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Influence of corn oil and diet on body weight, survival, and tumor incidences in F344/N rats.

Abstract
Amount and type of fat and energy density of diets may influence tumor incidences. The purpose of this report is to summarize the influence of corn oil gavage and different nonpurified diets on spontaneous tumor incidences in 64 diet and 59 corn oil gavage control groups in two-year studies involving approximately 6,100 control Fischer 344 rats of each sex. The maximum mean body weight attained during the course of the study, survival at 106 weeks of age, and spontaneous tumor incidences of groups fed different nonpurified diets with or without corn oil gavage were summarized and evaluated for differences. Male rats fed NIH-07 open-formula diet with or without corn oil gavage had significantly higher body weight, lower survival, and higher incidence of pancreatic acinar cell tumors than rats fed commercial proprietary diets with or without corn oil gavage. Female rats fed NIH-07 diet with or without corn oil gavage had significantly higher body weights and pancreatic tumor incidences than groups fed commercial diets. Time-related trends could account for other apparent differences in tumor incidences between the groups fed commercial and NIH-07 diets. Corn oil gavage significantly increased the body weight and pancreatic tumor incidences but decreased the incidence of leukemia, a lethal tumor, which resulted in higher survival in male rats. Corn oil gavage significantly lowered the body weight and anterior pituitary tumor incidence in female rats. The pancreatic acinar cell tumor incidence appears to be due to a combination of fat intake and body weight.
AuthorsG N Rao, J K Haseman
JournalNutrition and cancer (Nutr Cancer) Vol. 19 Issue 1 Pg. 21-30 ( 1993) ISSN: 0163-5581 [Print] United States
PMID8446512 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Dietary Fats
  • Corn Oil
Topics
  • Animals
  • Body Weight
  • Corn Oil (administration & dosage, adverse effects)
  • Dietary Fats (adverse effects)
  • Female
  • Food, Formulated (adverse effects)
  • Leukemia, Experimental (etiology)
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Experimental (etiology)
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms (etiology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Survival Rate

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