Impact of dietary zinc on stimulated zinc secretion MRI in the healthy and malignant mouse prostate

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Title: Impact of dietary zinc on stimulated zinc secretion MRI in the healthy and malignant mouse prostate
Authors: Veronica Clavijo Jordan, André F. Martins, Erica Dao, Kalotina Geraki, Sara Chirayil, Xiaodong Wen, Pooyan Khalighinejad, Daniel Parrott, Xiaojing Wang, Patricia Gonzalez Pagan, Neil Rofsky, Michael Farquharson, A. Dean Sherry
Source: npj Imaging, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Medical technology
LCC:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Subject Terms: Medical technology, R855-855.5, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
More Details: Abstract Previous studies have shown that the zinc-responsive MRI probe, GdL1, can distinguish healthy versus malignant prostate tissues based upon differences in zinc content and secretion. In this study, mice were fed chow containing low, normal, or high zinc content for 3 weeks before imaging glucose stimulated zinc secretion (GSZS) by MRI. The distribution of zinc in prostate tissue in these three groups was imaged by synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SR-XRF). A zinc deficiency caused systemic and organ-level dysregulation, weight loss, and altered zinc bioavailability. Zinc efflux from the prostate increased in parallel to dietary zinc in healthy mice but not in TRAMP mice, consistent with a lowered capacity to store dietary zinc in malignant cells. This differential zinc efflux suggests that a dietary supplement of zinc prior to a GSZS study may enhance image contrast between healthy and malignant prostate tissue, thereby improving the accuracy of prostate cancer detection in man.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2948-197X
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2948-197X
DOI: 10.1038/s44303-024-00051-1
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/4e0f64bbff6e47ceb4a36a4bcc8f3c65
Accession Number: edsdoj.4e0f64bbff6e47ceb4a36a4bcc8f3c65
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:2948197X
DOI:10.1038/s44303-024-00051-1
Published in:npj Imaging
Language:English