Tocotrienol‐rich fraction from palm oil affects gene expression in tumors resulting from MCF‐7 cell inoculation in athymic mice

Lipids - 2004
Kalanithi Nesaretnam1, Roberto Ambra2, Kanga Rani Selvaduray1, Ammu Kutty Radhakrishnan3, Karin Reimann1, Ghazali Abdul Razak1, Fabio Virgili2
1Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, 4300 Malaysia
2National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Rome, Italy
3International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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AbstractIt has recently been shown that tocotrienols are the components of vitamin E responsible for inhibiting the growth of human breast cancer cells in vitro, through an estrogen‐independent mechanism. Although tocotrienols act on cell proliferation in a dose‐dependent manner and can induce programmed cell death, no specific gene regulation has yet been identified. To investigate the molecular basis of the effect of tocotrienols, we injected MCF‐7 breast cancer cells into athymic nude mice. Mice were fed orally with 1 mg/d of tocotrienol‐rich fraction (TRF) for 20 wk. At end of the 20 wk, there was a significant delay in the onset, incidence, and size of the tumors in nude mice supplemented with TRF compared with the controls. At autopsy, the tumor tissue was excised and analyzed for gene expression by means of a cDNA array technique. Thirty out of 1176 genes were significantly affected. Ten genes were down‐regulated and 20 genes up‐regulated with respect to untreated animals, and some genes in particular were involved in regulating the immune system and its function. The expression of the interferon‐inducible transmembrane protein‐1 gene was significantly up‐regulated in tumors excised from TRF‐treated animals compared with control mice. Within the group of genes related to the immune system, we also found that the CD59 glycoprotein precursor gene was up‐regulated. Among the functional class of intracellular transducers/effectors/modulators, the c‐myc gene was significantly down‐regulated in tumors by TRF treatment. Our observations indicate that TRF supplementation significantly and specifically affects MCF‐7 cell response after tumor formation in vivo and therefore the host immune function. The observed effect on gene expression is possibly exerted independently from the antioxidant activity typical of this family of molecules.

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