EnglishThe effects of 12 weeks of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on rectal mucosal proliferation were assessed with [3H]thymidine autoradiography in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 20 patients with sporadic adenomatous colorectal polyps. In the group of 10 that received fish oil containing eicosapentaenoic acid (4.1 g/day) and docosahexaenoic acid (3.6 g/day), the mean percentage of replicative "S"-phase cells in the upper part of colonic crypts (considered a reliable marker of colon cancer risk) significantly dropped from the baseline level after only 2 weeks of treatment and remained lower throughout the study period; no change in upper-crypt labeling was observed in the 10 placebo patients. Rectal mucosal eicosapentaenoic acid content increased in fish oil patients, whereas arachidonic acid levels decreased. The fish oil-induced kinetic changes represent contraction of the proliferative compartment to the levels of a low-risk population and may be related to omega-3 fatty acid effects on the arachidonic prostaglandin pathway. In this short-term trial, fish oil appeared to exert a rapid effect that may protect high-risk subjects from colon cancer.
| Data di pubblicazione: | 1992 |
| Titolo: | Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on rectal mucosal cell proliferation in subjects at risk for colon cancer. |
| Autore/i: | Anti, M; Marra, G; Armelao, F; Bartoli, Gm; Ficarelli, R; Percesepe, Antonio; De Vitis, I; Maria, G; Sofo, L; Rapaccini, Gl |
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| Volume: | 103 |
| Pagina iniziale: | 883 |
| Pagina finale: | 891 |
| Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:A1992JK85100020 |
| Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-0026737310 |
| Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 1386825 |
| Citazione: | Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on rectal mucosal cell proliferation in subjects at risk for colon cancer / Anti, M; Marra, G; Armelao, F; Bartoli, Gm; Ficarelli, R; Percesepe, Antonio; De Vitis, I; Maria, G; Sofo, L; Rapaccini, Gl. - In: GASTROENTEROLOGY. - ISSN 0016-5085. - STAMPA. - 103(1992), pp. 883-891. |
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