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The effects of topical and oral L-selenomethionine on pigmentation and skin cancer induced by ultraviolet irradiation.

Abstract
This study was conducted to determine whether oral and/or topical selenium (Se) supplementation can reduce the incidence of acute and/or chronic damage to the skin (i.e., sunburn and pigmentation and/or skin cancer, respectively) induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation in mice. Groups of 38 BALB:c female mice or 16 Skh:2 hairless pigmented mice were treated with 1) lotion vehicle, 2) 0.02% L-selenomethionine (SeMet) lotion, or 3) vehicle and 1.5 ppm SeMet in the drinking water. Within each group, 30 BALB:c mice or 12 Skh:2 mice were given UV irradiation (Westinghouse FS 40 bulbs) three times per week in doses of 0.575 and 0.24 J/cm2, respectively. The animals' weights and food intakes and the Se concentrations of skin and liver were measured. Skin biopsies were taken from the backs and abdomens of all animals to evaluate the relative amounts of Se and the damage by UV irradiation. Skin pigmentation was scored, and the total number of clinically detectable skin tumors per animal was counted weekly. Results showed that the skin Se concentrations in areas of application of the lotion containing SeMet were greater than those of animals given comparable oral doses, while the Se concentrations of untreated skin and liver were similar to those of animals receiving oral Se. Mice treated with Se showed no signs of toxicity and had significantly less skin damage by UV irradiation, as indicated by reduced inflammation and pigmentation and by later onset and lesser incidence of skin cancer.
AuthorsK E Burke, G F Combs Jr, E G Gross, K C Bhuyan, H Abu-Libdeh
JournalNutrition and cancer (Nutr Cancer) Vol. 17 Issue 2 Pg. 123-37 ( 1992) ISSN: 0163-5581 [Print] United States
PMID1584707 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Selenomethionine
Topics
  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Administration, Oral
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Animals
  • Eye (radiation effects)
  • Female
  • Mice
  • Mice, Hairless
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced (etiology, prevention & control)
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Selenomethionine (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
  • Skin Neoplasms (etiology, prevention & control)
  • Skin Pigmentation (drug effects, radiation effects)
  • Ultraviolet Rays (adverse effects)

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