Effect of Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid on Phorbol Ester-Induced PGE2Production and Hyperplasia in Mouse Epidermis

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Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a chemoprotective fatty acid that inhibits phorbol ester-induced skin tumor promotion in mice. The goal of the present study was to determine potential chemoprotective mechanisms through which CLA may be acting. Mice were fed diets containing 0.0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, or 1.5% CLA (by wt) for six weeks. The epidermis was evaluated for fatty acid composition, vascular permeability, prostaglandin E2; (PGE2) production, hyperplasia, ornithine decarboxylase activity, and c-myc mRNA accumulation. Fatty acid analysis of mouse epidermis demonstrated a dose-dependent increase of CLA incorporation into phospholipids and neutral lipids. In mice topically treated with the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), dietary CLA (1.5%) significantly (p < 0.05) reduced PGE2; synthesis (2-fold). Additionally, CLA lowered accumulation of c-myc mRNA, a gene commonly associated with regulating cell cycle components involved in cellular proliferation, although this trend was not signi...

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