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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
Soy isoflavonoids have well-established estrogenic properties in cell culture and rodent models, raising concerns that high isoflavonoid intake may promote development of uterine and breast cancers. To address this concern we evaluated the effects of high-dose isoflavonoid supplements on reproductive tissues in a postmenopausal primate model. Thirty adult female ovariectomized monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were randomized to receive a control diet 1) alone, 2) with 509 mg/day of the soy isoflavones genistein and daidzein (IF), or 3) with 1020 mg/day of racemic equol (EQ), an isoflavan, for approximately 1 mo. Doses are expressed in aglycone units as calorically scaled human equivalents. Total serum isoflavonoid levels 4 h postfeeding were <20 nmol/L, 2570.7 nmol/L, and 6944.8 nmol/L for control, IF, and EQ groups, respectively. Equol was the predominant serum isoflavonoid in both IF (72.5%) and EQ (99.7%) groups. Aglycones represented 0.9% (IF) and 0.5% (EQ) of total serum isoflavonoids. Histologically, uteri and mammary glands were diffusely atrophic in all groups. Uterine weight, endometrial thickness, glandular area, and epithelial proliferation in the uterus were not significantly different among treatment groups (ANOVA P > 0.1 for all). Endometrial progesterone receptor gene expression was significantly increased in the IF group (P = 0.02), while protein expression was not altered (ANOVA P > 0.1). Within the mammary gland, proliferation and indicators of estrogen exposure did not differ among treatment groups (ANOVA P > 0.1 for all). These findings indicate that high doses of dietary soy isoflavonoids have minimal uterotrophic or mammotrophic effects in an established primate model.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
477-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Equol, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Estrone, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Genitalia, Female, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Hysterectomy, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Isoflavones, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Macaca fascicularis, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Mammary Neoplasms, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Postmenopause, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Soybeans, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Uterine Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:16723506-Vagina
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of high-dose soy isoflavones and equol on reproductive tissues in female cynomolgus monkeys.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology/Section on Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1040, USA. chwood@wfubmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural