Mammary gland morphogenesis is enhanced by exposure to flaxseed or its major lignan during suckling in rats - PubMed (original) (raw)
Mammary gland morphogenesis is enhanced by exposure to flaxseed or its major lignan during suckling in rats
Kah Poh Tan et al. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2004 Feb.
Abstract
The exposure of rats to 10% flaxseed (FS) or an equivalent level of its major lignan, secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), during suckling enhances mammary gland differentiation, which protects against mammary carcinogenesis at adulthood. We determined whether this diet-induced mammary gland differentiation is mediated through the estrogenic pathway via epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and estrogen receptor (ER) signaling. Rats were fed the AIN-93G basal diet (BD) from day 7 of pregnancy until delivery and then randomized to consume BD, FS, or SDG during lactation. After weaning, female offspring were fed BD throughout the experiment. At postnatal day (PND) 21 and the proestrus phase on PND 49-51, mammary glands of offspring were analyzed for morphology, cell proliferation, and expression of EGFR, epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor-alpha, ER-alpha, and ER-beta. At PND 21, compared with the BD control, the number of terminal end buds (TEBs) and terminal ducts were increased by FS, whereas mammary epithelial cell proliferation was increased by both FS and SDG, suggesting that mammary morphogenesis was enhanced. Epithelial EGFR and stromal fibroblast EGF were increased by SDG, whereas epithelial ER-beta was decreased by FS. Conversely, at PND 49-51, a lower number of TEBs but a higher ratio of lobules to TEBs with decreased expression of EGFR or EGF was observed in both treatment groups. EGFR expression was positively associated with EGF expression and cell proliferation in TEB epithelium at PND 21. Urinary lignans of lactating dams were related to their offspring's indices of mammary gland development. In conclusion, exposure to FS or SDG during suckling enhanced mammary gland morphogenesis by modulation of EGFR and ER signaling, which led to more differentiated mammary glands at PND 49-51. The physiological outcomes of FS and SDG were similar, which suggests that SDG is partly responsible for the mammary gland differentiation effect.
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