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Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
Previous studies have shown that feeding flaxseed (FS) or its lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG) to rat dams during lactation enhances the differentiation of rat mammary gland in the female offspring. This study determined whether exposure to a diet with 10% FS or SDG (equivalent to the amount in 10% FS) during suckling could protect against 9,10-dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene (DMBA)-induced rat mammary tumorigenesis later in life. Dams were fed the AIN-93G basal diet (BD) throughout pregnancy. After delivery, dams were randomized to continue on BD or were fed BD supplemented with 10% FS or SDG during lactation. Three-day urine of dams was analyzed for mammalian lignans. After weaning, all offspring were fed BD. At postnatal Days 49 to 51, during proestrus phase, offspring were gavaged with 5 mg of DMBA. At Week 21 post-DMBA administration, compared with the BD group, the FS and SDG groups had significantly lower (P < 0.05) tumor incidence (31.3% and 42.0% lower, respectively), total tumor load (50.8% and 62.5% lower, respectively), mean tumor size (43.9% and 67.7% lower, respectively), and tumor number (46.9% and 44.8% lower, respectively) per rat. There was a significant decreasing trend (P < 0.05) in final tumor weights in rats fed FS or SDG. The high urinary lignan excretion in dams fed with FS or SDG corresponded with the reduced tumor development. The FS and SDG groups did not differ significantly in tumor indices, indicating that the effect of FS is primarily due to its SDG. There were no significant changes in selective reproductive indices measured among dams and offspring. In conclusion, exposure to FS or SDG during suckling suppressed DMBA-induced rat mammary tumorigenesis, suggesting that exposure to lignans at this early stage of mammary gland development reduces susceptibility to mammary carcinogenesis later in life without adverse effects on selective reproductive indices in dams or offspring.
Key Words: flaxseed • lignan • mammary gland • tumorigenesis
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