title: Regulation of zinc transporters by dietary zinc supplement in breast cancer.
abstract: Zinc is essential for cell growth and is a co-factor for more than 300 enzymes, representing over 50 different enzyme classes. Two gene families have been identified involved in zinc homeostasis. ZnT transporters reduce intracellular zinc while ZIP transporters increase intracellular zinc. Previous studies have shown that zinc concentration in breast cancer tissues is higher than that in normal breast tissues. However, the mechanisms involved and the relations to zinc transporters are still unknown. A series of zinc transporters are characterized in this article and several of that are emphasized in view of their unique tissue-specific expressions. Established human breast cancer in a nude mice model is used. With a dietary zinc supplement treatment, ZnT-1 mRNA expression in established human breast cancer is raised by 24%, and is nearly 2 times of that in basal diet. ZIP1, ZIP2 and LIV-1 mRNA are the same between two treatment groups. Moreover, no significant changes of these zinc transporters expressions are found between differential breast cancer cell lines in the nude mice model. This is the first report, which detects the zinc transporters expressions in established human breast cancer in nude mice model. These results lead to the constitutive expression and response to zinc in different tissues. In addition to that, ZnT-1 seems to have played an important role in zinc homeostasis, even in breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: Daoxu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Lianying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaolei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Fu-Ai
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D047368:Tumor Burden; D023041:Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays; D015032:Zinc / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C017800:zinc-binding protein; D015032:Zinc