Carcinogenesis, Vol 19, 1269-1273, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
AE Rogers, LJ Hafer, YS Iskander and S Yang
Epidemiological studies suggest that tea may reduce cancer risk, and in
laboratory rodents, chemopreventive effects of tea or purified extracts of
tea have been demonstrated in lung, gastrointestinal tract and skin. There
is some evidence of chemoprevention by tea in the mammary gland, but the
data are not conclusive. In order to evaluate more fully the possible
influence of black tea on 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced
mammary gland tumors in the female S-D (Sprague-Dawley) rat, three large
studies were performed: experiment 1, tumorigenesis in rats fed AIN-76A
diet and given 25 mg/kg DMBA and 1.25 or 2.5% whole tea extract or water to
drink; experiment 2, tumorigenesis in rats given 15 mg/kg DMBA and the same
diet and fluids as in experiment 1; experiment 3, tumorigenesis in rats fed
control or HF (high fat, corn oil) diet and given 15 mg/kg DMBA and 2% tea
or water to drink. Tea was given throughout the experiment; DMBA was given
by gastric gavage at 8 weeks of age. There was no consistent effect of tea
on tumorigenesis in rats fed AIN-76A diet; there was, however, evidence in
experiment 3 of a reduction of tumorigenesis by tea in rats fed the HF
diet. In experiment 3, rats fed the HF diet and given water showed the
expected increase in tumor burden (number and weight) compared with rats
fed control diet. However, rats fed the HF diet and given 2% tea showed no
increase in tumor burden; their tumor burden was significantly lower than
in rats fed the HF diet and given water (P < 0.01) and was not different
from rats fed control diet and given water or tea. In addition, in
experiment 3, the number of malignant tumors per tumor- bearing rat was
increased by the HF diet in water-drinking rats (P < 0.01) but not in
tea-drinking rats. Therefore, it appears that tea partially blocked the
promotion of DMBA-induced mammary tumorigenesis by the HF diet.
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Black tea and mammary gland carcinogenesis by 7,12- dimethylbenz[a]anthracene in rats fed control or high fat diets
Mallory Institute of Pathology and Department and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 02118, USA. aerogers@BU.edu
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