Moderate Beer Consumption Modifies Tumoral Growth Parameters and Pyrrolidone Carboxypeptidase Type-I and Type-II Specific Activities in the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Mammary Gland Axis in an Animal Model of Breast Cancer

AIMS: To determine the effect of moderate alcoholic and nonalcoholic beer consumption on tumoral growth parameters, the histopathology, pyrrolidone carboxypeptidase type I (Pcp I), and type II (Pcp II) specific activities in the hypothalamus-pituitary-mammary gland axis, and the circulating levels of estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) in rats with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (NMU) induced mammary tumors.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Food and drink intake, weight gain and tumor growth parameters were collected. The malignant phenotype of the tumor was performed using the Scarff-Bloom-Richardson grading method. Pcp specific activities were fluorometrically analyzed using pyroglutamyl-β-naphthylamide as substrate. Circulating steroid hormones were determined.

RESULTS: Differences were found in tumoral parameters, depending on the drink. Animals that were given alcohol-containing beer (A/C) beer to drink showed the lowest values of hypothalamic Pcp I, in association with the lowest levels of circulating E2. The significant decrease in Pcp I activity in all NMU-treated groups suggest a clear role of the Pcp I in the tumoral process, and A/C beer interferes with it.

DISCUSSION: Moderate consumption of alcoholic beer would have beneficial effects against mammary tumors through the modification of the endocrine status mediated by GnRH due to changes on Pcp I and II activities at different levels.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Nutrition and cancer - 73(2021), 11-12 vom: 09., Seite 2695-2707

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramirez-Expósito, María Jesús [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Martos, José Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Cantón-Habas, Vanesa [VerfasserIn]
Carrera-González, María Del Pilar [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carboxypeptidases
EC 3.4.-
Journal Article
Pyrrolidinones
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.02.2022

Date Revised 24.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/01635581.2020.1856891

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318709406