title: High corn oil and high extra virgin olive oil diets have different effects on the expression of differentiation-related genes in experimental mammary tumors.
abstract: Dietary lipids can modify the clinical behavior and morphological features of experimental breast tumors. We previously demonstrated that a high corn oil diet has a tumor-enhancing effect in 7,12-dimethylbenz(alpha)anthracene (DMBA)-induced rat mammary adenocarcinomas, whereas a high olive oil diet acts as a negative modulator of carcinogenesis. In this study, we investigated whether these high fat diets modulate the expression of genes related to differentiation. Rats were induced with DMBA and fed a low fat diet, a high corn oil diet, a high olive oil diet, or both high fat diets. The expression levels of the mammary differentiation biomarkers alpha-casein, beta-casein and transferrin and of beta-actin and its transporter zipcode binding protein 1 (ZBP1) were analyzed by Northern and/or Western blot in the mammary adenocarcinomas. The high fat diets did not induce changes in the expression of caseins, while transferrin expression was increased as a result of the high olive oil diet. beta-actin mRNA levels were higher in the high fat diet groups, though no changes in the protein levels were observed. The expression of ZBP1, a protein reported as having a role in carcinogenesis, was significantly increased by the high corn oil diet. These results suggest that in this model caseins are not good biomarkers of the changes in tumor morphological differentiation conferred by the high fat diets. The modulation of transferrin and ZBP1 expression by the high olive oil and the high corn oil diets could be one of the mechanisms by which such diets have a different influence on mammary carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Medical School, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moral
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solanas
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grau
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vela
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escrich
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escrich
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000633:toxicity; D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D002364:Caseins / Q000235:genetics; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D003314:Corn Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014168:Transferrin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002273:Carcinogens; D002364:Caseins; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; C498634:Igf2bp1 protein, rat; D000069463:Olive Oil; D010938:Plant Oils; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014168:Transferrin; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D003314:Corn Oil