Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids fail to reduce prostate tumorigenesis in the PB-ErbB-2 x Pten+/- preclinical mouse model

• Published in: Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) Vol. 9; no. 9; pp. 1824 - 1829
• Main Authors: Vissapragada, Sarada, Ghosh, Anup, Ringer, Lymor, Sirajuddin, Paul, Salinas, Patricia, Brophy, Amanda, Peaceman, Daniel, Kallakury, Bhaskar, Banerjee, Partha P., Fricke, Stanley T., Helfrich, William, Lee, Yi Chien, Pestell, Richard, Scherer, Philipp, Tanowitz, Herbert B., Avantaggiati, Maria Laura, Hilakivi-Clarke, Leena, Lisanti, Michael P., Rodriguez, Olga C., Albanese, Chris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.05.2010
• Subjects: Animals; bcl-Associated Death Protein - metabolism; Binding; Biology; Bioscience; Calcium; Cancer; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Cell; Cycle; Cyclin E - metabolism; Disease Models, Animal; Disease Progression; Fatty Acids, Omega-3 - therapeutic use; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - metabolism; Landes; Male; Mice; Organogenesis; Phosphoproteins - metabolism; Phosphorylation; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Prostatic Neoplasms - prevention & control; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases - metabolism; Proteins; PTEN Phosphohydrolase - genetics; PTEN Phosphohydrolase - metabolism; Receptor, ErbB-2 - genetics; Receptor, ErbB-2 - metabolism; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
• ISSN: 1538-4101; 1551-4005
• DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.9.11542

Diet and obesity, and their associated metabolic alterations, are some of the fastest-growing causes of disease and death in America. Findings from epidemiological studies correlating obesity, the sources of dietary fat and prostate cancer (PCa) are conflicting. We have previously shown that 15% of PB-ErbB-2 x pten +/- mice developed PCa and exhibited increased phosphorylated 4E-BP1, but not the key PI3-kinase intermediary phospho-protein, mTOR, when maintained on unrefined mouse chow. We report herein that 100% of animals fed refined, westernized AIN-93-based diets containing corn oil developed PCa by 12 months of age. Increases in visceral fat and mTOR activation in the tumors were also observed. Furthermore, nuclear cyclin E levels were significantly induced by the AIN-93-corn oil-based diets versus chow. Replacing 50% of the corn oil with menhaden oil, with 21% of its triglycerides being n-3 PUFA's, had no effect on tumorigenesis, fat deposition, cyclin E or mTOR. Phosphorylated BAD levels were similar in the tumors of mice in all three diets. Our data demonstrated that in the context of our preclinical model, components of crude chow, but not dietary n-3 PUFAs, protect against PCa progression. In addition, these data establish phosphorylated mTOR, nuclear cyclin E and visceral fat deposits as possible biomarkers of increased dietary risk for PCa.