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Phenols in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Inhibit Colon Cancer Cell Growth

By Sukhsatej Batra
Dec. 11, 2014 08:52 UTC
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Estrogen recep­tor β has a pro­tec­tive effect on colon can­cer by inhibit­ing pro­lif­er­a­tion of can­cer cells, but its expres­sion decreases in can­cer­ous colon tis­sue. Phenols found in extra vir­gin olive oil, with a chem­i­cal struc­ture sim­i­lar to estro­gen, may act as selec­tive estro­gen recep­tor mod­u­la­tors and have anti-car­cino­genic effects on colon can­cer cells.

Research shows that estro­gen recep­tor β has a pro­tec­tive effect on colon can­cer and may inhibit pro­lif­er­a­tion of colon can­cer cells. Estrogen recep­tor β is the main estro­gen recep­tor expressed at a high level by nor­mal human colon mucosa. In a can­cer­ous colon, how­ever, expres­sion of estro­gen recep­tor β decreases and is asso­ci­ated with pro­gres­sion of col­orec­tal can­cer.

Interest in phe­nols present in extra vir­gin olive oil as pos­si­ble anti-car­cino­genic agents for colon can­cer stems from the fact that most phe­nols have a chem­i­cal struc­ture sim­i­lar to 17 β‑estradiol (main form of estro­gen in humans) and may be pro­tec­tive against colon can­cer by act­ing as selec­tive estro­gen recep­tor mod­u­la­tors.
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In a recent study car­ried out in the University of Florence and pub­lished in the Journal Nutrition and Cancer, researchers eval­u­ated the effects of phe­no­lic extracts from two dif­fer­ent Italian vari­eties of extra vir­gin olive oil on human colon can­cer cell lines in vitro. They reported that the total polyphe­nol con­tent of the EVOOs, sup­plied by com­pa­nies from Tuscany and Liguria, was 12.69 and 8.43 mil­ligrams per mil­li­liter, respec­tively. Hydroxytyrosol, sec­oiri­doids and lig­nans were the main phe­no­lic extracts iden­ti­fied in these EVOOs.

The phe­nol extracts were tested on human colon can­cer cell lines that were designed to over­ex­press estro­gen recep­tor β. The authors reported that the­ex­tra vir­gin olive oil extracts inter­acted with sig­nals depen­dent on estro­gen for growth of col­orec­tal can­cer­ous cells, thus pro­vid­ing an anti-pro­lif­er­a­tive effect on them.extra vir­gin olive oil extracts also down reg­u­lated the expres­sion of sev­eral genes, includ­ing BAG‑1 that resulted in inhi­bi­tion of cel­lu­lar growth.

The researchers plan on con­duct­ing more stud­ies to inves­ti­gate the role ofex­tra vir­gin olive oil extracts in stop­ping col­orec­tal can­cer growth through the estro­gen recep­tor β meta­bolic path­way.

Colorectal can­cer is the third most com­mon can­cer and the sec­ond lead­ing cause of can­cer-related deaths in the United States, accord­ing to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

These lat­est find­ings add to the health ben­e­fits of con­sum­ing a Mediterranean diet, which pro­vides many can­cer-pro­tec­tive com­po­nents because it is a diet rich in fruits, veg­eta­bles, olive oil, seafood, whole grains, and wine.

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