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Genes Nutr. 2012 Apr;7(2):155-65. doi: 10.1007/s12263-011-0243-9. Epub 2011 Aug 17.

Gene expression profiling reveals differential effects of sodium selenite, selenomethionine, and yeast-derived selenium in the mouse.

Genes & nutrition

Jamie L Barger, Tsuyoshi Kayo, Thomas D Pugh, James A Vann, Ronan Power, Karl Dawson, Richard Weindruch, Tomas A Prolla

Affiliations

  1. LifeGen Technologies, LLC, 510 Charmany Drive Suite 263, Madison, WI, 53719, USA, [email protected].

PMID: 21847681 PMCID: PMC3316740 DOI: 10.1007/s12263-011-0243-9

Abstract

The essential trace mineral selenium is an important determinant of oxidative stress susceptibility, with several studies showing an inverse relationship between selenium intake and cancer. Because different chemical forms of selenium have been reported to have varying bioactivity, there is a need for nutrigenomic studies that can comprehensively assess whether there are divergent effects at the molecular level. We examined the gene expression profiles associated with selenomethionine (SM), sodium selenite (SS), and yeast-derived selenium (YS) in the intestine, gastrocnemius, cerebral cortex, and liver of mice. Weanling mice were fed either a selenium-deficient (SD) diet (<0.01 mg/kg diet) or a diet supplemented with one of three selenium sources (1 mg/kg diet, as either SM, SS or YS) for 100 days. All forms of selenium were equally effective in activating standard measures of selenium status, including tissue selenium levels, expression of genes encoding selenoproteins (Gpx1 and Txnrd2), and increasing GPX1 enzyme activity. However, gene expression profiling revealed that SS and YS were similar (and distinct from SM) in both the expression pattern of individual genes and gene functional categories. Furthermore, only YS significantly reduced the expression of Gadd45b in all four tissues and also reduced GADD45B protein levels in liver. Taken together, these results show that gene expression profiling is a powerful technique capable of elucidating differences in the bioactivity of different forms of selenium.

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