cachexia. Unlike previous male studies, where metabolic perturbations precede the onset of cachexia, females appear to exhibit protections from the metabolic perturbations and cachexia development. Our data provide novel evidence for divergent cachectic development in tumor-bearing female mice compared with previous male CC studies, suggesting different mechanisms of CC between sexes.