Colon tumor promotion: is it a selective process? Effects of cholate, phytate, and food restriction in rats on proliferation and apoptosis in normal and aberrant crypts.
Promotion would suppose the selection of initiated cells. We tested the selection of aberrant crypt cells by cholic acid, a colon cancer promoter, and the effect of protectors, phytate and food restriction. After an azoxymethane injection, rats were allocated to a control diet, or to supplements of cholic acid, sodium phytate, or to a 50% food restriction. The proliferation and apoptosis of 1200 crypts were assessed, after immuno-staining for BrdU. Cholic acid increased the proliferation of aberrant crypts but not of normal crypts. Phytate and food restriction decreased the proliferation of normal crypts, but not of aberrant crypts. Apoptosis was not affected by diets. Results support the hypothesis that cholic acid can select initiated cells in the colon.
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Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Laboratoire de Sécurité des Aliments, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France.
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D019826:Cholic Acid; D002793:Cholic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003106:Colon / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D010833:Phytic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D002793:Cholic Acids; D010833:Phytic Acid; D019826:Cholic Acid