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n-3 and n-6 fatty acid processing and growth effects in neoplastic and non-cancerous human mammary epithelial cell lines.

Abstract
The type rather than the amount of dietary fat may be more important in breast carcinogenesis. While animal studies support this view, little is known about the effects of essential fatty acids (EFAs) at the cellular level. The MCF-7 breast cancer and the MCF-10A non-cancerous human mammary epithelial cell lines are compared in terms of growth response to EFAs and ability to incorporate and process the EFAs. Eicosapentaenoic (EPA, n-3) and docosahexaenoic (DHA, n-3) acids, presented bound to albumin, inhibited the growth of MCF-7 cells by as much as 50% in a dose-dependent manner (6-30 microM) in medium containing 0.5% serum. alpha-Linolenic (LNA, n-3) and arachidonic (AA, n-6) acids inhibited growth less extensively, while linoleic acid (LA, n-6) had no effect. In contrast, MCF-10A cells were not inhibited by any of the EFAs at levels below 24 microM. The differential effects of AA, EPA and DHA on MCF-7 and MCF-10A cells support a protective role of highly unsaturated essential fatty acids against breast cancer. The EFAs were primarily incorporated into phosphoglycerides. MCF-7 cells showed chain elongations and possibly delta 8 desaturation, but no AA was formed from LA, nor EPA or DHA from LNA. In contrast, MCF-10A cells desaturated and elongated the exogenous EFAs via all the known pathways. These findings suggest defects in the desaturating enzymes of MCF-7 cells. LNA, DHA and AA presented to MCF-7 cells in phospholipid liposomes inhibited growth as extensively as albumin-bound free acids, but were less extensively incorporated, suggesting different mechanisms of inhibition for the two methods.
AuthorsS I Grammatikos, P V Subbaiah, T A Victor, W M Miller
JournalBritish journal of cancer (Br J Cancer) Vol. 70 Issue 2 Pg. 219-27 (Aug 1994) ISSN: 0007-0920 [Print] England
PMID8054269 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Dietary Fats
  • Fatty Acids, Essential
  • Liposomes
  • Phospholipids
Topics
  • Breast (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Breast Neoplasms (chemically induced, metabolism)
  • Cell Division (drug effects, physiology)
  • Cell Line
  • Dietary Fats (adverse effects, metabolism)
  • Epithelium (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Fatty Acids, Essential (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Liposomes
  • Phospholipids
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured (drug effects)

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