THE SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACID BUTYRATE INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN COLORECTAL TUMOR-CELL LINES
THE SHORT-CHAIN FATTY-ACID BUTYRATE INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN COLORECTAL TUMOR-CELL LINES
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DOI:
10.1097/00008469-199510000-00005
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发表时间:
1995-10-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
PARASKEVA, C
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作者:
HAGUE, A;PARASKEVA, C
The colorectal epithelium is in contact with the contents of the large bowel and as a result dietary factors, as well as its own internal growth controls, may have profound effects on the patterns of growth, differentiation and cell death. Indeed, although there are clear hereditary forms of large bowel cancer (Liu et al, 1995) epidemiological studies indicate that diet plays an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis and may be a major contributory factor to the high incidence of colorectal cancer in Westernized coun-tries. These epidemiological studies suggest a link with a high-fat, low-fibre diet (Burkitt, 1971; Howe et al, 1992).Fibre consists of non-starch polysaccharides such as celluloses, hemicelluloses, pectin and gums. Dietary fibre may protect against colorectal cancer as a result of a number of effects. It increases intestinal transit rate and bulk (thereby potentially decreasing exposure to carcinogens in the diet), adsorbs carcinogens, modifies intestinal microflora (and therefore may alter bile salt and carcinogen metabolism), modifies faecal bile salt excretion, lowers the colonic pH and increases the concentrations of short-chain fatty acids in the colon and rectum (reviewed in McIntyre et al, 1993). Both starch and non-starch polysaccharides are fermented by the anaerobic bacteria of the large bowel, producing short-chain fatty acids (acetate, propionate and butyrate) at a rate of at least 300 mmol per day (Cummings, 1984; Cummings et al, 1987). Dietary wheat bran results in higher concen-