http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25016022
and
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnme/2012/173712/
From the second link:
My bf and I are trying to figure out what all this could mean, but it sounds like high prolactin is causing attenuation of ZnT2 mRNA expression resulting in reduced mitochondrial zinc uptake and mitochondrial zinc pools.
ZnT2 and prolactin are related to mammary glands. So that's a start. Unfortunately he can't access his school's library to get the paper from the first link's abstract, but I'm not sure that one is as important as what he found (the second link).
You're probably not getting the right amount of zinc for breast development, and it's doubtful you'll be able to so long as your prolactin levels are high. I don't even know that herbals would help at this point. Noogling might be the best option with your situation.
otoh, we could both be totally and completely wrong. Neither of us are doctors, just good with research...lol
ETA: it's possible that increasing your dietary zinc intake may help (accompanied by noogling).
and
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnme/2012/173712/
From the second link:
Quote:Similar to ZnT1, overexpression of rat ZnT2 cDNA conferred zinc resistance to BHK cells. However, unlike ZnT1 which is located in the plasma membrane and lowers cellular zinc by stimulating cellular zinc efflux, ZnT2 is localized on vesicles and accumulates high concentrations of zinc in the endosomal/lysosomal compartment. ZnT2 is also associated with the inner mitochondrial membrane in mouse MEC mammary cells [126], and attenuation of ZnT2 mRNA expression reduced mitochondrial zinc uptake and mitochondrial zinc pools.
My bf and I are trying to figure out what all this could mean, but it sounds like high prolactin is causing attenuation of ZnT2 mRNA expression resulting in reduced mitochondrial zinc uptake and mitochondrial zinc pools.
ZnT2 and prolactin are related to mammary glands. So that's a start. Unfortunately he can't access his school's library to get the paper from the first link's abstract, but I'm not sure that one is as important as what he found (the second link).
You're probably not getting the right amount of zinc for breast development, and it's doubtful you'll be able to so long as your prolactin levels are high. I don't even know that herbals would help at this point. Noogling might be the best option with your situation.
otoh, we could both be totally and completely wrong. Neither of us are doctors, just good with research...lol
ETA: it's possible that increasing your dietary zinc intake may help (accompanied by noogling).
Quote:Likewise, ZnT1 and ZnT2 were markedly increased in these tissues when supplied with greater concentrations of dietary zinc (180 mg Zn/Kg)