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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Several observations suggest a role for DNA methylation in cancer pathogenesis. Although both selenium and folate deficiency have been shown to cause global DNA hypomethylation and increased cancer susceptibility, the nutrients have different effects on one-carbon metabolism. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the interactive effects of dietary selenium and folate. Weanling, Fischer-344 rats (n = 23/diet) were fed diets containing 0 or 2.0 mg selenium (as selenite)/kg and 0 or 2.0 mg folate/kg in a 2 x 2 factorial design. After 3 and 4 wk of a 12-wk experiment, 19 rats/diet were injected intraperitoneally with dimethylhydrazine (DMH, 25 mg/kg) and 4 rats/diet were administered saline. Selenium deficiency decreased (P < 0.05) colonic DNA methylation and the activities of liver DNA methyltransferase and betaine homocysteine methyltransferase and increased plasma glutathione concentrations. Folate deficiency increased (P < 0.05) the number of aberrant crypts per aberrant crypt foci, the concentration of colonic S-adenosylhomocysteine and the activity of liver cystathionine synthase. Selenium and folate interacted (P < 0.0001) to influence one-carbon metabolism and cancer susceptibility such that the number of aberrant crypts and the concentrations of plasma homocysteine and liver S-adenosylhomocysteine were the highest and the concentrations of plasma folate and liver S-adenosylmethionine and the activity of liver methionine synthase were the lowest in rats fed folate-deficient diets and supplemental selenium. These results suggest that selenium deprivation ameliorates some of the effects of folate deficiency, probably by shunting the buildup of homocysteine (as a result of folate deficiency) to glutathione.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocystein..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbon, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carcinogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cystathionine beta-Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dimethylhydrazines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Folic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homocysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/S-Adenosylhomocysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Selenium
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2907-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12949386-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate-Homocysteine S-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Carbon, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Cystathionine beta-Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Deficiency Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Dimethylhydrazines, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Folic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Homocysteine, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-S-Adenosylhomocysteine, pubmed-meshheading:12949386-Selenium
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary folate and selenium affect dimethylhydrazine-induced aberrant crypt formation, global DNA methylation and one-carbon metabolism in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
US Department of Agriculture, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9034, USA. davisci@mail.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article