Effects of dietary fat and a vegetable-fruit mixture on the development of intestinal neoplasia in the ApcMin mouse |
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Authors: | van Kranen HJ; van Iersel PW; Rijnkels JM; Beems DB; Alink GM; van Kreijl CF |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Health Effects Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. henk.van.kranen@rivm.nl |
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Abstract: | The variation in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence worldwide strongly
suggests a role for dietary influences. Based on epidemiological data,
protective effects of vegetables and fruit intake on CRC are widely
claimed, while other data indicate a possible increased CRC risk from
(higher) dietary fat intake. Therefore, we have investigated single and
interactive effects of dietary fat and a vegetable-fruit mixture (VFM) in
the ApcMin mouse, a mouse model for multiple intestinal neoplasia. In this
study, four different diets (A-D) were compared, which were either low in
fat (20% energy diets A/B) or high in fat (40% energy diets C/D). In
addition, 19.5% (wt/wt) of the carbohydrates in diets B and D were replaced
by a freeze-dried VFM. The diets were balanced so that they only differed
among each other in fat/carbohydrate content and the presence of specific
plant-constituents. Because the initiation of intestinal tumors in ApcMin
mice occurs relatively early in life, exposure to the diets was started in
utero. Without the addition of VFM, mice maintained at a high-fat diet did
not develop significantly higher numbers of small or large intestinal
adenomas than mice maintained at a low-fat diet. VFM added to a low-fat
diet significantly lowered multiplicity of small intestinal polyps (from
16.2 to 10.2/mouse, 15 animals/group), but not of colon tumors in male
ApcMin mice only. Strikingly, addition of VFM to female mice maintained on
a low-fat diet and to both sexes maintained on a high-fat diet
significantly enhanced intestinal polyp multiplicity (from 16.5 to 26.7
polyps/mouse). In conclusion, our results indicate that neither a lower fat
intake nor consumption of VFM included in a high-fat diet decreases the
development of polyps in mice genetically predisposed to intestinal tumor
development.
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