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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Folate, DNA stability and colo-rectal neoplasia
Julian Little1  Linda Sharp1  Graham Basten1  Hilary Powers1  Sabrina Narayanan1  Susan J. Duthie1 
关键词: Folate;    Vitamin B12;    DNA stability;    DNA methylation;    MTHFR;    Colon cancer;   
DOI  :  10.1079/PNS2004387
学科分类:卫生学
来源: Cambridge University Press
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Lower levels of dietary folate are associated with the development of epithelial cell tumours in man, particularly colo-rectal cancer. In the majority of epidemiological studies blood folate or reported folate intake have been shown to be inversely related to colo-rectal cancer risk. Folate, via its pivotal role in C1 metabolism, is crucial both for DNA synthesis and repair, and for DNA methylation. This function is compromised when vitamin B12 is low. Vitamin B12 deficiency has been shown to increase biomarkers of DNA damage in man but there is no evidence directly linkinglow vitamin B12 with cancer. Disturbingly, folate and vitamin B12 deficiencies are common in the general population, particularly in the underprivileged and the elderly. How folate and/or vitamin B12 deficiency influence carcinogenesis remains to be established, but it is currently believed that they may act to decrease DNA methylation, resulting in proto-oncogene activation, and/or to induce instabilityin the DNA molecule via a futile cycle of uracil misincorporation and removal. The relative importance of these two pathways may become clear by determining both DNA stability and cytosine methylation in individuals with different polymorphic variants of key folate-metabolising enzymes. 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase converts 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and thereby controls whether folate is employed for DNA synthesis or DNA methylation. Colo-rectal cancer risk is decreased in subjects homozygous for a common variant (C677T) of the gene coding for this enzyme, suggesting that DNA synthesis and repair may be ‘enhanced’ in these individuals. Evidence from animal and human studies is presented here in support of folate acting to maintain genomic stability through both these mechanisms.

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