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Applicability of Scrape Loading-Dye Transfer Assay for Non-Genotoxic Carcinogen Testing. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168977. [PMID: 34445682 PMCID: PMC8396440 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Dysregulation of gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) is recognized as one of the key hallmarks for identifying non-genotoxic carcinogens (NGTxC). Currently, there is a demand for in vitro assays addressing the gap junction hallmark, which would have the potential to eventually become an integral part of an integrated approach to the testing and assessment (IATA) of NGTxC. The scrape loading-dye transfer (SL-DT) technique is a simple assay for the functional evaluation of GJIC in various in vitro cultured mammalian cells and represents an interesting candidate assay. Out of the various techniques for evaluating GJIC, the SL-DT assay has been used frequently to assess the effects of various chemicals on GJIC in toxicological and tumor promotion research. In this review, we systematically searched the existing literature to gather papers assessing GJIC using the SL-DT assay in a rat liver epithelial cell line, WB-F344, after treating with chemicals, especially environmental and food toxicants, drugs, reproductive-, cardio- and neuro-toxicants and chemical tumor promoters. We discuss findings derived from the SL-DT assay with the known knowledge about the tumor-promoting activity and carcinogenicity of the assessed chemicals to evaluate the predictive capacity of the SL-DT assay in terms of its sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for identifying carcinogens. These data represent important information with respect to the applicability of the SL-DT assay for the testing of NGTxC within the IATA framework.
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A large number of basic researches and observational studies suggested the cancer preventive activity of vitamin E, but large-scale human intervention trials have yielded disappointing results and actually showed a higher incidence of prostate cancer although the mechanisms underlying the increased risk remain largely unknown. Here we show through in vitro and in vivo studies that vitamin E produces a marked inductive effect on carcinogen-bioactivating enzymes and a pro-oxidant status promoting both DNA damage and cell transformation frequency. First, we found that vitamin E in the human prostate epithelial RWPE-1 cell line has the remarkable ability to upregulate the expression of various phase-I activating cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, including activators of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), giving rise to supraphysiological levels of reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, our rat model confirmed that vitamin E in the prostate has a powerful booster effect on CYP enzymes associated with the generation of oxidative stress, thereby favoring lipid-derived electrophile spread that covalently modifies proteins. We show that vitamin E not only causes DNA damage but also promotes cell transformation frequency induced by the PAH-prototype benzo[a]pyrene. Our findings might explain why dietary supplementation with vitamin E increases the prostate cancer risk among healthy men.
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Cassels BK, Fuentes-Barros G, Castro-Saavedra S. Boldo, Its Secondary Metabolites and their Derivatives. CURRENT TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/2215083804666181113112928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Boldo leaves (Boldo folium, from Peumus boldus Mol.) are very frequently used as a medicinal herb in Chile and are exported to many countries to be used in teas or as extracts included in herbal remedies, primarily as an aid to digestion and as a mild sedative. Scientific support for these uses is scanty, and boldine, an alkaloid viewed as characteristic of the tree and present in high concentration in the bark, is extracted by specialized companies and sold as the supposed main active constituent. Consequently, boldine has been the subject of a considerable number of research papers, while some of the other alkaloids present to a greater extent in the leaves have been relatively neglected except when found in large amounts in other species. These studies range from assays of antioxidant activity to anti-inflammatory, antineoplastic and other medical applications. The essential oil, usually containing a large percentage of the toxic ascaridole, was once used as a vermifuge and is now regarded with caution, but is still of interest as a possible natural insecticide, fungicide, antiparasitic and herbicide. The last decade has seen an explosive increase in papers pointing to possible uses of boldo and its constituents. This review attempts to bring these publications together in a comprehensive way with the purpose of stimulating and orienting further research into the useful properties of this Chilean endemic tree.
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- Bruce K. Cassels
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Yi C, Ezan P, Fernández P, Schmitt J, Sáez JC, Giaume C, Koulakoff A. Inhibition of glial hemichannels by boldine treatment reduces neuronal suffering in a murine model of Alzheimer's disease. Glia 2017; 65:1607-1625. [PMID: 28703353 DOI: 10.1002/glia.23182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The contribution of reactive gliosis to the pathological phenotype of Alzheimer's disease (AD) opened the way for therapeutic strategies targeting glial cells instead of neurons. In such context, connexin hemichannels were proposed recently as potential targets since neuronal suffering is alleviated when connexin expression is genetically suppressed in astrocytes of a murine model of AD. Here, we show that boldine, an alkaloid from the boldo tree, inhibited hemichannel activity in astrocytes and microglia without affecting gap junctional communication in culture and acute hippocampal slices. Long-term oral administration of boldine in AD mice prevented the increase in glial hemichannel activity, astrocytic Ca2+ signal, ATP and glutamate release and alleviated hippocampal neuronal suffering. These findings highlight the important pathological role of hemichannels in AD mice. The neuroprotective effect of boldine treatment might provide the basis for future pharmacological strategies that target glial hemichannels to reduce neuronal damage in neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Chenju Yi
- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, 75005, France
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, 75005, France
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, CNRS, Neurosciences Paris Seine, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (NPS-IBPS), Cerebellum Navigation and Memory team (CeZaMe), Paris, 75005, France
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, 75005, France
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- Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, Paris, 75005, France
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Bruce RD, Altice FL, Friedland GH. Pharmacokinetic drug interactions between drugs of abuse and antiretroviral medications: implications and management for clinical practice. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2014; 1:115-27. [PMID: 24410515 DOI: 10.1586/17512433.1.1.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS are two of the most serious, yet treatable diseases worldwide. Global access to HIV treatment continues to expand. In settings where both active illicit drug use and HIV treatment are concurrent, potentional problematic pharmacokinetic drug interactions may arise and complicate therapy. Clinical case series and carefully controlled pharmacokinetic interaction studies have been conducted between only a few drugs of abuse and approved antiretroviral therapies. Important pharmacokinetic drug interactions have been described for benzodiazepines, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, methadone and buprenorphine; however, most have not been studied and few well-controlled studies have been conducted to adequately address the clinical implications of these interactions. The metabolism of drugs of abuse, description of the known interactions, and clinical implications and management of these interactions are reviewed. Certain interactions between drugs of abuse and antiretroviral therapies are known and others are likely based upon shared metabolic pathways. These may result in important clinical consequences. To optimize care, clinicians must be alert, knowledgeable about known and possible interactions and equipped to clinically manage the medical consequences. Moreover, there is considerable need for carefully controlled studies in this important and emerging area.
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- R Douglas Bruce
- Yale University AIDS Program, 135 College Street, Suite 323, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
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Preparative isolation of alkaloids from Dactylicapnos scandens using pH-zone-refining counter-current chromatography by changing the length of the separation column. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 879:3767-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Inhibition of Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Confers Cardioprotection and Prevents Cardiac Cytochrome P450 Induction by Benzo(a)pyrene. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2011; 57:273-81. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3182055baf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Antoine DJ, Williams DP, Kipar A, Laverty H, Park BK. Diet restriction inhibits apoptosis and HMGB1 oxidation and promotes inflammatory cell recruitment during acetaminophen hepatotoxicity. Mol Med 2010; 16:479-90. [PMID: 20811657 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2010.00126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is a major cause of acute liver failure and serves as a paradigm to elucidate mechanisms, predisposing factors and therapeutic interventions. The roles of apoptosis and inflammation during APAP hepatotoxicity remain controversial. We investigated whether fasting of mice for 24 h can inhibit APAP-induced caspase activation and apoptosis through the depletion of basal ATP. We also investigated in fasted mice the critical role played by inhibition of caspase-dependent cysteine 106 oxidation within high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) released by ATP depletion in dying cells as a mechanism of immune activation. In fed mice treated with APAP, necrosis was the dominant form of hepatocyte death. However, apoptosis was also observed, indicated by K18 cleavage, DNA laddering and procaspase-3 processing. In fasted mice treated with APAP, only necrosis was observed. Inflammatory cell recruitment as a consequence of hepatocyte death was observed only in fasted mice treated with APAP or fed mice cotreated with a caspase inhibitor. Hepatic inflammation was also associated with loss in detection of serum oxidized-HMGB1. A significant role of HMGB1 in the induction of inflammation was confirmed with an HMGB1-neutralizing antibody. The differential response between fasted and fed mice was a consequence of a significant reduction in basal hepatic ATP, which prevented caspase processing, rather than glutathione depletion or altered APAP metabolism. Thus, the inhibition of caspase-driven apoptosis and HMGB1 oxidation by ATP depletion from fasting promotes an inflammatory response during drug-induced hepatotoxicity/liver pathology.
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- Daniel James Antoine
- Medical Research Council Centre for Drug Safety Science Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
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Garry A, Edwards DH, Fallis IF, Jenkins RL, Griffith TM. Ascorbic acid and tetrahydrobiopterin potentiate the EDHF phenomenon by generating hydrogen peroxide. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 84:218-26. [PMID: 19592567 PMCID: PMC2761203 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 07/01/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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AIMS Our objective was to investigate whether pro-oxidant properties of ascorbic acid (AA) and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) modulate endothelium-dependent, electrotonically mediated arterial relaxation. METHODS AND RESULTS In studies with rabbit iliac artery (RIA) rings, NO-independent, endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF)-type relaxations evoked by the sarcoplasmic endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor cyclopiazonic acid and the G protein-coupled agonist acetylcholine (ACh) were enhanced by AA (1 mM) and BH(4) (200 microM), which generated buffer concentrations of H(2)O(2) in the range of 40-80 microM. Exogenous H(2)O(2) potentiated cyclopiazonic acid (CPA)- and ACh-evoked relaxations with a threshold of 10-30 microM, and potentiation by AA and BH(4) was abolished by catalase, which destroyed H(2)O(2) generated by oxidation of these agents in the organ chamber. Adventitial application of H(2)O(2) also enhanced EDHF-type dilator responses evoked by CPA and ACh in RIA segments perfused intraluminally with H(2)O(2)-free buffer, albeit with reduced efficacy. In RIA rings, both control relaxations and their potentiation by H(2)O(2) were overcome by blockade of gap junctions by connexin-mimetic peptides (YDKSFPISHVR and SRPTEK) targeted to the first and second extracellular loops of the dominant vascular connexins expressed in the RIA. Superoxide dismutase attenuated the potentiation of EDHF-type relaxations by BH(4), but not AA, consistent with findings demonstrating a differential role for superoxide anions in the generation of H(2)O(2) by the two agents. CONCLUSION Pro-oxidant effects of AA and BH(4) can enhance the EDHF phenomenon by generating H(2)O(2), which has previously been shown to amplify electrotonic hyperpolarization-mediated relaxation by facilitating Ca(2+) release from endothelial stores.
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- Ambroise Garry
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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Vinken M, Doktorova T, Decrock E, Leybaert L, Vanhaecke T, Rogiers V. Gap junctional intercellular communication as a target for liver toxicity and carcinogenicity. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2009; 44:201-22. [PMID: 19635038 DOI: 10.1080/10409230903061215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Direct communication between hepatocytes, mediated by gap junctions, constitutes a major regulatory platform in the control of liver homeostasis, ranging from hepatocellular proliferation to hepatocyte cell death. Inherent to this pivotal task, gap junction functionality is frequently disrupted upon impairment of the homeostatic balance, as occurs during liver toxicity and carcinogenicity. In the present paper, the deleterious effects of a number of chemical and biological toxic compounds on hepatic gap junctions are discussed, including environmental pollutants, biological toxins, organic solvents, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, peroxides, metals and phthalates. Particular attention is paid to the molecular mechanisms that underlie the abrogation of gap junction functionality. Since hepatic gap junctions are specifically targeted by tumor promoters and epigenetic carcinogens, both in vivo and in vitro, inhibition of gap junction functionality is considered as a suitable indicator for the detection of nongenotoxic hepatocarcinogenicity.
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- Mathieu Vinken
- Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
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Chiang H, Li CM, Fu YD, Lu DJ. The Mechanism of Suppression of GAP Junctional Intercellular Communication by 50-Hz Magnetic Fields. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/15368379909022580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Li CM, Chiang H, Fu YD, Lu DQ, Shao J. Exposure to 50-HZ Electromagnetic Fields: Effects of Time and Field Strength on GAP Junctional Intercellular Communications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/15368379909022581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ridley AJ, Whiteside JR, McMillan TJ, Allinson SL. Cellular and sub-cellular responses to UVA in relation to carcinogenesis. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 85:177-95. [PMID: 19296341 DOI: 10.1080/09553000902740150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE UVA radiation (315-400 nm) contributes to skin aging and carcinogenesis. The aim of this review is to consider the mechanisms that underlie UVA-induced cellular damage, how this damage may be prevented or repaired and the signal transduction processes that are elicited in response to it. RESULTS Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light is well-established as the causative factor in skin cancer. Until recently, most work on the mechanisms that underlie skin carcinogenesis focused on shorter wavelength UVB radiation (280-315 nm), however in recent years there has been increased interest in the contribution made by UVA. UVA is able to cause a range of damage to cellular biomolecules including lipid peroxidation, oxidized protein and DNA damage, such as 8-oxoguanine and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers. Such damage is strongly implicated in both cell death and malignant transformation and cells have a number of mechanisms in place to mitigate the effects of UVA exposure, including antioxidants, DNA repair, and stress signalling pathways. CONCLUSIONS The past decade has seen a surge of interest in the biological effects of UVA exposure as its significance to the process of photo-carcinogenesis has become increasingly evident. However, unpicking the unique complexity of the cellular response to UVA, which is only now becoming apparent, will be a major challenge for the field of photobiology in the 21st century.
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- Andrew J Ridley
- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK.
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Bellei B, Mastrofrancesco A, Briganti S, Aspite N, Ale-Agha N, Sies H, Picardo M. Ultraviolet A induced modulation of gap junctional intercellular communication by P38 MAPK activation in human keratinocytes. Exp Dermatol 2008; 17:115-24. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00662.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Varache-Lembège M, Moreau S, Larrouture S, Montaudon D, Robert J, Nuhrich A. Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of aryl- and heteroaryl-hydrazones derived from xanthone carbaldehydes. Eur J Med Chem 2007; 43:1336-43. [PMID: 17949859 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2007.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 09/06/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In order to explore the antiproliferative effect associated with the xanthone framework, several arylhydrazonomethyl derivatives were synthesized from various isomeric 1,3-dihydroxyxanthone carbaldehydes. Variation in the position of the aldehydic function led to three sets of compounds, bearing the hydrazonomethyl chain at positions 5, 6 or 7 on the xanthone nucleus, respectively. The antiproliferative effect of the compounds was evaluated in vitro using the MTT colorimetric method against two human cancer cell lines (MCF-7, breast adenocarcinoma, and KB 3.1, squamous cell oral carcinoma) for two time periods (24 h and 72 h). Among the series, four compounds exhibited interesting growth inhibitory effects against both the cell lines, with IC(50) values in the micromolar concentration range. When compared with doxorubicin, the xanthone derivatives showed moderate cytotoxic effects. Surprisingly, unlike doxorubicin, these compounds displayed no significant time-dependent change in the concentration causing 50% inhibitory effect in proliferation. This unusual cytotoxicity profile led to the hypothesis that these molecules could be endowed with a mechanism of action distinct to that of doxorubicin.
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- Martine Varache-Lembège
- Laboratoire de Chimie Thérapeutique, EA2962, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 Rue Léo-Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Edwards DH, Chaytor AT, Bakker LM, Griffith TM. Modulation of gap-junction-dependent arterial relaxation by ascorbic acid. J Vasc Res 2007; 44:410-22. [PMID: 17587861 DOI: 10.1159/000104254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AIMS To investigate whether ascorbic acid (AA) can influence endothelium-dependent relaxation by modulating the spread of endothelial hyperpolarization through the arterial wall via gap junctions. METHODS Force development and membrane potential were monitored by myography and sharp electrode techniques in isolated rabbit iliac arteries. RESULTS AA prevented the ability of the gap junction blocker 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate to inhibit endothelium-dependent relaxations and subintimal smooth muscle hyperpolarizations evoked by cyclopiazonic acid in the presence of nitric oxide (NO) synthase and cyclooxygenase blockade. AA also prevented the ability of a connexin-mimetic peptide targeted against Cx37 and Cx40 (37,40Gap 26) to attenuate the transmission of endothelial hyperpolarization to subintimal smooth muscle, and a peptide targeted against Cx43 (43Gap 26) to attenuate the spread of subintimal hyperpolarization to subadventitial smooth muscle and the associated mechanical relaxation. Parallel studies with endothelium-denuded preparations demonstrated that AA and cyclopiazonic acid both depressed relaxation evoked by the NO donor MAHMA NONOate. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that AA can modulate arterial function through a previously unrecognized ability to preserve electrotonic signalling via myoendothelial and homocellular smooth muscle gap junctions under conditions where cell coupling is depressed. Underlying mechanisms do not involve amplification of 'residual' NO activity by AA.
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- David H Edwards
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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O'Brien P, Carrasco-Pozo C, Speisky H. Boldine and its antioxidant or health-promoting properties. Chem Biol Interact 2006; 159:1-17. [PMID: 16221469 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2005] [Revised: 09/08/2005] [Accepted: 09/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The increasing recognition of the participation of free radical-mediated oxidative events in the initiation and/or progression of cardiovascular, tumoural, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, has given rise to the search for new antioxidant molecules. An important source of such molecules has been plants for which there is an ethno-cultural base for health promotion. An important example of this is boldo (Peumus boldus Mol.), a chilean tree whose leaves have been traditionally employed in folk medicine and is now widely recognized as a herbal remedy by a number of pharmacopoeias. Boldo leaves are rich in several aporphine-like alkaloids, of which boldine is the most abundant one. Research conducted during the early 1990s led to the discovery that boldine is one of the most potent natural antioxidants. Prompted by the latter, a large and increasing number of studies emerged, which have focused on characterizing some of the pharmacological properties that may arise from the free radical-scavenging properties of boldine. The present review attempts to exhaustively cover and discuss such studies, placing particular attention on research conducted during the last decade. Mechanistic aspects and structure-activity data are discussed. The review encompasses pharmacological actions, which arise from its antioxidant properties (e.g., cyto-protective, anti-tumour promoting, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-atherogenic actions), as well as those that do not seem to be associated with such activity (e.g., vasorelaxing, anti-trypanocidal, immuno- and neuro-modulator, cholagogic and/or choleretic actions). Based on the pharmacological and toxicological data now available, further research needs and recommendations are suggested to define the actual potential of boldine for its use in humans.
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- Peter O'Brien
- Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Griffith TM, Chaytor AT, Bakker LM, Edwards DH. 5-Methyltetrahydrofolate and tetrahydrobiopterin can modulate electrotonically mediated endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:7008-13. [PMID: 15867155 PMCID: PMC1100761 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408919102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have investigated the ability of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) to modulate nitric oxide (NO)-independent vascular relaxations that are mediated by the sequential spread of endothelial hyperpolarization through the wall of the rabbit iliac artery by means of myoendothelial and homocellular smooth muscle gap junctions. Relaxations and subintimal smooth muscle hyperpolarizations evoked by cyclopiazonic acid were depressed by the gap junction inhibitor 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, whose effects were prevented by 5-MTHF and BH(4), but not by their oxidized forms folic acid and 7,8-dihydrobiopterin. Analogously, 5-MTHF and BH(4), but not folic acid or 7,8-dihydrobiopterin, attenuated the depression of subintimal hyperpolarization by a connexin-mimetic peptide targeted against Cx37 and Cx40 ((37,40)Gap 26) and the depression of subadventitial hyperpolarization by a peptide targeted against Cx43 ((43)Gap 26), thus reflecting the known differential expression of Cx37 and Cx40 in the endothelium and Cx43 in the media of the rabbit iliac artery. The inhibitory effects of 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate and (37,40)Gap 26 against subintimal hyperpolarization were prevented by catalase, which destroys H(2)O(2). 5-MTHF and BH(4) thus appear capable of modulating electrotonic signaling by means of myoendothelial and smooth muscle gap junctions by reducing oxidant stress, potentially conferring an ability to reverse the endothelial dysfunction found in disease states through mechanisms that are independent of NO.
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- Tudor M Griffith
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom.
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Koval M. Sharing signals: connecting lung epithelial cells with gap junction channels. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002; 283:L875-93. [PMID: 12376339 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00078.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Gap junction channels enable the direct flow of signaling molecules and metabolites between cells. Alveolar epithelial cells show great variability in the expression of gap junction proteins (connexins) as a function of cell phenotype and cell state. Differential connexin expression and control by alveolar epithelial cells have the potential to enable these cells to regulate the extent of intercellular coupling in response to cell stress and to regulate surfactant secretion. However, defining the precise signals transmitted through gap junction channels and the cross talk between gap junctions and other signaling pathways has proven difficult. Insights from what is known about roles for gap junctions in other systems in the context of the connexin expression pattern by lung cells can be used to predict potential roles for gap junctional communication between alveolar epithelial cells.
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- Michael Koval
- Department of Physiology and Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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The second generation histamine H(1)-receptor antagonists are important therapeutic tools in the treatment of atopic disease and may also have a place as an adjunct therapy for those patients whose allergic asthma coexists with allergic rhinitis. They are amongst the most widely prescribed and safest drugs in the world. However, as second generation H(1)-receptor antagonists are used to treat non-life threatening conditions, the risk of adverse effects is of vital importance. For many, the potential for sedation by some of the newer antihistamines still remains an issue, while there have recently been widespread concerns regarding the potential for cardiotoxicity and the impact of drug-drug interactions associated with some second generation H(1)-receptor antagonists. Consequently, progress with this class of drugs should involve not only increased efficacy but also improvements in their safety and specificity. Moreover, there is a trend towards using second generation H(1)-receptor antagonists as long-term therapy rather than confining their use to treating the short-term manifestations of allergic disease. To this end, a number of novel, potent and safe antihistamines have been developed which are either metabolites of active drugs or enantiomers. This review will examine some of the safety issues associated with established and newer second generation drugs particularly in relation to their long-term usage in adults and children.
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Affiliation(s)
- Garry M Walsh
- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, IMS Building, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK.
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Jiménez I, Aracena P, Letelier ME, Navarro P, Speisky H. Chronic exposure of HepG2 cells to excess copper results in depletion of glutathione and induction of metallothionein. Toxicol In Vitro 2002; 16:167-75. [PMID: 11869879 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(01)00117-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Metallothionein (MT) and reduced glutathione (GSH) play an important role in the intracellular handling of copper by preventing the generation and favouring the removal of copper-derived free radicals. The present study addressed the changes in MT and GSH that follow chronic (2 or 5 weeks) exposure of human hepatoblastoma cells (HepG2) to excess copper. Copper treatment (100 microM, 2 weeks) led to a 28-fold elevation in intracellular copper. Concomitantly, cells exhibited a seven-fold increase in total MT and an increment in its saturation with copper from 45 to 86%. Around 38% of copper in the cytosolic fraction could be accounted for by MT. GSH equivalents were substantially lowered (to 37% of basal levels) in treated cells, with only part of it being accounted for by an increase in GSSG. Copper-treatment induced no changes in catalase or GSH-peroxidase activities but it was associated with a small reduction in SOD (20%) and GSH-reductase (26%) activities. Copper-loaded cells did not differ from controls in their basal oxidative tone; however, when exposed to tert-butylhydroperoxide they exhibited a markedly greater susceptibility to undergo both oxidative stress and cell lysis. It is proposed that chronic exposure of HepG2 cells to excess copper is accompanied by "adaptive changes" in GSH and MT metabolism that would render cells substantially more susceptibility to undergo oxidative stress-related cytotoxicity.
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- I Jiménez
- Nutritional Toxicology Unit, Nutrition and Food Technology Institute, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Rocha NS, Barbisan LF, de Oliveira MLC, de Camargo JLV. Effects of fasting and intermittent fasting on rat hepatocarcinogenesis induced by diethylnitrosamine. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 2002; 22:129-38. [PMID: 11835290 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.10005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The influences of fasting on DEN-initiation and of intermittent fasting (IF) on the rat liver chemical carcinogenesis process were evaluated in a 52-week long assay. Three groups of adult male Wistar rats were used: Groups 1 to 3 were treated with a single i.p. injection of 200 mg/kg of diethylnitrosamine (DEN). Group 2 was submitted to 48 h fasting prior to DEN treatment. After the 4th week, Group 3 was submitted to IF, established as 48 h weekly fasting during 48 weeks, while Groups 1 and 2 were fed ad libitum until the 52nd week. All animals were submitted to 70% partial hepatectomy and sacrificed at the 3rd and 52nd weeks, respectively. Fasting prior to DEN-initiation did not influence the development of altered foci of hepatocytes (AFHs) and of hepatic nodules (Group 2 vs. Group G1). IF inhibited the development of preneoplastic lesions, since this dietary regimen decreased the number and the size of glutathione S-transferase (GST-P) positive foci and the number and size of liver nodules (Group G3 vs. Group G1). The inhibitory effect of IF was also reflected in the development of clear and basophilic cell foci. These results indicate that long-term IF regimen exerts an anti-promoting effect on rat hepatocarcinogenesis induced by DEN.
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- Noeme Sousa Rocha
- Departamento de Clínica Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil
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Modulation of protein phosphorylation by natural products. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-5995(02)80049-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Walsh GM, Annunziato L, Frossard N, Knol K, Levander S, Nicolas JM, Taglialatela M, Tharp MD, Tillement JP, Timmerman H. New insights into the second generation antihistamines. Drugs 2001; 61:207-36. [PMID: 11270939 DOI: 10.2165/00003495-200161020-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Second generation antihistamines are recognised as being highly effective treatments for allergy-based disease and are among the most frequently prescribed and safest drugs in the world. However, consideration of the therapeutic index or the benefit/risk ratio of the H1 receptor antagonists is of paramount importance when prescribing this class of compounds as they are used to treat non-life threatening conditions. There are many second generation antihistamines available and at first examination these appear to be comparable in terms of safety and efficacy. However, the newer antihistamines in fact represent a heterogeneous group of compounds, having markedly differing chemical structures, adverse effects, half-life, tissue distribution and metabolism, spectrum of antihistaminic properties, and varying degrees of anti-inflammatory effects. With regard to the latter, there is growing awareness that some of these compounds might represent useful adjunct medications in asthma therapy. In terms of safety issues, the current second generation grouping includes compounds with proven cardiotoxic effects and others with the potential for adverse drug interactions. Moreover, some of the second generation H1 antagonists have given cause for concern regarding their potential to cause a degree of somnolence in some individuals. It can be argued, therefore, that the present second generation grouping is too large and indistinct since this was based primarily on the concept of separating the first generation sedating compounds from nonsedating H1 antagonists. Although it is too early to talk about a third generation grouping of antihistamines, future membership of such a classification could be based on a low volume of distribution coupled with a lack of sedating effects, drug interactions and cardiotoxicity.
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- G M Walsh
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Scotland.
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Kan WM, Liu YT, Hsiao CL, Shieh CY, Kuo JH, Huang JD, Su SF. Effect of hydroxyzine on the transport of etoposide in rat small intestine. Anticancer Drugs 2001; 12:267-73. [PMID: 11290874 DOI: 10.1097/00001813-200103000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Etoposide, an anti-neoplastic agent and a substrate of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), exhibits variable oral bioavailability. P-gp, the multidrug resistance gene (mdr1) product, has been considered as an absorption barrier against intestinal drug absorption. Terfenadine, an antihistamine, has been shown to be a P-gp inhibitor. The current study was designed to assess the effect of hydroxyzine, an antihistamine, on the transport of etoposide in the small intestine. Everted rat gut sacs were used to determine the absorption and exsorption of etoposide under different conditions, as rhodamine 123 was chosen to evaluate the role of P-gp in the drug interaction. The results showed that the transport of etoposide was significantly increased from the luminal site to the serosal site in the jejunum by 2- and 4-fold after 90 min in the presence of hydroxyzine and quinidine, respectively. A similar trend was observed in the ileal sacs. This in vitro exsorption study also demonstrated that hydroxyzine could reduce the efflux of etoposide to the luminal site in either jejunum or ileum. The effect of hydroxyzine on the pharmacokinetics of etoposide differed by the in vivo route of administration, thus assuming clinical importance for chemotherapeutic treatment.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/antagonists & inhibitors
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacokinetics
- Biological Availability
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Etoposide/pharmacokinetics
- Histamine H1 Antagonists/pharmacology
- Hydroxyzine/pharmacology
- In Vitro Techniques
- Infusions, Intravenous
- Intestinal Absorption/drug effects
- Intestine, Small/metabolism
- Jejunum/metabolism
- Male
- Microvilli/metabolism
- Quinidine/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Time Factors
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- W M Kan
- Department of Pharmacology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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Lekas P, Tin KL, Lee C, Prokipcak RD. The Human Cytochrome P450 1A1 mRNA Is Rapidly Degraded In HepG2 Cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 384:311-8. [PMID: 11368318 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The cytochromes P450 are a superfamily of enzymes that can carry out a wide range of oxidative reactions. While the transcriptional control of the cytochrome P450 genes has been relatively well-studied, posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms that contribute to the regulation of P450s are much less well understood. We followed the decay of CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP1B1 mRNAs after induction by the AH receptor ligand 2,3,7,8,-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. CYP1A2 and CYP1B1 mRNAs were long-lived in this cell line (to > 24 h). In contrast, the CYP1A1 mRNA decays remarkably quickly. To determine if this rapid decay was unique to CYP1A1, we assessed the decay of selected human P450 and liver-specific mRNAs in HepG2 cells as a comparison. We analyzed albumin, phosphofructokinase, and GAPDH mRNAs and found that they were long-lived, with half-lives >24 h. We show that CYP2E1 mRNA can be detected in HepG2 cells by RT-PCR and that this mRNA also has a basal half-life of >24 h. Thus the CYP1A1 mRNA with its half-life of 2.4 h was one of the shortest-lived mRNA studied and is the most unstable of the cytochrome P450 mRNAs we have tested. The rapid decay of CYP1A1 mRNA is associated with a rapid loss in poly(A) tail length, suggesting that deadenylation is the first step in the decay pathway. The short half-life appears to be conserved across species, which suggests that this characteristic of the CYP1A1 mRNA is important for its function.
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- P Lekas
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Sai K, Kanno J, Hasegawa R, Trosko JE, Inoue T. Prevention of the down-regulation of gap junctional intercellular communication by green tea in the liver of mice fed pentachlorophenol. Carcinogenesis 2000; 21:1671-6. [PMID: 10964098 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.9.1671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Much evidence has been documented supporting the hypothesis that the down-regulation of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is a cellular event underlying the tumor promotion process and that treatment to prevent the down-regulation or to up-regulate GJIC is important in preventing tumor promotion. We explored the potential preventive effects of green tea against the promoting action of pentachlorophenol (PCP) in mouse hepatocarcinogenesis, examining whether drinking green tea prevents the down-regulation of GJIC inhibition in the liver caused by tumorigenic doses of PCP. We used a modified in vivo GJIC assay, the incision loading/dye transfer method. Male B6C3F1 mice were given a green tea infusion for 1 week and then PCP was fed at a dose of 300 or 600 p.p.m. in the diet for the following 2 weeks, along with green tea treatment. A dose-related inhibition of GJIC in the hepatocytes was evident in the mice treated with PCP alone that was associated with a reduction in connexin32 (Cx32) plaques in the plasma membrane and an increase in the cell proliferation index. Drinking green tea significantly protected mice against GJIC inhibition, the reduction in Cx32 and the elevation of the labeling index. These findings suggest that green tea might act as an anti-promoter against PCP-induced mouse hepatocarcinogenesis via its ability to prevent down-regulation of GJIC.
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- K Sai
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Toxicology and Division of Risk Assessment, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyohga, Setagayaku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Goasduff T, Cederbaum AI. CYP2E1 degradation by in vitro reconstituted systems: role of the molecular chaperone hsp90. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 379:321-30. [PMID: 10898951 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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One major mode of regulation of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) is at the posttranscriptional level, since many low-molecular-weight compounds stabilize the enzyme against proteolysis by the proteasome complex. In an in vitro system containing human liver microsomes, degradation of CYP2E1 in the microsomes required addition of the human liver cytosol fraction in a reaction sensitive to inhibitors of the proteasome complex. It is not clear how CYP2E1 in the microsomal membrane becomes accessible to the cytosolic proteasome. Since molecular chaperones play a role in protein folding and degradation, the possible role of heat shock proteins in CYP2E1 degradation by this reconstituted system was evaluated. Degradation of CYP2E1 required ATP; ATP-gammaS, a nonhydrolyzable analogue of ATP, did not catalyze CYP2E1 degradation by the cytosol fraction, indicating that ATP hydrolysis is required. Geldanamycin, a specific inhibitor of hsp90, inhibited the degradation of microsomal CYP2E1 by the cytosol fraction. Control experiments indicated that geldanamycin was not a substrate/ligand of CYP2E1 nor did it prevent microsomal lipid peroxidation, a process which increases CYP2E1 turnover. Inhibition by geldanamycin was prevented by molybdate. Both of these compounds have been shown to promote alterations in hsp90 structure and to modulate hsp90-protein interactions. The proteasome activity in the cytosol, as assayed by the cleavage of a fluorogenic peptide, was enhanced when ATP was added and inhibited by 30-40% by geldanamycin, effects that are similar, although less pronounced, to the degradation of CYP2E1 by the cytosol. Purified 20S proteasome could catalyze degradation of CYP2E1; however, in an assay using equal peptidase activity, the cytosol fraction was much more effective than the 20S proteasome in promoting CYP2E1 degradation. Immunodepletion of hsp90 from the cytosol resulted in prevention of the degradation of CYP2E1, a reaction that was reversed by the addition of pure hsp90 to this cytosol. These results suggest that in addition to the proteasome, the cytosol fraction contains other factors that modulate the efficiency of CYP2E1 degradation. The sensitivity to geldanamycin and molybdate and the immunodepletion experiments suggest that hsp90 is one of these factors that interact with CYP2E1 and/or with the proteasome to promote the degradation of this microsomal P450.
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- T Goasduff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Tabengwa EM, Abou-Agag LH, Benza RL, Torres JA, Aikens ML, Booyse FM. Ethanol-Induced Up-Regulation of Candidate Plasminogen Receptor Annexin II in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02052.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Leclercq IA, Field J, Enriquez A, Farrell GC, Robertson GR. Constitutive and inducible expression of hepatic CYP2E1 in leptin-deficient ob/ob mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 268:337-44. [PMID: 10679205 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In this study we have analyzed the inducible as well as constitutive hepatic expression of Cyp2e1 in a genetic model of obesity and non-insulin dependent (type II) diabetes, the leptin-deficient ob/ob mouse. In obese mice, Cyp2e1 levels were decreased compared to lean littermates. Treatment with leptin increased hepatic Cyp2e1 in obese mice to the levels observed in lean animals, but failed to alter Cyp2e1 expression in lean animals. As expected, leptin also reduced food intake in treated mice compared to saline-treated controls. In obese mice pair-fed the reduced amount of food, there was a significant increase in Cyp2e1 mRNA but no increase in Cyp2e1 protein or enzyme activity. Fasting and administration of acetone and 4-methylpyrazole increased Cyp2e1 mRNA as well as protein and activity in both obese and lean mice. The present data indicate that while Cyp2e1 is still inducible in obese mice by xenobiotics and fasting, full constitutive expression of Cyp2e1 requires leptin to be present. This effect of leptin appears to be at least partly independent of the hypothalamic control of food intake.
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- I A Leclercq
- Storr Liver Unit, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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Kroetz DL, Yook P, Costet P, Bianchi P, Pineau T. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha controls the hepatic CYP4A induction adaptive response to starvation and diabetes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:31581-9. [PMID: 9813074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The hepatic CYP4A enzymes are important fatty acid and prostaglandin omega-hydroxylases that are highly inducible by fibric acid hypolipidemic agents and other peroxisome proliferators. Induction of the CYP4A enzymes by peroxisome proliferators is mediated through the nuclear peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha). Fatty acids have recently been identified as endogenous ligands of PPARalpha, and this receptor has been implicated in the regulation of lipid homeostasis. In the present report we characterized the induction of the hepatic CYP4A genes in rats during the altered lipid metabolism associated with starvation and diabetes. The mRNA levels of CYP4A1, CYP4A2, and CYP4A3 were induced 7-17-fold in the livers of fasted animals and 3-8-fold in the livers of diabetic animals. This was accompanied by corresponding changes in CYP4A protein levels and arachidonic and lauric acid omega-hydroxylase activity. Interestingly, feeding animals after the fasting period caused as much as an 80% suppression of CYP4A mRNA levels, whereas CYP4A protein levels and functional activity returned to control values. A second PPARalpha-responsive gene, acyl-CoA oxidase, was also induced in rat liver by diabetes and fasting. By using PPARalpha-deficient mice, we unambiguously demonstrated that PPARalpha is strictly required for hepatic CYP4A induction by starvation and diabetes. Similarly, induction of hepatic thiolase and bifunctional enzyme also required expression of PPARalpha. This represents the first evidence for the pathophysiologically induced activation of a nuclear receptor.
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MESH Headings
- 3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases/biosynthesis
- Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase/biosynthesis
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Arachidonic Acid/metabolism
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/biosynthesis
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Enoyl-CoA Hydratase/biosynthesis
- Enzyme Induction
- Food
- Isomerases
- Lauric Acids/metabolism
- Liver/enzymology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Microsomes, Liver/enzymology
- Mixed Function Oxygenases/biosynthesis
- Mixed Function Oxygenases/genetics
- Multienzyme Complexes/biosynthesis
- Peroxisomal Bifunctional Enzyme
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Starvation/complications
- Starvation/metabolism
- Streptozocin
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- D L Kroetz
- Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
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Sai K, Upham BL, Kang KS, Hasegawa R, Inoue T, Trosko JE. Inhibitory effect of pentachlorophenol on gap junctional intercellular communication in rat liver epithelial cells in vitro. Cancer Lett 1998; 130:9-17. [PMID: 9751251 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(98)00082-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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To understand the initiating/promoting actions of pentachlorophenol (PCP), a non-mutagenic hepatocarcinogen, and its metabolite, tetrachlorohydroquinone (TCHQ), we investigated the effects of each chemical on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in rat liver epithelial cells (WB cells) by the scrape-loading and dye transfer method. After treatment with PCP, the GJIC was initially inhibited at 4 h but was restored in 6-8 h, followed by a second phase of inhibition between 16 and 24 h. Both the first and second inhibitions were concentration-dependent and were restored by 2-4 h after removal of PCP. The phosphorylation state of connexin 43 (CX43) and its localization on the plasma membrane were unchanged up to 24 h after treatment; however, this was accompanied by a decrease in the CX43 protein level. No inhibitory effect was apparent on the GJIC of cells treated with TCHQ. These results suggest that PCP may play a critical role of promoting activity via non-mutagenic mechanisms.
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- K Sai
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
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Grenett HE, Aikens ML, Torres JA, Demissie S, Tabengwa EM, Davis GC, Booyse FM. Ethanol Transcriptionally Upregulates t-PA and u-PA Gene Expression in Cultured Human Endothelial Cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03878.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Järveläinen HA, Oinonen T, Lindros KO. Alcohol-induced expression of the CD14 endotoxin receptor protein in rat Kupffer cells. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1998. [PMID: 9394130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Gut-derived endotoxins (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) are believed to contribute to alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD) by stimulating Kupffer cells, the resident liver macrophages, to release proinflammatory cytokines. This activation is largely mediated by CD14, a high-affinity membrane-anchored receptor for LPS. We observed, by chemiluminescence-enhanced detection, an increase in immunoreactive CD14 protein in Kupffer cells isolated from rats treated with ethanol for 2 weeks. Immunocytofluorescence experiments confirmed that this increase was confined to the membranes of Kupffer cells from the alcohol-treated rats. The increase was regulated pretranslationally: a 3-fold elevation (p < 0.01) in the hepatic level of CD14 mRNA was observed. The marked increase in CD14 expression suggests a new mechanism by which alcohol increases the LPS-mediated cytokine signaling by the liver macrophages, thus promoting the interaction between alcohol and endotoxins in the development of liver damage.
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- H A Järveläinen
- Alcohol Research Center, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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