TY - JOUR
T1 - Marineω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and risk of colorectal cancer characterized by tumor-infiltrating T cells
AU - Song, Mingyang
AU - Nishihara, Reiko
AU - Cao, Yin
AU - Chun, Eunyoung
AU - Qian, Zhi Rong
AU - Mima, Kosuke
AU - Inamura, Kentaro
AU - Masugi, Yohei
AU - Nowak, Jonathan A.
AU - Nosho, Katsuhiko
AU - Wu, Kana
AU - Wang, Molin
AU - Giovannucci, Edward
AU - Garrett, Wendy S.
AU - Fuchs, Charles S.
AU - Ogino, Shuji
AU - Chan, Andrew T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 American Medical Association.
PY - 2016/9
Y1 - 2016/9
N2 - IMPORTANCE Marine ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), including eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid, possess potent immunomodulatory activity and may protect against cancer development. However, evidence relating marine ω-3 PUFAs to colorectal cancer (CRC) risk remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that marine ω-3 PUFA intakemay be associated with lower risk of CRC subsets characterized by immune infiltrate. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This prospective cohort studywas conducted among participants in the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2010) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2010). EXPOSURES Intake of marine ω-3 PUFAs. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Incidence of CRC characterized by CD3+, CD8+, CD45RO (PTPRC)+, or FOXP3+ T-cell densities in tumor tissue, measured by immunohistochemical and computer-assisted image analysis. RESULTS Among 173 229 predominantly white participants, 125 172 with 2 895 704 person-years of follow-up provided data about marine ω-3 PUFA intake every 4 years through a validated food frequency questionnaire and followed up for incident CRC evaluation. Of 2504 CRC cases, we documented 614 (252 men, 362 women) from which we could assess T-cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment. The inverse association of marine ω-3 PUFAs intake with CRC risk differed according to FOXP3+ T-cell infiltration: compared with intake of less than 0.15 g/d of marine ω-3 PUFAs, intake of at least 0.35 g/d was associated with a multivariable hazard ratio (HR) of 0.57 (95%CI, 0.40-0.81; P < .001 for trend) for FOXP3+ T-cell-high tumors. In contrast, the HR for FOXP3+ T-cell-low tumors was 1.14 (95%CI, 0.8-1.60) (P = .77 for trend; P = .01 for heterogeneity). No statistically significant differential association was found for high-density tumors (compared with low-density tumors) according to CD3+, CD8+, or CD45RO+ cell density (P ≥ .34 for heterogeneity for all comparisons). In functional assays, the suppressive activity of regulatory T cells was approximately 2-fold lower (T-effector-cell proliferation,≥64%vs 38%) when preincubated with docosahexaenoic acid at 50μM, 100μM, and 200μM concentrations than without docosahexaenoic acid (P < .001 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE High marine ω-3 PUFA intake was associated with lower risk of CRC with high-level, but not low-level, FOXP3+ T-cell density, suggesting a potential role of ω-3 PUFAs in cancer immunoprevention through modulation of regulatory T cells.
AB - IMPORTANCE Marine ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), including eicosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid, possess potent immunomodulatory activity and may protect against cancer development. However, evidence relating marine ω-3 PUFAs to colorectal cancer (CRC) risk remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that marine ω-3 PUFA intakemay be associated with lower risk of CRC subsets characterized by immune infiltrate. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This prospective cohort studywas conducted among participants in the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2010) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2010). EXPOSURES Intake of marine ω-3 PUFAs. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Incidence of CRC characterized by CD3+, CD8+, CD45RO (PTPRC)+, or FOXP3+ T-cell densities in tumor tissue, measured by immunohistochemical and computer-assisted image analysis. RESULTS Among 173 229 predominantly white participants, 125 172 with 2 895 704 person-years of follow-up provided data about marine ω-3 PUFA intake every 4 years through a validated food frequency questionnaire and followed up for incident CRC evaluation. Of 2504 CRC cases, we documented 614 (252 men, 362 women) from which we could assess T-cell infiltration in the tumor microenvironment. The inverse association of marine ω-3 PUFAs intake with CRC risk differed according to FOXP3+ T-cell infiltration: compared with intake of less than 0.15 g/d of marine ω-3 PUFAs, intake of at least 0.35 g/d was associated with a multivariable hazard ratio (HR) of 0.57 (95%CI, 0.40-0.81; P < .001 for trend) for FOXP3+ T-cell-high tumors. In contrast, the HR for FOXP3+ T-cell-low tumors was 1.14 (95%CI, 0.8-1.60) (P = .77 for trend; P = .01 for heterogeneity). No statistically significant differential association was found for high-density tumors (compared with low-density tumors) according to CD3+, CD8+, or CD45RO+ cell density (P ≥ .34 for heterogeneity for all comparisons). In functional assays, the suppressive activity of regulatory T cells was approximately 2-fold lower (T-effector-cell proliferation,≥64%vs 38%) when preincubated with docosahexaenoic acid at 50μM, 100μM, and 200μM concentrations than without docosahexaenoic acid (P < .001 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE High marine ω-3 PUFA intake was associated with lower risk of CRC with high-level, but not low-level, FOXP3+ T-cell density, suggesting a potential role of ω-3 PUFAs in cancer immunoprevention through modulation of regulatory T cells.
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U2 - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0605
DO - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.0605
M3 - Article
C2 - 27148825
AN - SCOPUS:85010641654
SN - 2374-2437
VL - 2
SP - 1197
EP - 1206
JO - JAMA Oncology
JF - JAMA Oncology
IS - 9
ER -