title: Interactions between 4-HPR and diet in NMU-induced mammary tumorigenesis.
abstract: The present study was designed to determine whether the chemopreventive effect of the synthetic retinoid N(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR) on mammary tumorigenesis was influenced by diet. Three diets were used: the closed-formula grain-based Wayne Lab Blox, the open-formula grain-based NIH-07, and the casein-based semipurified AIN-76A. Groups of 25 virgin female F-344 rats were fed the experimental diets beginning one week before a single injection of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU, 45 mg/kg body wt i.v.) at 50 days of age. The experimental design was as follows: Group 1, unsupplemented AIN-76A; Group 2, AIN-76A supplemented with 4-HPR starting seven days before NMU until termination (-7); Group 3, AIN-76A supplemented with 4-HPR seven days after NMU until termination (+7); Group 4, Wayne (no 4-HPR); Group 5, Wayne (4-HPR, -7); Group 6, Wayne (4-HPR, +7); Group 7, NIH-07; Group 8, NIH-07 (4-HPR, -7). 4-HPR [782 mg/kg diet (2 mM)] was given to all supplemented groups. Termination was 25 weeks post-NMU. Analysis of tumor incidence, multiplicity, and latency indicated that 1) control rats fed the AIN-76A diet exhibited significantly higher mammary tumor yields than rats fed unsupplemented natural-ingredient diets (Wayne and NIH-07) and 2) 4-HPR inhibited mammary tumor development in the two grain-based diets but enhanced tumor development in the AIN-76A diet. Animals fed the AIN-76A diet gained weight to a greater extent than those fed the Wayne or NIH-07 diets and exhibited lower levels of circulating 4-HPR.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY 10595.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saa-Pabon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meschter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D002523:Edible Grain; D005260:Female; D017313:Fenretinide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008770:Methylnitrosourea; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D017313:Fenretinide; D008770:Methylnitrosourea