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Flores P, Pedreño M, Almagro L, Hernández V, Fenoll J, Hellín P. Increasing nutritional value of broccoli with seaweed extract and trilinolein. J Food Compost Anal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mastuo T, Miyata Y, Yuno T, Mukae Y, Otsubo A, Mitsunari K, Ohba K, Sakai H. Molecular Mechanisms of the Anti-Cancer Effects of Isothiocyanates from Cruciferous Vegetables in Bladder Cancer. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25030575. [PMID: 32013065 PMCID: PMC7037050 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bladder cancer (BC) is a representative of urological cancer with a high recurrence and metastasis potential. Currently, cisplatin-based chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors are used as standard therapy in patients with advanced/metastatic BC. However, these therapies often show severe adverse events, and prolongation of survival is unsatisfactory. Therefore, a treatment strategy using natural compounds is of great interest. In this review, we focused on the anti-cancer effects of isothiocyanates (ITCs) derived from cruciferous vegetables, which are widely cultivated and consumed in many regions worldwide. Specifically, we discuss the anti-cancer effects of four ITC compounds—allyl isothiocyanate, benzyl isothiocyanate, sulforaphane, and phenethyl isothiocyanate—in BC; the molecular mechanisms underlying their anti-cancer effects; current trends and future direction of ITC-based treatment strategies; and the carcinogenic potential of ITCs. We also discuss the advantages and limitations of each ITC in BC treatment, furthering the consideration of ITCs in treatment strategies and for improving the prognosis of patients with BC.
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Boldry EJ, Yuan JM, Carmella SG, Wang R, Tessier K, Hatsukami DK, Hecht SS, Tretyakova NY. Effects of 2-Phenethyl Isothiocyanate on Metabolism of 1,3-Butadiene in Smokers. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2019; 13:91-100. [PMID: 31771940 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-19-0296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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2-Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) is a natural product found as a conjugate in cruciferous vegetables. It has been reported to have preventative properties against lung cancer and to inhibit metabolic activation of tobacco carcinogens. In this study, we evaluated the ability of PEITC to influence the metabolism of the human carcinogen 1,3-butadiene in current smokers in a phase II clinical trial with a crossover design. Urinary mercapturic acids of 1,3-butadiene were quantified at baseline and during PEITC treatment. Seventy-nine smokers were randomly assigned to one of two arms: PEITC followed by placebo or placebo followed by PEITC. During the 1-week treatment period, each subject took PEITC (10 mg in 1 mL of olive oil, 4 times per day). There was a 1-week washout period between the PEITC and placebo periods. Oral ingestion of PEITC increased urinary levels of BD-mercapturic acids (MHBMA and DHBMA) by 11.1% and 3.7%, respectively, but these increases were not statistically significant (P = 0.17 and 0.64, respectively). A much stronger effect was observed among subjects with the null genotype of both GSTM1 and GSTT1: in these individuals, PEITC increased urinary levels of MHBMA by 58.7% (P = 0.004) and 90.0% (P = 0.001), respectively, but did not have a significant effect on urinary DHBMA. These results reveal a potentially protective effect of PEITC treatment with respect to the detoxification of 1,3-butadiene in cigarette smokers, specifically in those null for GSTT1, and provide further evidence in support of stronger chemopreventive effects from consumption of dietary isothiocyanates in these individuals.
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- Emily J Boldry
- University of Minnesota Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Therapeutic Perspective of Vitamin C and Its Derivatives. Antioxidants (Basel) 2019; 8:antiox8080247. [PMID: 31357509 PMCID: PMC6721080 DOI: 10.3390/antiox8080247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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l-Ascorbic acid (ASA), vitamin C, is a ubiquitous carbohydrate-like compound that has an essential role in a number of cellular processes, such as collagen synthesis, cellular oxidation, and various hydroxylation reactions. ASA is a biomolecule of critical importance for protection of cellular components against oxidative damage caused by toxic free radicals and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are involved in the development of various types of chronic diseases. Vitamin C has a switchover role from being an antioxidant in physiological conditions to a prooxidant under pathologic conditions. Moreover, some l-ascorbic acid derivatives exhibit strong and selective antitumor and antiviral activity. This review emphasizes the advances on diverse and potent biological profiles of l-ascorbic acid and its derivatives, and their perspective in the development of new bioactive chemical entities in the future. The work is primarily addressed at antioxidant, anticancer, and antiviral potencies of l-ascorbic acid and compounds containing its butenolide structural motif.
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Akagi JI, Cho YM, Mizuta Y, Toyoda T, Ogawa K. Subchronic toxicity evaluation of 5-hexenyl isothiocyanate, a nature identical flavoring substance from Wasabia japonica, in F344/DuCrj rats. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 122:80-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.09.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cho YM, Hasumura M, Imai T, Takami S, Nishikawa A, Ogawa K. Horseradish extract promotes urinary bladder carcinogenesis when administered to F344 rats in drinking water. J Appl Toxicol 2017; 37:853-862. [PMID: 28165151 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Horseradish extract (HRE), consisting mainly of a mixture of allyl isothiocyanate and other isothiocyanates, has been used as a food additive. To evaluate the potential hazards of HRE, a 104-week chronic study, a 2-week analysis of cell proliferation in the urinary bladder and a medium-term promotion bioassay of HRE were conducted with administration at concentrations of up to 0.04% HRE in the drinking water to male F344 rats. In the 104-week chronic study with 32 male rats per group, no treatment-related increases in the incidences of neoplastic lesions in any organ, including urinary bladder, were observed, except for simple hyperplasia in the urinary bladder in rats treated with HRE at concentrations of more than 0.01% (5.0 mg kg-1 body weight day-1 ). In the promotion study, HRE treatment after N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine initiation caused a clear increase in papillary or nodular hyperplasia, papilloma, and urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder in the groups given HRE for 13 weeks at doses higher than 0.005%, 0.01%, and 0.04% (2.7, 5.4 and 20.5 mg kg-1 body weight day-1 ), respectively. In the 2-week cell proliferation analysis, treatment with HRE at concentrations greater than 0.005% (3.9 mg kg-1 body weight day-1 ) caused transient increases in 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine labeling indices in the urothelium. Although clear tumor induction was not observed, administration of relatively low-dose HRE increased cell proliferation in the urothelium and exerted obvious promoting effects on rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mode of action of HRE in the rat urinary bladder to facilitate data extrapolation from the present study and provide insights into risk assessment. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Young-Man Cho
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan.,Central Animal Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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- Biological Safety Research Center, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 158-8501, Japan
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Suzuki I, Cho YM, Hirata T, Toyoda T, Akagi JI, Nakamura Y, Sasaki A, Nakamura T, Okamoto S, Shirota K, Suetome N, Nishikawa A, Ogawa K. Toxic effects of 4-methylthio-3-butenyl isothiocyanate (Raphasatin) in the rat urinary bladder without genotoxicity. J Appl Toxicol 2016; 37:485-494. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Isamu Suzuki
- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
- Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences; Gifu University; Gifu 501-1193 Japan
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- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
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- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy; Showa University; Tokyo 142-8555 Japan
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- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
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- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences; Kyoto Prefectural University; Kyoto 606-8522 Japan
- Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture; Forestry & Fisheries Technology Center; Kyoto 621-0806 Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences; Kyoto Prefectural University; Kyoto 606-8522 Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences; Kyoto Prefectural University; Kyoto 606-8522 Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology; Kagoshima University; Kagoshima Kagoshima 890-0065 Japan
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- Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture; Forestry & Fisheries Technology Center; Kyoto 621-0806 Japan
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- Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture; Forestry & Fisheries Technology Center; Kyoto 621-0806 Japan
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- Pathogenetic Veterinary Science, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences; Gifu University; Gifu 501-1193 Japan
- Biological Safety Research Center; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
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- Division of Pathology; National Institute of Health Sciences; Tokyo 158-8501 Japan
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Seed ofBarbarea vernaas a Rich Source of Phenethyl Isothiocyanate to Provide Natural Protection from Environmental and Dietary Toxins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1300/j133v03n03_03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Isothiocyanates: a class of bioactive metabolites with chemopreventive potential. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:4005-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3391-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Gupta P, Wright SE, Kim SH, Srivastava SK. Phenethyl isothiocyanate: a comprehensive review of anti-cancer mechanisms. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2014; 1846:405-24. [PMID: 25152445 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The epidemiological evidence suggests a strong inverse relationship between dietary intake of cruciferous vegetables and the incidence of cancer. Among other constituents of cruciferous vegetables, isothiocyanates (ITC) are the main bioactive chemicals present. Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) is present as gluconasturtiin in many cruciferous vegetables with remarkable anti-cancer effects. PEITC is known to not only prevent the initiation phase of carcinogenesis process but also to inhibit the progression of tumorigenesis. PEITC targets multiple proteins to suppress various cancer-promoting mechanisms such as cell proliferation, progression and metastasis. Pre-clinical evidence suggests that combination of PEITC with conventional anti-cancer agents is also highly effective in improving overall efficacy. Based on accumulating evidence, PEITC appears to be a promising agent for cancer therapy and is already under clinical trials for leukemia and lung cancer. This is the first review which provides a comprehensive analysis of known targets and mechanisms along with a critical evaluation of PEITC as a future anti-cancer agent.
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- Parul Gupta
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Cancer Biology Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Cancer Biology Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
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- Cancer Preventive Material Development Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Department of Pathology, Kyunghee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul 131-701, South Korea.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Cancer Biology Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA; Cancer Preventive Material Development Research Center, College of Korean Medicine, Department of Pathology, Kyunghee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul 131-701, South Korea.
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Kim DH, Park MH, Choi YJ, Chung KW, Park CH, Jang EJ, An HJ, Yu BP, Chung HY. Molecular study of dietary heptadecane for the anti-inflammatory modulation of NF-kB in the aged kidney. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59316. [PMID: 23555655 PMCID: PMC3608635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Heptadecane is a volatile component of Spirulina platensis, and blocks the de novo synthesis of fatty acids and ameliorates several oxidative stress-related diseases. In a redox state disrupted by oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory genes are upregulated by the activation of NF-kB via diverse kinases. Thus, the search and characterization of new substances that modulate NF-kB are lively research topics. In the present study, heptadecane was examined in terms of its ability to suppress inflammatory NF-kB activation via redox-related NIK/IKK and MAPKs pathway in aged rats. In the first part of the study, Fischer 344 rats, aged 9 and 20 months, were administered on average approximately 20 or 40 mg/Kg body weight over 10 days. The potency of heptadecane was investigated by examining its ability to suppress the gene expressions of COX-2 and iNOS (both NF-κB-related genes) and reactive species (RS) production in aged kidney tissue. In the second part of the study, YPEN-1 cells (an endothelial cell line) were used to explore the molecular mechanism underlying the anti-inflammatory effect of heptadecane by examining its modulation of NF-kB and NF-kB signal pathway. Results showed that heptadecane exhibited a potent anti-oxidative effect by protecting YPEN-1 cells from tert-butylhydroperoxide induced oxidative stress. Further molecular investigations revealed that heptadecane attenuated RS-induced NF-kB via the NIK/IKK and MAPKs pathways in YPEN-1 cells and aged kidney tissues. Based on these results, we conclude that heptadecane suppresses age-related increases in pro-inflammatory gene expressions by reducing NF-kB activity by upregulating the NIK/IKK and MAPKs pathways induced by RS. These findings provide molecular insight of the mechanisms by which heptadecane exerts its antiinflammatory effect in aged kidney tissues. We conclude that heptadecane suppresses age-related increases in pro-inflammatory gene expressions then travel upstream set by step by reducing NF-kB activity by downregulating the NIK/IKK and MAPKs pathways induced by RS.
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- Dae Hyun Kim
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Gumjung-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea
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Singh SV, Singh K. Cancer chemoprevention with dietary isothiocyanates mature for clinical translational research. Carcinogenesis 2012; 33:1833-42. [PMID: 22739026 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Inverse association between dietary intake of cruciferous vegetables and cancer risk observed in population-based case-control studies is partly attributable to structurally simple but mechanistically complex phytochemicals with an isothiocyanate (-N=C=S) functional group. Cancer protective role for dietary isothiocyanates (ITCs) is substantiated by preclinical studies in rodent models. A common feature of many naturally occurring ITCs relates to their ability to cause growth arrest and cell death selectively in cancer cells. At the same time, evidence continues to accumulate to suggest that even subtle change in chemical structure of the ITCs can have a profound effect on their activity and mechanism of action. Existing mechanistic paradigm stipulates that ITCs may not only prevent cancer initiation by altering carcinogen metabolism but also inhibit post-initiation cancer development by suppressing many processes relevant to tumor progression, including cellular proliferation, neoangiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and self-renewal of cancer stem cells. Moreover, the ITCs are known to suppress diverse oncogenic signaling pathways often hyperactive in human cancers (e.g. nuclear factor-κB, hormone receptors, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) to elicit cancer chemopreventive response. However, more recent studies highlight potential adverse effect of Notch activation by ITCs on their ability to inhibit migration of cancer cells. Mechanisms underlying ITC-mediated modulation of carcinogen metabolism, growth arrest, and cell death have been reviewed extensively. This article provides a perspective on bench-cage-bedside evidence supporting cancer chemopreventive role for some of the most promising ITCs. Structure-activity relationship and mechanistic complexity in the context of cancer chemoprevention with ITCs is also highlighted.
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- Shivendra V Singh
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Hasumura M, Imai T, Cho YM, Ueda M, Hirose M, Nishikawa A, Ogawa K. Toxic effects of a horseradish extract and allyl isothiocyanate in the urinary bladder after 13-week administration in drinking water to F344 rats. J Toxicol Sci 2012; 36:763-74. [PMID: 22129740 DOI: 10.2131/jts.36.763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Subchronic toxicity of a horseradish extract (HRE), consisting mainly of a mixture of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) and other isothiocyanates, was investigated with administration at concentrations of 0, 0.0125, 0.025 and 0.05% of HRE in drinking water for 13 weeks to male and female F344 rats. For comparison, treatment with 0.0425% of AITC was similarly performed. Body weight gain was reduced in the 0.05% HRE and AITC males as compared to the 0% controls, and the cause was considered at least partly related to decreased water consumption due to the acrid smell of the test substance and decreased food consumption. Serum biochemistry demonstrated increased urea nitrogen in 0.025 and 0.05% HRE and AITC males and 0.0125-0.05% HRE and AITC females, along with decreased total cholesterol in 0.0125-0.05% HRE females. On histopathological assessment, papillary/nodular hyperplasia of bladder mucosa was observed in 0.05% HRE and AITC males and females, in addition to simple mucosal hyperplasia found in all treated groups. Based on the above findings, no-observed-adverse-effect levels (NOAELs) were estimated to be below 0.0125% of HRE for both males and females, corresponding to 9.4 and 8.0 mg/kg body weight/day, respectively, and there appeared to be comparable toxicological properties of HRE to AITC, such as the inductive effect of significant proliferative lesions in the urinary bladder.
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- Mai Hasumura
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Lin RK, Zhou N, Lyu YL, Tsai YC, Lu CH, Kerrigan J, Chen YT, Guan Z, Hsieh TS, Liu LF. Dietary isothiocyanate-induced apoptosis via thiol modification of DNA topoisomerase IIα. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:33591-600. [PMID: 21828038 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.258137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Studies in animal models have indicated that dietary isothiocyanates (ITCs) exhibit cancer preventive activities through carcinogen detoxification-dependent and -independent mechanisms. The carcinogen detoxification-independent mechanism of cancer prevention by ITCs has been attributed at least in part to their ability to induce apoptosis of transformed (initiated) cells (e.g. through suppression of IκB kinase and nuclear factor κB as well as other proposed mechanisms). In the current studies we show that ITC-induced apoptosis of oncogene-transformed cells involves thiol modification of DNA topoisomerase II (Top2) based on the following observations. 1) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Top2α in both SV40-transformed MEFs and Ras-transformed human mammary epithelial MCF-10A cells resulted in reduced ITC sensitivity. 2) ITCs, like some anticancer drugs and cancer-preventive dietary components, were shown to induce reversible Top2α cleavage complexes in vitro. 3) ITC-induced Top2α cleavage complexes were abolished by co-incubation with excess glutathione. In addition, proteomic analysis revealed that several cysteine residues on human Top2α were covalently modified by benzyl-ITC, suggesting that ITC-induced Top2α cleavage complexes may involve cysteine modification. Interestingly, consistent with the thiol modification mechanism for Top2α cleavage complex induction, the thiol-reactive selenocysteine, but not the non-thiol-reactive selenomethionine, was shown to induce Top2α cleavage complexes. In the aggregate, our results suggest that thiol modification of Top2α may contribute to apoptosis induction in transformed cells by ITCs.
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- Ren-Kuo Lin
- Department of Pharmacology and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Munday R, Zhang Y, Munday CM, Bapardekar MV, Paonessa JD. Structure-activity relationships and organ specificity in the induction of GST and NQO1 by alkyl-aryl isothiocyanates. Pharm Res 2008; 25:2164-70. [PMID: 18563540 PMCID: PMC2593848 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9595-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the ability of alkyl-aryl isothiocyanates (ITCs) to increase the activities of the Phase 2 detoxification enzymes NAD[P]H:quinone acceptor oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) and glutathione S-transferases (GST) in rat tissues in vivo and in cells in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve alkyl-aryl ITCs and the fully-reduced derivative of benzyl ITC (cyclohexylmethyl ITC) were administered to rats each day for 5 days. The animals were then killed and organs harvested. The ITCs were also evaluated in a bladder cell line in culture. The activities of NQO1 and GST in the organs and cells were measured. RESULTS In vivo, the organ most susceptible to the inductive activity of the ITCs was the urinary bladder, with alpha-methylbenzyl ITC and cyclohexylmethyl ITC being the most effective. Inductive activity in the bladder in vivo did not, however, correlate with that in bladder cells in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Induction of Phase 2 enzymes increases resistance to chemical carcinogenesis. ITCs could therefore be valuable chemopreventative agents, and the specificity of these substances toward the urinary bladder suggest that they could be particularly useful for protecting against bladder cancer. In this regard, alpha-methylbenzyl ITC and cyclohexylmethyl ITC could be especially valuable.
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- Rex Munday
- Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, AgResearch, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Ansari KM, Dhawan A, Khanna SK, Das M. Protective effect of bioantioxidants on argemone oil/sanguinarine alkaloid induced genotoxicity in mice. Cancer Lett 2006; 244:109-18. [PMID: 16458423 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Accepted: 12/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Our prior studies have shown that argemone oil (AO) and its alkaloid sanguinarine causes DNA damage in mice and Epidemic Dropsy patients. Since some of the bioantioxidants including riboflavin and alpha-tocopherol offered protection to Epidemic Dropsy patients, a combination of riboflavin and alpha-tocopherol was evaluated on AO and sanguinarine induced genotoxicity using alkaline comet assay. Single administration of combination of riboflavin (50mg/kg) and alpha-tocopherol (150mg/kg) to mice, 24h prior to or immediately after AO (2.0ml/kg) exposure showed significant decrease in tail moment (70-72%), tail length (37-44%), and tail DNA (49-53%) in bone marrow cells. Single or multiple doses of antioxidants given after 24h of AO exposure resulted in substantial (P<0.05) decrease in all the parameters of comet assay in bone marrow cells. Single dose of antioxidants given either 24h prior to or immediately after sanguinarine (21.6mg/kg) exposure caused significant decrease in tail moment (56-62%), tail length (69%) and tail DNA (34-42%) in bone marrow cells of mice. Single or multiple doses of antioxidants given after 24h of sanguinarine treated resulted in decrease in tail moment (50-71%), tail length (54-63%) and tail DNA (29-43%) in bone marrow cells. Similar protective response of combination of antioxidants was observed in blood cells of mice treated either with AO or sanguinarine alkaloid. Further, the frequency of bone marrow and blood cells in Olive tail moment category of 8 and onwards were found to be substantially reduced in antioxidants treated animals as compared to respective AO or sanguinarine exposed mice. Based on these results, it can be suggested that a combination of riboflavin and alpha-tocopherol provides protection against AO and sanguinarine induced genotoxicity.
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- Kausar M Ansari
- Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, P.O. Box 80, Lucknow 226001, India
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Li J, Yao S, Zhang Y. The role of c-Jun in the AP-1 activation induced by naturally occurring isothiocyanates. Food Chem Toxicol 2005; 43:1373-80. [PMID: 15989974 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Despite strong evidence that isothiocyanates (ITCs) inhibit cancer development, there are also reports that some of them induce or promote carcinogenesis. The molecular basis of the latter is largely unknown. We report here that all three ITCs that caused urinary bladder cancer in rats, including allyl ITC, benzyl ITC, and phenethyl ITC, increased the transactivation of activator protein 1 (AP-1) and AP-1 DNA binding in human bladder cancer UM-UC-3 cells. Amongst all Fos and Jun family members examined, only were the levels of c-Jun and Fra-2 consistently elevated by the ITCs. However, whereas c-Jun was identified as the predominant component in the AP-1 DNA binding complex, Fra-2 was not detected, suggesting that c-Jun may be mainly responsible for ITC-induced AP-1 activation. c-Jun was also induced by the ITCs in other bladder cancer cell lines (both human and rat) and by their N-acetylcysteine derivatives--their main urinary metabolites. c-Jun induction by the ITCs appears to involve both transcriptional activation and protein phosphorylation; the latter resulted from activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase by the ITCs. Because c-Jun has been implicated in cancer development, including human bladder cancer, our data suggest that c-Jun activation may play an important role in ITC-induced bladder carcinogenesis.
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- J Li
- Department of Chemoprevention, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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Takagi H, Shibutani M, Uneyama C, Lee KY, Kato N, Inoue K, Hirose M. Limited tumor-initiating activity of phenylethyl isothiocyanate by promotion with sodium L-ascorbate in a rat two-stage urinary bladder carcinogenesis model. Cancer Lett 2005; 219:147-53. [PMID: 15723713 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2004] [Revised: 06/09/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Initiation activity of phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) was examined in a two-stage urinary bladder carcinogenesis model. Male 6-week-old Fischer 344 rats were fed diet containing 0.1% PEITC for 12 or 24 weeks, with or without subsequent administration of 5% sodium l-ascorbate (Na-AsA) in diet until week 48, or for the entire experimental period. After 12 weeks of PEITC-treatment, both simple hyperplasia and papillary or nodular (PN) hyperplasia had developed in all animals, but the majority of these lesions had disappeared at week 48, irrespective of the Na-AsA-treatment. The same lesions after 24 weeks of PEITC-treatment had progressed to dysplasia and carcinoma, in a small number of cases by week 48 (6% in incidence for each lesion), but enhancement by the Na-AsA-treatment was evident only with simple hyperplasias (from 56 to 100% in incidence) and PN hyperplasias (from 19 to 56%). The results suggest a limited initiation activity of PEITC with induction of irreversible lesions by 24 weeks of exposure.
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- Hironori Takagi
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Okazaki K, Umemura T, Imazawa T, Nishikawa A, Masegi T, Hirose M. Enhancement of urinary bladder carcinogenesis by combined treatment with benzyl isothiocyanate and N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine in rats after initiation. Cancer Sci 2003; 94:948-52. [PMID: 14611670 PMCID: PMC11160183 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2003.tb01383.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2003] [Revised: 09/05/2003] [Accepted: 09/12/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Previously we reported that benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) strongly enhanced rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis after initiation with N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN), while potently inhibiting BBN-induction of lesions when given simultaneously with the carcinogen. In the present experiment, the effects of simultaneous treatment with BITC and low-dose BBN on the post-initiation period of rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis were examined. After treatment with 500 ppm BBN for 4 weeks for initiation, groups of 20, 6-week-old, F344 male rats were given 25 ppm BBN alone, basal diet alone, or 100 or 1000 ppm BITC in the diet together with or without 25 ppm BBN in their drinking water for 36 weeks and then killed for autopsy. Further groups consisting of 10 rats each were similarly given BITC or the basal diet together with or without 25 ppm BBN, without initiation treatment. In the initiated groups receiving subsequent BBN exposure, papillary and nodular hyperplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma incidences were significantly increased, and they were further increased by the combined treatment with 100 and 1000 ppm BITC in a dose-dependent manner. In the non-initiation groups, carcinomas were only observed in a single rat in each of the BBN-treated control and BBN/BITC 100 ppm treatment groups. The results indicate that simultaneous treatment with BITC and a low dose of BBN does not inhibit, but rather enhances rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis after appropriate initiation, and further suggest that BITC may be a human risk factor, at least in high-risk populations.
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- Kazushi Okazaki
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501
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Akagi K, Sano M, Ogawa K, Hirose M, Goshima H, Shirai T. Involvement of toxicity as an early event in urinary bladder carcinogenesis induced by phenethyl isothiocyanate, benzyl isothiocyanate, and analogues in F344 rats. Toxicol Pathol 2003; 31:388-96. [PMID: 12851104 DOI: 10.1080/01926230390202326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC)(1) and benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC), naturally occurring constituents of cruciferous vegetables, have been reported to exert inhibitory effects against development of tobacco-specific carcinogen-induced lung tumors and are regarded as promising chemopreventive agents for lung cancer. However, tumor promoting and carcinogenic activities in the rat urinary bladder have been detected in several animal models. The purpose of the present study was to investigate early changes in rat urinary bladder epithelium induced by PEITC and BITC and to explore promotion/carcinogenic mechanisms. In the first experiment, in order to assess acute toxic effects, PEITC or BITC at 0.1% each in the diet were administered to 6-week-old F344 rats for 1, 2, 3, and 7 days and sequential histopathological assessment and urinalysis were performed. In the second and third experiments, structure-activity relationships of PEITC, BITC and 8 other analogues, benzyl isocyanate and benzyl thiocyanate, and phenyl-, alpha-naphthyl-, tert-butyl-, butyl-, methyl-, and ethyl isothiocyanates (ITCs) were explored in a 14-day experiment. In the first experiment, the urinary pH was significantly lowered on day 1 by both PEITC and BITC. Striking features of toxicity, such as marked inflammatory changes characterized by cellular infiltration, apoptosis/single cell necrosis, cytoplasmic vacuolation, erosion, and hemorrhage in the urinary bladder were caused, with peaks apparent on days 2 or 3, respectively. Sequential change in 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling indices was in line with the inflammatory response, but the thickness of the urinary bladder epithelium continued to gradually increase up to day 7. In the second and third experiments, simple and papillary or nodular (PN) hyperplasias were observed after 14-days treatment with PEITC, BITC, and phenyl- and butyl ITCs. These results suggest that continuous urinary epithelial cell proliferation due to cytotoxicity may play an important role in the early stage of rat urinary bladder carcinogenesis due to oral administration of ITCs. In addition, hydrophobic activity of ITCs, dependent on the alkyl carbon chain length, might strongly influence the induction of bladder lesions in rats.
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- Keisuke Akagi
- Department of Experimental Pathology and Tumor Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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Yada H, Hirose M, Tamano S, Kawabe M, Sano M, Takahashi S, Futakuchi M, Miki T, Shirai T. Effects of antioxidant 1-O-hexyl-2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone or ascorbic acid on carcinogenesis induced by administration of aminopyrine and sodium nitrite in a rat multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Jpn J Cancer Res 2002; 93:1299-307. [PMID: 12495469 PMCID: PMC5926933 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2002.tb01238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The effect of antioxidant, 0.25% 1-O-hexyl-2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone (HTHQ) or 0.25% ascorbic acid (AsA), on carcinogenesis induced by administration of 0.05% aminopyrine (AP) and 0.05% sodium nitrite (NaNO2), was examined using a rat multi-organ carcinogenesis model. Groups of twenty F344 male rats were treated sequentially with an initiation regimen of N-diethylnitrosamine, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine, N,N'-dimethylhydrazine and 2,2'-dihydroxy-di-n-propylnitrosamine during the first 4 weeks, followed by AP+NaNO2, AP+NaNO2+HTHQ, AP+NaNO2+AsA, NaNO2+HTHQ, NaNO2+AsA, each of the individual chemicals alone or basal diet and tap water as a control. All surviving animals were killed at week 28, and major organs were examined histopathologically for development of preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions. In the AP+NaNO2 group, the incidences of hepatocellular adenomas and hemangiosarcomas were 95% and 35%, respectively. When HTHQ or AsA was simultaneously administered, the incidences decreased to 58% and 11%, or to 80% and 15%, respectively. On the other hand, in the AP+NaNO2 group and the NaNO2-alone group, when HTHQ, but not AsA, was simultaneously administered, the incidence of carcinomas in the forestomach significantly increased. The results suggest that HTHQ can prevent tumor production induced by AP and NaNO2 more effectively than AsA. On the other hand, an enhancing or possible carcinogenic effect of simultaneous administration of HTHQ and NaNO2 only on the forestomach is suggested, while simultaneous treatment with the same dose of AsA and NaNO2 may not be carcinogenic to the forestomach or other organs.
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- Hideaki Yada
- Department of Experimental Oncology and Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Kawakami M, Yoshihiro A, Miyoshi N, Ohigashi H, Kawai K, Osawa T, Uchida K. Involvement of the mitochondrial death pathway in chemopreventive benzyl isothiocyanate-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:8492-9. [PMID: 11751909 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109760200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the present study, we studied the molecular mechanism underlying cell death induced by a cancer chemoprotective compound benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC). The cytotoxic effect of BITC was examined in rat liver epithelial RL34 cells. Apoptosis was induced when the cells were treated with 20 mum BITC, characterized by the appearance of phosphatidylserine on the outer surface of the plasma membrane and caspase-3 activation, whereas no caspase activation and propidium iodide incorporation into cell were detected with 50 mum BITC that induced necrosis. The mitochondrial death pathway was suggested to be involved in BITC-induced apoptosis because the treatment of cells with BITC-induced caspase-9-dependent apoptosis and mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Delta Psi m) alteration. We demonstrated here for the first time that BITC directly modifies mitochondrial functions, including inhibition of respiration, mitochondrial swelling, and release of cytochrome c. Moreover, glutathione depletion by diethyl maleate significantly accelerated BITC-triggered apoptosis, suggesting the involvement of a redox-dependent mechanism. This was also implicated by the observations that intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species, including superoxide (O(2)) and hydroperoxides (HPOs), was indeed detected in the cells treated with BITC and that the intracellular HPO level was significantly attenuated by pretreatment with N-acetylcysteine. The treatment with a pharmacological scavenger of O(2), Tiron, also diminished the HPO formation by approximately 80%, suggesting that most of the HPOs were H(2)O(2) derived from the dismutation of O(2). These results suggest that BITC induces apoptosis through a mitochondrial redox-sensitive mechanism.
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- Yoshimasa Nakamura
- Laboratory of Food and Biodynamics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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Nakamura Y, Torikai K, Ohigashi H. A catechol antioxidant protocatechuic acid potentiates inflammatory leukocyte-derived oxidative stress in mouse skin via a tyrosinase bioactivation pathway. Free Radic Biol Med 2001; 30:967-78. [PMID: 11316576 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(01)00481-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The modifying effects of topical application of a catechol antioxidant protocatechuic acid (PA) on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced inflammatory responses in mouse skin were investigated. Treatment with a high dose (20,000 nmol) of PA, based on time of application, modifies inflammatory responses in the skin of the B6C3F(1) mouse, a resistant strain to inflammatory response induction by TPA, but shows much higher tyrosinase expression than that of an albino mouse. The responsibility of a large amount of PA-induced leukocyte infiltration to an inflamed region in a B6C3F(1) mouse is more sensitive than that of an ICR albino mouse. When ICR mice were treated with TPA (1.6 nmol) twice weekly for 5 weeks to induce chronic inflammatory responses, pretreatment with 1600 nmol PA 30 min prior to each TPA treatment significantly enhanced the inflammatory responses including edema formation, leukocyte infiltration, and the level of thiobarbituric acid-reacting substances. The dose-dependency was closely parallel to the results of a tumor promotion study of PA previously reported. Further, the treatment of PA alone resulted in tyrosinase-dependent contact hypersensitivity in ICR mouse skin. In addition, the in vitro study of cytotoxicity demonstrated that bioactivation by tyrosinase but not myeloperoxidase of PA significantly enhanced cytotoxicity and intracellular glutathione consumption. We conclude that the tyrosinase-derived reactive quinone intermediate(s) of PA, which binds nucleophilic residues of proteins including sulfhydryl group and conjugates of which are recognized as haptens, was partially involved in alteration of the cellular immune functions including oxygen radical-generating leukocytes migration to inflamed regions.
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- Y Nakamura
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Son HY, Nishikawa A, Furukawa F, Lee IS, Ikeda T, Miyauchi M, Nakamura H, Hirose M. Modifying effects of 4-phenylbutyl isothiocyanate on N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine-induced tumorigenesis in hamsters. Cancer Lett 2000; 160:141-7. [PMID: 11053643 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00570-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The modifying effects of dietary 4-phenylbutyl isothiocyanate (PBITC), given during the initiation stage of carcinogenesis, were investigated in hamsters treated with N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP). A total of 120 female 5-week-old hamsters were divided into six groups. Animals in groups 1-3, each consisting of 30 hamsters, were given BOP by two subcutaneous injections, 1 week apart, at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, plus 0, 10 or 100 micromol/animal of PBITC in corn oil by gavage 2 h prior to each carcinogen treatment. Ten animals in group 4 served as a vehicle control, and animals in groups 5 and 6, each consisting of ten hamsters, were given 10 and 100 micromol of PBITC alone in corn oil. Sacrifice was 52 weeks after the first BOP injection. The PBITC treatments significantly (P<0.05) inhibited the development of pancreatic ductal dysplasias and adenocarcinomas. Also, lung tumors (adenomas and adenocarcinomas) were significantly (P<0.05) reduced in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, both hepatocellular and cholangiocellular tumors (adenomas and carcinomas) tended to be or were significantly increased by PBITC. These results, taken together with our previous findings, indicate that the natural isothiocyanate, phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC), has a more potent chemopreventive action against BOP-induced tumorigenesis than synthetic isothiocyanates with longer alkyl chains, such as 3-phenylpropyl isothiocyanate (PPITC) and PBITC. Thus, their lipophilicity does not necessarily reflect the chemopreventive potential because the strength of lipophilicity is PEITC<PPITC<PBITC.
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- H Y Son
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, 158-8501, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nakamura Y, Morimitsu Y, Uzu T, Ohigashi H, Murakami A, Naito Y, Nakagawa Y, Osawa T, Uchida K. A glutathione S-transferase inducer from papaya: rapid screening, identification and structure-activity relationship of isothiocyanates. Cancer Lett 2000; 157:193-200. [PMID: 10936680 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00487-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have developed a simple system for rapid detection and measurement of glutathione S-transferase placental form (GSTP1) that detoxify polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using the cultured rat normal liver epithelial cell line, (RL34) cells. Survey of fruit extracts for GST inducing ability identified both papaya and avocado as significant sources. Benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) was isolated from papaya methanol extract as a principal inducer of GST activity. Further, the GST inducing ability of a total of 20 isothiocyanates (ITCs) and their derivatives was investigated. Some ITCs showed significant induction, and BITC was one of the most potent inducers among all compounds tested in the present study. The modification of isothiocyanate group (-NCS) or introduction of substituent group to the alpha-carbon modifies GST induction. Moreover, a significant correlation (P<0.01, r=0.913) between the GST activity enrichment and GSTP1 protein induction by ITCs was observed. We also indicated that phenethyl ITC and nitrophenyl ITC, potently inducing GST activity, but not inactive benzyl isocyanate, are potential inducers of intracellular reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs). Our system of GSTP1 induction is appropriate for the chemical research such as screening and identification of novel type of inducers as well as the structure-activity relationship studies, providing mechanistic insight into essential structural elements for GSTP1 induction.
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- Y Nakamura
- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606-8502, Kyoto, Japan.
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Nishikawa A, Furukawa F, Kasahara K, Tanakamaru Z, Miyauchi M, Nakamura H, Ikeda T, Imazawa T, Hirose M. Failure of phenethyl isothiocyanate to inhibit hamster tumorigenesis induced by N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine when given during the post-initiation phase. Cancer Lett 1999; 141:109-15. [PMID: 10454250 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00089-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The chemopreventive influence of phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) during the post-initiation stage was investigated in the N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP)-initiated hamster tumorigenesis model. A total of 120 female 5-week-old hamsters were divided into six groups. Animals in groups 1-3, each consisting of 30 hamsters, were injected twice, subcutaneously, with BOP 7 days apart to effect initiation. Starting 1 week after the second BOP injection, hamsters in groups 1 and 2 were fed diets supplemented with 6 micromol/g and 3 micromol/g of PEITC, respectively, for 51 weeks. Animals in group 3 received a basal diet as an initiation positive control. Animals in groups 4-6, each consisting of ten hamsters, were given 6 micromol/g or 3 micromol/g of PEITC alone, or were non-treated, matched negative controls for groups 1-3. At the termination of experimental week 52, the incidences and multiplicities of neoplastic lesions in the target organs including the pancreas, lung, liver and kidney were found to be comparable among the BOP-treated groups. The values for pancreatic adenocarcinomas as well as dysplastic lesions tended to increase although without statistical significance. Taken together with our previous finding that PEITC dramatically inhibited the initiation phase of BOP-induced pancreatic and lung tumorigenesis in hamsters, it can be concluded that PEITC specifically exerts chemopreventive effects only when given concomitantly with the carcinogen.
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- A Nishikawa
- Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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Hirose M, Yamaguchi T, Kimoto N, Ogawa K, Futakuchi M, Sano M, Shirai T. Strong promoting activity of phenylethyl isothiocyanate and benzyl isothiocyanate on urinary bladder carcinogenesis in F344 male rats. Int J Cancer 1998; 77:773-7. [PMID: 9688312 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980831)77:5<773::aid-ijc17>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Post-initiation effects of phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) on hepatocarcinogenesis and urinary bladder carcinogenesis were examined in rats pretreated with diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN). Groups of 21 rats received a single intraperitoneal injection of 200 mg/kg body weight of DEN. Starting 2 days thereafter, they were administered 0.05% BBN in the drinking water for 4 weeks. Three days after completion of the carcinogen treatment, they were placed on a diet containing PEITC or BITC at a dose of 0.1%, or a basal diet alone for 32 weeks and then killed for autopsy. Further groups of 6 rats each were similarly treated with PEITC, BITC or basal diet alone for 32 weeks without prior DEN and BBN exposure. In the liver, although the incidences of liver tumors were not significantly affected, the multiplicity of foci larger than 0.5 cm in diameter was slightly increased by PEITC. In the urinary bladder, the incidences of papillary or nodular (PN) hyperplasias and carcinomas were significantly elevated by PEITC or BITC after DEN and BBN initiation. In the groups without initiation, PN hyperplasia was found in all rats of both PEITC and BITC groups, along with papillomas and carcinomas in some animals. Tumors and PN hyperplasias in the groups treated with PEITC and BITC are characterized by downward growth. Our results thus showed PEITC and BITC to be strong promoters of urinary bladder carcinogenesis with some complete carcinogenic potential.
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- M Hirose
- First Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University, Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
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Mizoguchi Y, Hirose M, Yamaguchi T, Boonyaphiphat P, Miki T, Shirai T. Dose dependence of 1-O-hexyl-2,3,5-trimethylhydroquinone promotion of forestomach carcinogenesis in rats pretreated with N-ethylnitrosourethane. Jpn J Cancer Res 1998; 89:475-80. [PMID: 9685849 PMCID: PMC5921845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb03286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Post-initiation dose-dependent effects of the chemopreventive antioxidant 1-O-hexyl-2, 3, 5-trimethylhydroquinone (HTHQ), a potent inhibitor of heterocyclic amine-induced mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, on the development of forestomach and tongue tumors were investigated in male F344 rats. Groups of 22 rats were treated with 0.01% ethylnitrosourethane (ENUR) as an initiator in the drinking water for 4 weeks, then placed on diet containing 1.0%, 0.5%, 0.25% or 0.125% HTHQ, or basal diet alone for 36 weeks. Further group of 12 rats each were similarly treated with the different doses of HTHQ or given basal diet alone for 36 weeks without prior ENUR treatment. All animals were killed at week 40. Tongue papillary hyperplasia and papillomas tended to be increased in the groups treated with ENUR followed by 0.5-0.125% HTHQ, though there was no effect at the highest dose, in line with increased bromodeoxyuridine labeling indices. In the forestomach, the incidences of papillomas and carcinomas were also significantly elevated only in the group treated with ENUR followed by 0.125% HTHQ. Without ENUR pretreatment, papillary hyperplasia was found in the 1-0.125% HTHQ groups and the labeling index was also increased, though without clear dose dependence. The results indicate that HTHQ may have very weak or weak promotion potential for tongue and forestomach carcinogenesis, but that both minimum and maximum thresholds for active dose levels may exist.
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- Y Mizoguchi
- First Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University, Medical School
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