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Niacin Deficiency Decreases Bone Marrow Poly(ADP-Ribose) and the Latency of Ethylnitrosourea-Induced Carcinogenesis in Rats¹

Ann C. Boyonoski, Jennifer C. Spronck, Lisa M. Gallacher, Robert M. Jacobs^*, Girish M. Shah, Guy G. Poirier^** and James B. Kirkland²

Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences and ^* Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1; Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, Hospital Research Center of University Laval, Ste. Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2; and ^** Unit of Health and Environment, Hospital Research Center of University Laval, Ste. Foy, QC, Canada G1V 4G2

²To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jkirklan{at}uoguelph.ca.

Cancer chemotherapy agents cause damage in the bone marrow, resulting in leukopenia during treatment and secondary cancers after recovery from the original disease. We created an experimental model of alkylation-based chemotherapy using ethylnitrosourea (ENU) to investigate the effect of niacin status on cancer induction. For 4 wk, nontumor-bearing weanling Long-Evans rats were fed niacin-deficient (ND) diets or were pair-fed (PF) identical quantities of a niacin-adequate diet. One week after the initiation of niacin feeding protocols, ENU treatment began (12 doses, 30 mg/kg by gavage, every other day). At the end of dietary modulation and ENU treatment, all rats were fed a high quality control diet and monitored for weight loss (>5%) and palpable tumors (>1cm), at which point they were necropsied for the presence of disease. The morbidity curves were significantly different; ND rats reached 20% morbidity 10 wk earlier than PF rats. In the first 20 wk after ENU treatment, ND rats developed 17 malignancies, including 11 leukemias, whereas PF rats developed 3 malignancies with 2 leukemias. In the end, there was a 47% greater average number of malignancies in ND vs. PF rats, despite a more rapid onset of morbidity. In short-term studies, niacin deficiency caused an 80% decrease in bone marrow NAD⁺. Basal poly(ADP-ribose) levels were dramatically reduced by niacin deficiency. A single dose of ENU increased poly(ADP-ribose) levels fivefold in PF rats, whereas levels in ND rats remained 90% lower. Niacin deficiency did not alter the initial accumulation of DNA damage, indicating that drug metabolism is not an underlying factor in the diet-induced changes. These data show that niacin deficiency alters poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism in the bone marrow and increases the risk of nitrosourea-induced leukemias.

KEY WORDS: • niacin deficiency • leukemia • nitrosourea • poly(ADP-ribose) • chemotherapy • rats