S. Josyula et Haj. Schut, Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on DNA adduct formation of PhIP and IQ after bolus administration to female F344 rats, NUTR CANCER, 32(3), 1998, pp. 139-145
Meats cooked at high temperatures contain mutagenic heterocyclic amines suc
h as 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) and 2-amino-3-m
ethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (Ie). In female Fischer 344 rats, IQ is a mult
iorgan carcinogen, whereas PhIP induces mammary adenocarcinomas. For IQ and
PhIP, N-hydroxylation, catalyzed by microsomal cytochrome P-450 1A1 and/or
1A2, and then esterification, especially O-acetylation, are the principal
steps leading to DNA adduct formation. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a
mixture of conjugated linoleic acid isomers found in various meat and dairy
products. We have examined the effect of dietary CLA on DNA adduct formati
on by PhIP and Ie in female Fischer 344 rats. Four-week-old animals were ma
intained on AIN-76A diet without or with CLA (4% wt/wt) and treated with IQ
or PhIP (50 mg/kg by gavage) after two weeks. Animals were killed (4/group
) one, four, and eight days later. DNA isolated from mammary epithelial cel
ls, liver, colon, and white blood cells was analyzed for carcinogen-DNA add
ucts by P-32-postlabeling assays. On Day I, dietary CLA significantly inhib
ited adduct formation (82.0%) in mammary epithelial cells in IQ-but not in
PhIP-treated rats. In the colon, dietary CLA significantly inhibited PhIP-D
NA adduct formation (18.7%) on Day 8 but increased IQ-DNA adduct formation
(30.5%) on Day 8. Dietary CLA had no effect on adduct levels in liver or wh
ite blood cells. Calf thymus DNA was incubated with N-hydroxy-PhIP or -IQ i
n the presence of acetyl-CoA. Enzymatic activation was catalyzed by liver o
r mammary cytosol. A two-week pretreatment with 2% (wt/wt) dietary CLA had
no effect on O-acetyltransferase-catalyzed IQ- or PhIP-DNA adduct formation
. It is concluded, under certain conditions, that dietary CLA can lower IQ-
and PhIP-DNA adduct formation. Overall, however, the major mode of action
of CLA is probably by a mechanism other than the inhibition of the N-hydrox
ylation and subsequent O-acetylation of PhIP or IQ.