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A High Omega-3 Fatty Acid Diet Mitigates Murine Pancreatic Precancer Development
- Source :
- Journal of Surgical Research. 165:75-81
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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Abstract
- Background Diets containing omega-3 (ω-3) fat have been associated with decreased tumor development in the colon, breast, and prostate. We assessed the effects of a diet rich in ω-3 fat on the development of pancreatic precancer in elastase (EL)-Kras transgenic mice and examined the effect of an ω-3 fatty acid on pancreatic cancer cells in vitro. Materials and Methods Two cohorts of EL-Kras mice were fed a high ω-3 fat diet (23% menhaden oil) for 8 and 11 mo and compared with age-matched EL-Kras mice fed standard chow (5% fat). Pancreata from all mice were scored for incidence and frequency of precancerous lesions. Immunohistochemistry was performed for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) to assess proliferative index in lesions of mice fed either a high ω-3 or standard diet. In vitro, the effect of the ω-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), on two pancreatic cancer cell lines was assessed. Cancer cell proliferation was assessed with an MTT assay; cell cycle analysis was performed by flow cytometry; and apoptosis was assessed with annexin/PI staining. Results The incidence, frequency, and proliferative index of pancreatic precancer in EL-Kras mice was reduced in mice fed a high ω-3 fat diet compared with mice fed a standard chow. In vitro, DHA treatment resulted in a concentration-dependent decrease in proliferation through both G1/G0 cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis. Conclusions A high ω-3 fat diet mitigates pancreatic precancer by inhibition of cellular proliferation through induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pancreatic disease
Proliferative index
Apoptosis
Biology
Article
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Mice
Internal medicine
Pancreatic cancer
Fatty Acids, Omega-3
medicine
Animals
Omega 3 fatty acid
Unsaturated fatty acid
Cell Proliferation
chemistry.chemical_classification
Pancreatic Elastase
Cell Cycle
Fatty acid
medicine.disease
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Pancreatic Neoplasms
medicine.anatomical_structure
Endocrinology
chemistry
Docosahexaenoic acid
Female
Surgery
Pancreas
Precancerous Conditions
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00224804
- Volume :
- 165
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Surgical Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0480ae202e96b8b4fc3246a95275d6dd