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Effect of wheat bran fiber on the development of mammary tumors in female intact and ovariectomized rats treated with 7,12‐dimethylbenz(a)anthracene and in mice with spontaneously developing mammary tumors
Author(s) -
Zile Maija H.,
Welsch Clifford W.,
Welsch Margaret A.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980130)75:3<439::aid-ijc18>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - 7,12 dimethylbenz[a]anthracene , ovariectomized rat , dmba , mammary gland , bran , endocrinology , mammary carcinoma , medicine , biology , estrogen , cancer , carcinoma , breast cancer , carcinogenesis , raw material , ecology
We examined the effect of consumption of graded increases of dietary fiber (soft white wheat bran) on the development of mammary gland carcinomas in intact female Sprague‐Dawley rats during the promotion stage of carcinogenesis, induced with 7,12‐dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA). The percent of rats with mammary carcinomas, the total number of mammary carcinomas and the mean number of mammary carcinomas per rat were reduced significantly at all fiber levels examined compared to rats fed a control diet. Inclusion of 9.6% fiber in the diets of ovariectomized rats that had been treated with a single i.v. dose of 2.5 mg DMBA/100 g body weight 2 weeks prior to removal of the ovaries resulted in a significant decrease of carcinomatous and benign mammary tumors compared to ovariectomized rats fed a control diet. Development of spontaneous mammary carcinomas in virgin C 3 H/HeOuJ female mice and growth of a transplantable mammary gland tumor in such mice were reduced by inclusion of 9.6% fiber in the diet, a reduction that was significant or just barely missed significance, depending on the source of the fiber. Our observations provide evidence that inclusion of soft white wheat bran in the diet is effective in the suppression of mammary gland tumorigenesis in an array of experimental animal models. Int. J. Cancer 75:439–443, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.