All mice used in this study were maintained on a C57BL/6 background and housed in a non-barrier facility. Wildtype C57BL/6 female mice were purchased from Jackson Laboratories. CDH5-CreERT2 mice and animals with Rptor or Rictor floxed alleles were sourced and maintained as described previously4 ,71 (link). Tsc2 floxed mice were generated and provided by Kevin Ess (Vanderbilt University Medical Center76 (link). Animals were genotyped for Cre or floxed alleles of Rptor, Rictor, or Tsc2 alleles using the primers listed in Extended Data Table 1. To induce endothelial-specific deletion of Rptor, Rictor, or Tsc2, tamoxifen (T5648, Sigma) was reconstituted in sunflower seed oil (S5007, Sigma) and administered intraperitoneally (i.p.) for five consecutive days in 7 to 12-week-old mice at a final dose of 2 mg/mouse, as previously described4 . tamoxifen was administered beginning four days after intravenous tumor cell inoculation.
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