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Sarkar C, Chaudhary P, Jamaddar S, Janmeda P, Mondal M, Mubarak MS, Islam MT. Redox Activity of Flavonoids: Impact on Human Health, Therapeutics, and Chemical Safety. Chem Res Toxicol 2022; 35:140-162. [PMID: 35045245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The cost-effectiveness of presently used therapies is a problem in overall redox-based management, which is posing a significant financial burden on communities across the world. As a result, sophisticated treatment models that provide notions of predictive diagnoses followed by targeted preventive therapies adapted to individual patient profiles are gaining global acclaim as being beneficial to patients, the healthcare sector, and society as a whole. In this context, natural flavonoids were considered due to their multifaceted antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer effects as well as their low toxicity and ease of availability. The aim of this review is to focus on the capacity of flavonoids to modulate the responsiveness of various diseases and ailments associated with redox toxicity. The review will also focus on the flavonoids' pathway-based redox activity and the advancement of redox-based therapies as well as flavonoids' antioxidant characteristics and their influence on human health, therapeutics, and chemical safety. Research findings indicated that flavonoids significantly exhibit various redox-based therapeutic responses against several diseases such as inflammatory, neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and hepatic diseases and various types of cancer by activating the Nrf2/Keap1 transcription system, suppressing the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB)/IκB kinase inflammatory pathway, abrogating the function of the Hsp90/Hsf1 complex, inhibiting the PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathway, and preventing mitochondrial dysfunction. Some flavonoids, especially genistein, apigenin, amentoflavone, baicalein, quercetin, licochalcone A, and biochanin A, play a potential role in redox regulation. Conclusions of this review on the antioxidant aspects of flavonoids highlight the medicinal and folk values of these compounds against oxidative stress and various diseases and ailments. In short, treatment with flavonoids could be a novel therapeutic invention in clinical trials, as we hope.
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- Chandan Sarkar
- Department of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan 304022, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan 304022, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, Bangladesh
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Ahmad A, Zafar A, Zargar S, Bazgaifan A, Wani TA, Ahmad M. Protective effects of apigenin against edifenphos-induced genotoxicity and cytotoxicity in rat hepatocytes. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2021; 40:9306-9317. [PMID: 33998977 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1926325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Edifenphos (EDF) is an organophosphorus pesticide with antifungal and anti-insecticidal properties. However, EDF accumulates in various agricultural products and causes potential hazards to human health. Although numerous reports have indicated EDF accumulation in agricultural products, toxic effects on cellular system is poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of EDF in rat hepatocytes and its amelioration by apigenin (a dietary flavonoid). Results showed that EDF inhibited the cell viability, induced oxidative stress, DNA damage, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and caspase-9/-3 activation in rat hepatocytes. Incubation of hepatocytes with N-acetyl cysteine (ROS scavenger) significantly abrogated the ROS generation and apoptosis caused by EDF. In addition, this study also showed that apigenin significantly suppressed the toxic effects of EDF by quenching ROS production thereby abrogating the caspase-9/-3 and apoptosis activation in hepatocytes. Taken together, the findings of this study demonstrate that EDF induces cytotoxicity and DNA damage in hepatocytes, and apigenin can be considered as an effective dietary anti-oxidant regimen against EDF- induced toxicity in cellular system.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Ajaz Ahmad
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Rodríguez-García A, García-Vicente R, Morales ML, Ortiz-Ruiz A, Martínez-López J, Linares M. Protein Carbonylation and Lipid Peroxidation in Hematological Malignancies. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:E1212. [PMID: 33271863 PMCID: PMC7761105 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9121212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Among the different mechanisms involved in oxidative stress, protein carbonylation and lipid peroxidation are both important modifications associated with the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer. Hematopoietic cells are particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage, as the excessive production of reactive oxygen species and associated lipid peroxidation suppress self-renewal and induce DNA damage and genomic instability, which can trigger malignancy. A richer understanding of the clinical effects of oxidative stress might improve the prognosis of these diseases and inform therapeutic strategies. The most common protein carbonylation and lipid peroxidation compounds, including hydroxynonenal, malondialdehyde, and advanced oxidation protein products, have been investigated for their potential effect on hematopoietic cells in several studies. In this review, we focus on the most important protein carbonylation and lipid peroxidation biomarkers in hematological malignancies, their role in disease development, and potential treatment implications.
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- Alba Rodríguez-García
- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
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- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
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- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
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- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
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- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
- Department of Medicine, Medicine School, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ES 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Translational Hematology, Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), Hematological Malignancies Clinical Research Unit H120-CNIO, CIBERONC, ES 28041 Madrid, Spain; (A.R.-G.); (R.G.-V.); (M.L.M.); (A.O.-R.); (J.M.-L.)
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pharmacy School, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ES 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Redox cycling of copper by coumarin-di(2-picolyl)amine hybrid molecule leads to ROS-mediated modulation of redox scavengers, DNA damage and cell death in diethylnitrosamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Bioorg Chem 2020; 99:103818. [PMID: 32276135 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Targeted therapy is a new strategy for cancer treatment that targets chemical entities specific to cancer cells than normal ones. One of the features associated with malignancy is the elevated copper which plays an integral role in angiogenesis. Work is in progress in our lab to identify new copper chelators to target elevated copper under targeted therapy for the killing of cancer cells. Recently, a coumarin-based copper chelator, di(2-picolyl)amine-3(bromoacetyl)coumarin hybrid molecule (ligand-L) has been synthesized by us, and also studied its copper-dependent macromolecular damage response in copper overloaded lymphocytes. The present study investigates the anticancer activity of ligand-L and its mode of action in rat model of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced hepatocellular carcinoma. It has been found that liver tissue has a marked increase in copper levels in DEN induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Ex vivo results showed that ligand-L inhibited cell viability, induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, DNA damage, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and caspase-3 activation in isolated hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HCC). All these effects induced by ligand-L were abrogated by neocuproine and N-acetylcysteine (ROS scavenger). Further, ligand-L treatment of animals bearing hepatocellular carcinoma results in an increment in the cellular redox scavengers, lipid peroxidation and DNA breakage in malignant hepatocytes. In vivo studies using ligand-L also showed that ligand-L possesses anticancer properties as evidenced by improvement in liver marker enzymes and liver surface morphology, and reduced alpha-fetoprotein in the treated group compared to untreated cancer-induced group. Overall, this study suggests that copper-ligand-L interaction leads to ROS generation which caused DNA damage and apoptosis in malignant cells. This study provides enough support to establish ligand-L as a clinically relevant lead molecule for the treatment of different malignancies.
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Ahmad A, Zafar A, Ahmad M. Mitigating effects of apigenin on edifenphos-induced oxidative stress, DNA damage and apoptotic cell death in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 127:218-227. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Khan S, Zafar A, Naseem I. Copper-redox cycling by coumarin-di(2-picolyl)amine hybrid molecule leads to ROS-mediated DNA damage and apoptosis: A mechanism for cancer chemoprevention. Chem Biol Interact 2018; 290:64-76. [PMID: 29803612 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Coumarin is an important bioactive pharmacophore. It is found in plants as a secondary metabolite and exhibits diverse pharmacological properties including anticancer effects against different malignancies. Therapeutic efficacy of coumarin derivatives depends on the pattern of substitution and conjugation with different moieties. Cancer cells contain elevated copper as compared to normal cells that plays a role in angiogenesis. Thus, targeting copper in malignant cells via copper chelators can serve as an attractive targeted anticancer strategy. Our previous efforts led to the synthesis of di(2-picolyl)amine-3(bromoacetyl)coumarin hybrid molecule (ligand-L) endowed with DNA/Cu(II) binding properties, and ROS generation ability in the presence of copper ions. In the present study, we aimed to validate copper-dependent cytotoxic action of ligand-L against malignant cells. For this, we used a cellular model system of copper (Cu) overloaded lymphocytes (CuOLs) to simulate malignancy-like condition. In CuOLs, lipid peroxidation/protein carbonylation, ROS generation, DNA fragmentation and apoptosis were investigated in the presence of ligand-L. Results showed that ligand-L-Cu(II) interaction leads to ROS generation, lipid peroxidation/protein carbonylation (oxidative stress parameters), DNA damage, up-regulation of p53 and mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis in treated lymphocytes. Further, pre-incubation with neocuproine (membrane permeable copper chelator) and ROS scavengers attenuated the DNA damage and apoptosis. These results suggest that cellular copper acts as molecular target for ligand-L to propagate redox cycling and generation of ROS via Fenton-like reaction leading to DNA damage and apoptosis. Further, we showed that ligand-L targets elevated copper in breast cancer MCF-7 and colon cancer HCT116 cells leading to a pro-oxidant inhibition of proliferation of cancer cells. In conclusion, we propose copper-dependent ROS-mediated mechanism for the cytotoxic action of ligand-L in malignant cells. Thus, targeting elevated copper represents an effective therapeutic strategy for selective cytotoxicity against malignant cells.
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- Saman Khan
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Flavonoids-induced redox cycling of copper ions leads to generation of reactive oxygen species: A potential role in cancer chemoprevention. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 106:569-578. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Effects of ascorbic acid on spermatogenesis and sperm parameters in diabetic rats. Cell Tissue Res 2017; 370:305-317. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2660-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Khan S, Naseem I. Photocatalytic interaction of aminophylline-riboflavin leads to ROS-mediated DNA damage and cell death: A novel phototherapeutic mechanism for cancer. IUBMB Life 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/iub.1643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Saniyya Khan
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences; Aligarh Muslim University; Aligarh Uttar Pradesh India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences; Aligarh Muslim University; Aligarh Uttar Pradesh India
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Farhan M, Oves M, Chibber S, Hadi SM, Ahmad A. Mobilization of Nuclear Copper by Green Tea Polyphenol Epicatechin-3-Gallate and Subsequent Prooxidant Breakage of Cellular DNA: Implications for Cancer Chemotherapy. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 18:ijms18010034. [PMID: 28035959 PMCID: PMC5297669 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Epidemiological as well as experimental evidence exists in support of chemopreventive and anticancer properties of green tea and its constituents. The gallocatechin, epicatechin-3-gallate is a major polyphenol present in green tea, shown responsible for these effects. Plant-derived polyphenolic compounds are established natural antioxidants which are capable of catalyzing oxidative DNA degradation of cellular DNA, alone as well as in the presence of transition metal ions, such as copper. Here we present evidence to support that, similar to various other polyphenoic compounds, epicatechin-3-gallate also causes oxidative degradation of cellular DNA. Single cell alkaline gel electrophoresis (Comet assay) was used to assess DNA breakage in lymphocytes that were exposed to various concentrations of epicatechin-3-gallate. Inhibition of DNA breakage in the presence of scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) suggested involvement of ROS generation. Addition of neocuproine (a cell membrane permeable Cu(I) chelator) inhibited DNA degradation, dose-dependently, in intact lymphocytes. In contrast, bathocuproine, which does not permeate cell membrane, was observed to be ineffective. We further show that epicatechin-3-gallate degrades DNA in cell nuclei, which can also be inhibited by neocuproine, suggesting mobilization of nuclear copper in this reaction as well. Our results are indicative of ROS generation, possibly through mobilization of endogenous copper ions, and support our long-standing hypothesis of a prooxidant activity of plant-derived polyphenols as a mechanism for their documented anticancer properties.
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- Mohd Farhan
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh 202001, India.
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- Center of Excellence in Environmental Studies, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh 202001, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh 202001, India.
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- Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, 1660 Springhill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604-1405, USA.
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Chatterjee SR, Kamat JP, Shetty SJ, Srivastava TS, Devasagayam TPA. Oxidative damage induced by a novel porphyrin on rat brain mitochondria and its possible implications in therapy. Redox Rep 2016; 3:183-8. [DOI: 10.1080/13510002.1997.11747107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Cu(II)-coumestrol interaction leads to ROS-mediated DNA damage and cell death: a putative mechanism for anticancer activity. J Nutr Biochem 2016; 33:15-27. [PMID: 27260464 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Phytoestrogens have attracted considerable interest as natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy and their potential as cancer therapeutic agents. Among phytoestrogens, coumestrol has shown multipharmacological properties such as antiinflammatory, neuroprotective, osteoblastic differentiation and anticancer. Though several studies have described anticancer effects of coumestrol, a clear underlying molecular mechanism has not been elucidated. Unlike normal cells, cancer cells contain elevated copper levels that play an integral role in angiogenesis. Copper is an important metal ion associated with the chromatin DNA, particularly with guanine. Thus, targeting copper in cancer cells can serve as effective anticancer strategy. Using human peripheral lymphocytes, we assessed lipid peroxidation, protein carbonylation, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, DNA damage and apoptosis by coumestrol in the presence of exogenously added Cu(II) in cells to simulate malignancy-like condition. Results showed that Cu(II)-coumestrol interaction leads to lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation (markers of oxidative stress), DNA fragmentation and apoptosis in treated lymphocytes. Further, incubation of lymphocytes with ROS scavengers and membrane-permeant copper chelator, neocuproine, resulted in inhibition of DNA damage and apoptosis. This suggests that coumestrol engages in redox cycling of Cu(II) to generate ROS that leads to DNA fragmentation and apoptosis. In conclusion, this is the first report showing that coumestrol targets cellular copper to induce prooxidant death in malignant cells. We believe that such a prooxidant cytotoxic mechanism better explains the anticancer activity of coumestrol. These findings will provide significant insights into the development of new chemical molecules with better copper-chelating and prooxidant properties against cancer cells.
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Cancer Therapy by Catechins Involves Redox Cycling of Copper Ions and Generation of Reactive Oxygen species. Toxins (Basel) 2016; 8:37. [PMID: 26861392 PMCID: PMC4773790 DOI: 10.3390/toxins8020037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Catechins, the dietary phytochemicals present in green tea and other beverages, are considered to be potent inducers of apoptosis and cytotoxicity to cancer cells. While it is believed that the antioxidant properties of catechins and related dietary agents may contribute to lowering the risk of cancer induction by impeding oxidative injury to DNA, these properties cannot account for apoptosis induction and chemotherapeutic observations. Catechin (C), epicatechin (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC) and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) are the four major constituents of green tea. In this article, using human peripheral lymphocytes and comet assay, we show that C, EC, EGC and EGCG cause cellular DNA breakage and can alternatively switch to a prooxidant action in the presence of transition metals such as copper. The cellular DNA breakage was found to be significantly enhanced in the presence of copper ions. Catechins were found to be effective in providing protection against oxidative stress induced by tertbutylhydroperoxide, as measured by oxidative DNA breakage in lymphocytes. The prooxidant action of catechins involved production of hydroxyl radicals through redox recycling of copper ions. We also determined that catechins, particularly EGCG, inhibit proliferation of breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 leading to a prooxidant cell death. Since it is well established that tissue, cellular and serum copper levels are considerably elevated in various malignancies, cancer cells would be more subject to redox cycling between copper ions and catechins to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) responsible for DNA breakage. Such a copper dependent prooxidant cytotoxic mechanism better explains the anticancer activity and preferential cytotoxicity of dietary phytochemicals against cancer cells.
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Sarwar T, Zafaryab M, Husain MA, Ishqi HM, Rehman SU, Rizvi MMA, Tabish M. Redox cycling of endogenous copper by ferulic acid leads to cellular DNA breakage and consequent cell death: A putative cancer chemotherapy mechanism. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2015; 289:251-61. [PMID: 26415834 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ferulic acid (FA) is a plant polyphenol showing diverse therapeutic effects against cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. FA is a known antioxidant at lower concentrations, however at higher concentrations or in the presence of metal ions such as copper, it may act as a pro-oxidant. It has been reported that copper levels are significantly raised in different malignancies. Cancer cells are under increased oxidative stress as compared to normal cells. Certain therapeutic substances like polyphenols can further increase this oxidative stress and kill cancer cells without affecting the proliferation of normal cells. Through various in vitro experiments we have shown that the pro-oxidant properties of FA are enhanced in the presence of copper. Comet assay demonstrated the ability of FA to cause oxidative DNA breakage in human peripheral lymphocytes which was ameliorated by specific copper-chelating agent such as neocuproine and scavengers of ROS. This suggested the mobilization of endogenous copper in ROS generation and consequent DNA damage. These results were further validated through cytotoxicity experiments involving different cell lines. Thus, we conclude that such a pro-oxidant mechanism involving endogenous copper better explains the anticancer activities of FA. This would be an alternate non-enzymatic, and copper-mediated pathway for the cytotoxic activities of FA where it can selectively target cancer cells with elevated levels of copper and ROS.
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- Tarique Sarwar
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M. University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Genome Biology Lab, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M. University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M. University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M. University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
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- Genome Biology Lab, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M. University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India.
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Farhan M, Rizvi A, Naseem I, Hadi SM, Ahmad A. Targeting increased copper levels in diethylnitrosamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma cells in rats by epigallocatechin-3-gallate. Tumour Biol 2015; 36:8861-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3649-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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The role of antioxidants in the chemistry of oxidative stress: A review. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 97:55-74. [PMID: 25942353 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.04.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1393] [Impact Index Per Article: 154.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This Review Article is focused on the action of the reactive oxygenated species in inducing oxidative injury of the lipid membrane components, as well as on the ability of antioxidants (of different structures and sources, and following different mechanisms of action) in fighting against oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is defined as an excessive production of reactive oxygenated species that cannot be counteracted by the action of antioxidants, but also as a perturbation of cell redox balance. Reactive oxygenated/nitrogenated species are represented by superoxide anion radical, hydroxyl, alkoxyl and lipid peroxyl radicals, nitric oxide and peroxynitrite. Oxidative stress determines structure modifications and function modulation in nucleic acids, lipids and proteins. Oxidative degradation of lipids yields malondialdehyde and 4-hydroxynonenal, but also isoprostanes, from unsaturated fatty acids. Protein damage may occur with thiol oxidation, carbonylation, side-chain oxidation, fragmentation, unfolding and misfolding, resulting activity loss. 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine is an index of DNA damage. The involvement of the reactive oxygenated/nitrogenated species in disease occurrence is described. The unbalance between the oxidant species and the antioxidant defense system may trigger specific factors responsible for oxidative damage in the cell: over-expression of oncogene genes, generation of mutagen compounds, promotion of atherogenic activity, senile plaque occurrence or inflammation. This leads to cancer, neurodegeneration, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, kidney diseases. The concept of antioxidant is defined, along with a discussion of the existent classification criteria: enzymatic and non-enzymatic, preventative or repair-systems, endogenous and exogenous, primary and secondary, hydrosoluble and liposoluble, natural or synthetic. Primary antioxidants are mainly chain breakers, able to scavenge radical species by hydrogen donation. Secondary antioxidants are singlet oxygen quenchers, peroxide decomposers, metal chelators, oxidative enzyme inhibitors or UV radiation absorbers. The specific mechanism of action of the most important representatives of each antioxidant class (endogenous and exogenous) in preventing or inhibiting particular factors leading to oxidative injury in the cell, is then reviewed. Mutual influences, including synergistic effects are presented and discussed. Prooxidative influences likely to occur, as for instance in the presence of transition metal ions, are also reminded.
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Husain MA, Sarwar T, Rehman SU, Ishqi HM, Tabish M. Ibuprofen causes photocleavage through ROS generation and intercalates with DNA: a combined biophysical and molecular docking approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:13837-50. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00272a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Ibuprofen is an important nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug which intercalates with DNA and causes phototoxicity through ROS generation.
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- A.M. University
- Aligarh
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- A.M. University
- Aligarh
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- A.M. University
- Aligarh
- India
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Calcitriol induced redox imbalance and DNA breakage in cells sharing a common metabolic feature of malignancies: Interaction with cellular copper (II) ions leads to the production of reactive oxygen species. Tumour Biol 2014; 36:3661-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-3004-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Rehman SU, Zubair H, Sarwar T, Husain MA, Ishqi HM, Nehar S, Tabish M. Redox cycling of Cu(II) by 6-mercaptopurine leads to ROS generation and DNA breakage: possible mechanism of anticancer activity. Tumour Biol 2014; 36:1237-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2743-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ullah MF, Ahmad A, Khan HY, Zubair H, Sarkar FH, Hadi SM. The prooxidant action of dietary antioxidants leading to cellular DNA breakage and anticancer effects: implications for chemotherapeutic action against cancer. Cell Biochem Biophys 2014; 67:431-8. [PMID: 22038302 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Plant-derived dietary antioxidants have attracted considerable interest in recent past for their ability to induce apoptosis and regression of tumors in animal models. While it is believed that the antioxidant properties of these agents may contribute to lowering the risk of cancer induction by impeding oxidative injury to DNA, it could not account for apoptosis induction and chemotherapeutic observations. In this article, we show that dietary antioxidants can alternatively switch to a prooxidant action in the presence of transition metals such as copper. Such a prooxidant action leads to strand breaks in cellular DNA and growth inhibition in cancer cells. Further, the cellular DNA breakage and anticancer effects were found to be significantly enhanced in the presence of copper ions. Moreover, inhibition of antioxidant-induced DNA strand breaks and oxidative stress by Cu(I)-specific chelators bathocuproine and neocuproine demonstrated the role of endogenous copper in the induction of the prooxidant mechanism. Since it is well established that tissue, cellular, and serum copper levels are considerably elevated in various malignancies, such a prooxidant cytotoxic mechanism better explains the anticancer activity of dietary antioxidants against cancer cells.
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- M F Ullah
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India
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Rizvi A, Hasan SS, Naseem I. Selective cytotoxic action and DNA damage by calcitriol-Cu(II) interaction: putative mechanism of cancer prevention. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76191. [PMID: 24086705 PMCID: PMC3785422 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D is known to play an important role in cancer-prevention. One of the features associated with the onset of malignancy is the elevation of Cu (II) levels. The mode of cancer-prevention mediated by calcitriol, the biologically active form of vitamin D, remain largely unknown. METHODS Using exogenously added Cu (II) to stimulate a malignancy like condition in a novel cellular system of rabbit calcitriol overloaded lymphocytes, we assessed lipid peroxidation, protein carbonylation, DNA damage and consequent apoptosis. Free radical mediators were identified using free radical scavengers and the role of Cu (II) in the reaction was elucidated using chelators of redox active cellular metal ions. RESULTS Lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation (markers of oxidative stress), consequent DNA fragmentation and apoptosis were observed due to calcitriol-Cu (II) interaction. Hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anions mediate oxidative stress produced during this interaction. Amongst cellular redox active metals, copper was found to be responsible for this reaction. CONCLUSION This is the first report implicating Cu (II) and calcitriol interaction as the cause of selective cytotoxic action of calcitriol against malignant cells. We show that this interaction leads to the production of oxidative stress due to free radical production and consequent DNA fragmentation, which leads to apoptosis. A putative mechanism is presented to explain this biological effect.
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- Asim Rizvi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Hockmeyer Hall of Structural Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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Cao J, Ding R, Wang Y, Chen D, Guo D, Liang C, Feng Z, Che Z. Toxic effect of cooking oil fumes in primary fetal pulmonary type II-like epithelial cells. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2013; 36:320-331. [PMID: 23708313 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2012] [Revised: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Epidemiological studies indicated that there is an increased risk of respiratory tract cancer among cooks and bakers. The cooking oil fumes are believed to conduct this risk, and many studies have focused on evaluating the mutagenicity and finding the mutagenic components in oil fumes. COFs contains two major classes of compounds. One class consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, fluoranthene, and benzo[g,h,i]perylene. BaP is a known immunosuppressant. It can also alter cell cycle progression, induce inflammation, and impair DNA repair and apoptotic processes leading to aberrant cellular functioning. This study investigates the effect of toxicity of cooking oil fumes (COFs) in primary ICR mice' fetal lung type II-like epithelium cells (AEC II). The cells were cultured in different concentrations (0, 12.5, 25, 50, 100, and 200μg/ml) of COFs for different time periods. The results showed that cell viability decreased in a dose- and time- dependent manner, which is accompanied by increased malondialdehyde (MDA) level and decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione (GSH) activities. Moreover, comet assay suggested DNA damage, as well as increased production of DNA adducts induced by PAHs. The present study also shows that COFs may disturb cell cycles even at a very low dose. In summary, the present study indicates that COFs may lead to toxicity in AEC II cells.
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- Jiyu Cao
- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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Zubair H, Khan HY, Ullah MF, Ahmad A, Wu D, Hadi SM. Apogossypolone, derivative of gossypol, mobilizes endogenous copper in human peripheral lymphocytes leading to oxidative DNA breakage. Eur J Pharm Sci 2012; 47:280-6. [PMID: 22554693 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2012.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gossypol is a polyphenolic aldehyde that is produced in the cotton plant. Since long it has been reported to possess antiproliferative activity against a variety of cancer cell lines as well as tumor regression in animal models. However, the toxicity of gossypol does not permit it to be an effective antitumor agent. One of the derivatives of gossypol to show promising results is apogossypolone. For example, it has been shown to specifically target tumor growth in hepatocellular carcinoma xenograft in nude mice without causing any damage to normal tissue. Using human peripheral lymphocytes, in this paper we show that both gossypol and its semi-synthetic derivative apogossypolone cause oxidative DNA breakage in these cells through the mobilization of endogenous copper ions. Such cellular DNA breakage is inhibited by copper specific chelator but nor by iron or zinc chelating agents. Similar results are obtained with isolated nuclei indicating that chromatin bound copper is mobilized in this reaction. Further, apogossypolone showed enhanced DNA breakage and increased oxidative stress in whole lymphocytes as compared with gossypol indicating that this is possibly the result of greater permeability of apogossypolone. It is well established that tissue, cellular and serum copper levels are considerably elevated in various malignancies. Therefore, cancer cells may be subject to greater electron transfer between copper ions and gossypol/apogossypolone to generate reactive oxygen species responsible for DNA cleavage. This may account for the preferential cytotoxicity of apogossypolone towards tumor cells.
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- Haseeb Zubair
- Department of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
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Srivastava A, Yadav S, Sharma A, Dwivedi UN, Flora SJS, Parmar D. Similarities in diesel exhaust particles induced alterations in expression of cytochrome P-450 and glutathione S-transferases in rat lymphocytes and lungs. Xenobiotica 2012; 42:624-32. [PMID: 22352393 DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2011.650732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) are known to express cytochrome P450s (CYPs) and glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) involved in the bioactivation and detoxification of organic components of diesel exhaust particles (DEPs). To validate that blood lymphocyte expression profiles could be used as a biomarker to predict exposure to vehicular emissions, similarities in the alterations in the mRNA expression of CYPs and GSTs were studied in PBL and lungs of rats exposed to DEPs. Adult male Wistar rats were treated transtracheally with different doses of DEPs (3.75- or 7.5- or 15- or 30-mg/kg b.wt.). The animals were anaesthetized after 24 h and blood was drawn and lungs were taken out and processed. DEP produced a similar pattern of increase in the mRNA expression of CYPs (CYP1A1, 1A2, 1B1, 2E1), associated arylhydrocarbon receptor (Ahr) and arylhydrocarbon nuclear translocator (Arnt) and GSTs (GSTPi, GSTM1 and GSTM2) at all the doses in lungs and PBL. The protein expression of CYP1A1/1A2 and 2E1 and catalytic activity of CYPs and GSTs also showed a similar pattern of increase in blood lymphocyte and in lungs isolated from DEP treated rats. Our data indicating similarities in the alterations in the expression of carcinogen metabolizing CYPs and GSTs in PBL with the lung enzymes suggests the suitability of using expression profiles of blood lymphocyte CYPs and GSTs as a biomarker to predict exposure to vehicular emissions.
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- Ankita Srivastava
- Developmental Toxicology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), M.G. Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Chibber S, Farhan M, Hassan I, Naseem I. White light-mediated Cu (II)–5FU interaction augments the chemotherapeutic potential of 5-FU: an in vitro study. Tumour Biol 2011; 32:881-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-011-0189-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Chibber S, Hassan I, Farhan M, Naseem I. In vitro pro-oxidant action of Methotrexate in presence of white light. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2011; 104:387-93. [PMID: 21570314 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Methotrexate (MTX) an anti-cancer drug as well as a photosensitizer is able to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cu (II) is present associated with chromatin in cancer cells and has been shown to be capable of mediating the action of several anti-cancer drugs through production of ROS. The objective of the present study is to determine Cu (II) mediated anti-cancer mechanism of MTX under photoilluminated condition as well as alone, using alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay). We have shown that cellular DNA breakage was enhanced when Cu (II) is used with MTX as compared to MTX alone. It is also shown that MTX alone as well as in combination with Cu (II) is able to generate oxidative stress in lymphocyte which is inhibited by scavengers of ROS but the pattern of inhibition was differential as was also demonstrated by plasmid nicking assay. Thus, we can say that MTX exhibit pro-oxidant action in presence of white light which gets elevated in presence of Cu (II). Hence, we propose that the mobilization of endogenous copper is possibly involved in killing of cancer cells by MTX during chemo-radio therapy besides acting as antifolate.
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- Sandesh Chibber
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslin University, Aligarh, UP 202 002, India
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Shamim U, Hanif S, Ullah MF, Azmi AS, Bhat SH, Hadi SM. Plant polyphenols mobilize nuclear copper in human peripheral lymphocytes leading to oxidatively generated DNA breakage: Implications for an anticancer mechanism. Free Radic Res 2009; 42:764-72. [DOI: 10.1080/10715760802302251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Yu Q, Shan Z, Ni K, Qian SY. LC/ESR/MS study of spin trapped carbon-centred radicals formed from in vitro lipoxygenase-catalysed peroxidation of gamma-linolenic acid. Free Radic Res 2008; 42:442-55. [PMID: 18484409 DOI: 10.1080/10715760802085344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) has been reported as a potential anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory agent and has received substantial attention in cancer care research. One of the many proposed mechanisms for GLA biological activity is free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation. However, no direct evidence has been obtained for the formation of GLA-derived radicals. In this study, a combination of LC/ESR and LC/MS was used with alpha-[4-pyridyl-1-oxide]-N-tert-butyl nitrone (POBN) to profile the carbon-centred radicals that are generated in lipoxygenase-catalysed GLA peroxidation. A total of four classes of GLA-derived radicals were characterized including GLA-alkyl, epoxyallylic, dihydroxyallylic radicals and a variety of carbon-centred radicals stemming from the beta-scissions of GLA-alkoxyl radicals. By means of an internal standard in LC/MS, one also quantified each radical adduct in all its redox forms, including an ESR-active form and two ESR-silent forms. The results provided a good starting point for ongoing research in defining the possible biological effects of radicals generated from GLA peroxidation.
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- Qingfeng Yu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
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Li PC, Chen WC, Chang LC, Lin SC. Substance P acts via the neurokinin receptor 1 to elicit bronchoconstriction, oxidative stress, and upregulated ICAM-1 expression after oil smoke exposure. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2008; 294:L912-20. [PMID: 18326823 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00443.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study aimed to 1) assess whether substance P (SP) acts via neurokinin (NK)-1 and NK-2 receptors to stimulate neurogenic inflammation (indicated by formation of ICAM-1 expression and oxidative stress) following oil smoke exposure (OSE) in rats; and 2) determine if pretreatment with antioxidants ameliorates the deleterious effects of OSE. Rats were pretreated with NK-1 receptor antagonist CP-96345, NK-2 receptor antagonist SR-48968, vitamin C, or catechins. OSE was for 30-120 min. Rats were killed 0-8 h later. Total lung resistance (RL), airway smooth muscle activity (ASMA), lung ICAM-1 expression, neurogenic plasma extravasation (via India ink and Evans blue dye), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid SP concentrations, and reactive oxygen species formation [via lucigenin- and luminal-amplified chemiluminescence (CL)] were assessed. Lung histology was performed. SP concentrations increased significantly in nonpretreated rats following OSE in a dose-dependent manner. RL and total ASMA increased over time after OSE. Vitamin C and catechin pretreatments were associated with significantly reduced lucigenin CL 2 and 4 h after OSE. Pretreatment with catechins significantly reduced luminal CL counts 4 and 8 h after OSE. Evans blue levels were significantly reduced following 60 and 120 min of OSE in catechin- and CP-96345-pretreated rats. ICAM-1 protein expression was significantly decreased in all pretreatment groups after OSE. Thickening of the alveolar capillary membrane, focal hemorrhaging, interstitial pneumonitis, and peribronchiolar inflammation were apparent in OSE lungs. These findings suggest that SP acts via the NK-1 receptor to provoke neurogenic inflammation, oxidative stress, and ICAM-1 expression after OSE in rats.
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- Ping-Chia Li
- Dept. of Occupational Therapy, I-Shou Univ., No. 8 E-Da Road, Jiau-Shu Tsuen, Yan-Chau Shiang, Kaohsiung County 824, Tainan City, Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Thurnham DI. An overview of interactions between micronutrients and of micronutrients with drugs, genes and immune mechanisms. Nutr Res Rev 2007; 17:211-40. [DOI: 10.1079/nrr200486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AbstractThe objective of the present review is to examine critically the consequences of interactions that micronutrients undergo with nutrients and non-nutrients (mainly prescribed medicines) in diets and lifestyle factors (smoking, tea and alcohol consumption). In addition, the review describes recent work on interactions between nutrients and genes, the influence of gene polymorphisms on micronutrients, the impact of immune responses on micronutrients and specific interactions of antioxidant micronutrients in disease processes to minimise potential pro-oxidant damage.
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Bhat SH, Azmi AS, Hadi SM. Prooxidant DNA breakage induced by caffeic acid in human peripheral lymphocytes: Involvement of endogenous copper and a putative mechanism for anticancer properties. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2007; 218:249-55. [PMID: 17208261 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2006.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 11/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Plant-derived dietary material contains several classes of polyphenols such as flavonoids, curcuminoids, stilbenes and hydroxycinnamic acids. They are recognized as naturally occurring antioxidants but also act as prooxidants catalyzing cellular DNA degradation in the presence of transition metal ions such as copper. Earlier we have shown that the stilbene resveratrol is able to mobilize endogenous copper ions leading to oxidative breakage of cellular DNA. In this paper, we show that caffeic acid (a hydroxycinnamic acid), which is a major constituent of coffee, is also capable of DNA breakage in human peripheral lymphocytes. Incubation of lymphocytes with neocuproine inhibited the DNA degradation confirming that Cu(I) is an intermediate in the DNA cleavage reaction. Further, we have also shown that caffeic acid generates oxidative stress in lymphocytes, which is inhibited by scavengers of reactive oxygen species and neocuproine. These results are in further support of our hypothesis that anticancer mechanism of plant polyphenols involves mobilization of endogenous copper, possibly chromatin bound copper, and the consequent prooxidant action.
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- S H Bhat
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002 (U.P.), India
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Dung CH, Wu SC, Yen GC. Genotoxicity and oxidative stress of the mutagenic compounds formed in fumes of heated soybean oil, sunflower oil and lard. Toxicol In Vitro 2006; 20:439-47. [PMID: 16216463 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2005.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2005] [Revised: 07/17/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study was to investigate the genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of the oil fumes formed from heating three common commercial cooking oils (soybean oil, sunflower oil, and lard) on human lung carcinoma pulmonary type II-like epithelium cell (A-549 cell). The major alkenal mutagenic compounds (trans-trans-2,4-decadienal, t-t-2,4-DDE; trans-trans-2,4-nonadienal, t-t-2,4-NDE; trans-2-decenal, t-2-DCA and trans-2-undecenal, t-2-UDA) contained in three oil fumes and their effects on the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were also studied. It was found that the most potent mutagenic compound (t-t-2,4-DDE) of oil fumes was 66.4, 35.9 and 40.3 microg/g in soybean oil, sunflower oil and lard, respectively. The results indicated that the methanolic extracts of oil fumes could apparently lead to cytotoxicity and oxidative DNA damage. Glutathione (GSH) contents and the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as GSH reductase, and GSH S-transferase were adversely reduced by the methanolic extracts of oil fumes. When human A-549 cells were exposed to the methanolic extracts of oil fumes for 30 min, there was an increase in the formation of intracellular ROS, which was determined by dichlorofluorescein assay. Moreover, the methanolic extracts of oil fumes caused significant (p<0.05) oxidative damage through the 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine formation in A-549 cells at the concentrations from 50 to 200 microg/ml. These results demonstrated that the DNA damage in A-549 cells, induced by cooking oil fumes, was related to the ROS formation. It is inferred that women exposed to emitted fumes from cooking oil were at higher risk of contracting lung cancer.
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- Cheng-Huang Dung
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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Azmi AS, Bhat SH, Hanif S, Hadi SM. Plant polyphenols mobilize endogenous copper in human peripheral lymphocytes leading to oxidative DNA breakage: A putative mechanism for anticancer properties. FEBS Lett 2005; 580:533-8. [PMID: 16412432 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2005] [Revised: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Plant polyphenols are important components of human diet and a number of them are considered to possess chemopreventive and therapeutic properties against cancer. They are recognized as naturally occurring antioxidants but also act as prooxidants catalyzing DNA degradation in the presence of transition metal ions such as copper. Using human peripheral lymphocytes and Comet assay we have previously confirmed that resveratrol-Cu(II) is indeed capable of causing DNA degradation in cells. In this paper we show that the polyphenols alone (in the absence of added copper) are also capable of causing DNA breakage in cells. Incubation of lymphocytes with neocuproine inhibited the DNA degradation confirming that Cu(I) is an intermediate in the DNA cleavage reaction. Further, we have also shown that polyphenols generate oxidative stress in lymphocytes which is inhibited by scavengers of reactive oxygen species and neocuproine. These results are in further support of our hypothesis that anticancer mechanism of plant polyphenols involves mobilization of endogenous copper, possibly chromatin bound copper, and the consequent prooxidant action.
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- Asfar Sohail Azmi
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, A.M.U., Aligarh 202002, UP, India
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Yen GC, Duh PD, Su HJ. Antioxidant properties of lotus seed and its effect on DNA damage in human lymphocytes. Food Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fiuza SM, Gomes C, Teixeira LJ, Girão da Cruz MT, Cordeiro MNDS, Milhazes N, Borges F, Marques MPM. Phenolic acid derivatives with potential anticancer properties--a structure-activity relationship study. Part 1: methyl, propyl and octyl esters of caffeic and gallic acids. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 12:3581-9. [PMID: 15186842 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The antiproliferative and cytotoxic properties of polyphenolic acid derivatives, structurally related with the natural models caffeic and gallic acids, have been tested in human cervix adenocarcinoma cells (HeLa). Simultaneous structural information was obtained for these compounds through theoretical ab initio methods. This study was conducted for the following esters: methyl caffeate (MC, 1), propyl caffeate (PC, 2), octyl caffeate (OC, 3), methyl gallate (MG, 4), propyl gallate (PG, 5) and octyl gallate (OG, 6). A significant growth-inhibition effect was assessed for some of these compounds, clearly dependent on their structural characteristics. Marked structure-activity relationships (SARs)--namely the number of hydroxyl ring substituents--were found to rule the biological effect of such systems.
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- S M Fiuza
- Research Unit Molecular Physical-Chemistry, Coimbra University, Portugal
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Milane HA, Ubeaud G, Vandamme TF, Jung L. Isolation of quercetin's salts and studies of their physicochemical properties and antioxidant relationships. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 12:3627-35. [PMID: 15186847 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Accepted: 04/15/2004] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hydroxyflavones in alkaline solutions show high free radical scavenging activities. Quercetin, one of these hydroxyflavones may be submitted to chemical reactions yielding a mixture of mono-, di- and tri-sodium salts. These salts were recovered after solubilization and stepwise precipitation in methylalcohol/ethylacetate solvents. The different salts were analyzed using sodium emission spectrophotometry and nuclear magnetic resonance to determine the number of acid hydrogens at pH10 and the position of these acid hydrogens. Our study demonstrates that among the three salts of quercetin, the di-sodium compound is endowed with the more efficient scavenging properties in a phosphate buffer at physiological pH7.4. Physicochemical parameters and free hydroxyl radical scavenging activity relationships were also determined, allowing to explain the mechanisms whereby hydroxyl groups exert their radical scavenging activities.
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- Hadi A Milane
- UMR CNRS 7034, Physicochimie et pharmacologie des interactions cellulaires et moléculaires, Faculté de Pharmacie, Strasbourg74 Route du Rhin-B.P.60024-, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France.
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Wu SC, Yen GC. Effects of cooking oil fumes on the genotoxicity and oxidative stress in human lung carcinoma (A-549) cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2004; 18:571-80. [PMID: 15251174 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2003] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study investigates the genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of oil fumes, formed when peanut oil is heated, on human lung carcinoma pulmonary type II-like epithelium cells. The major mutagenic compound (trans-trans-2,4-decadienal, t-t-2,4-DDE) contained in oil fumes and its effect on the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is also discussed. The results indicate that the methanolic extract of oil fumes can apparently lead to cytotoxicity and oxidative DNA damage. Glutathione (GSH) content, and the activities of antioxidative enzymes such as GSH reductase, GSH peroxidase and GSH S-transferase were adversely reduced by the methanolic extract of oil fumes. t-t-2,4-DDE could produce superoxide anion, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyl radicals in a phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), and form intracellular ROS, determined by dichlorofluorescein assay in A-549 cells. Moreover, t-t-2,4-DDE caused significant (P <0.05) oxidative damage of the 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine formation in A-549 cells at concentrations from 50 to 200 microM. These results demonstrated that the DNA damage in A-549 cells, induced by t-t-2,4-DDE, was related to the ROS formation. The occurrence of t-t-2,4-DDE, therefore, was of significance in the genotoxicity of oxidized oil and fumes.
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- She-Ching Wu
- Department of Food Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Gomes CA, da Cruz TG, Andrade JL, Milhazes N, Borges F, Marques MPM. Anticancer activity of phenolic acids of natural or synthetic origin: a structure-activity study. J Med Chem 2004; 46:5395-401. [PMID: 14640548 DOI: 10.1021/jm030956v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Several phenolic acids-caffeic and gallic acid derivatives-were synthesized and screened for their potential antiproliferative and cytotoxic properties, in different human cancer cell lines: mammary gland and cervix adenocarcinomas and lymphoblastic leukemia. The selected phenols were structurally related, which allowed us to gather important information regarding the structure-activity relationships underlying the biological activity of such compounds. This is proposed to be due to a balance between the antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties of this kind of agent. Distinct effects were found for different cell lines, which points to a significant specificity of action of the drugs tested. It was verified, for the types of cancer investigated, that the trihydroxylated derivatives yielded better results than the dihydroxylated ones. Tests in noncancerous cells, human lung fibroblasts, were also undertaken, in view of determining the toxic side effects of the compounds studied.
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- Catarina A Gomes
- Research Unit "Molecular Physical-Chemistry", Biochemistry Department, and Centre for Neuroscience and Cellular Biology, University Coimbra, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal
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Chiang LC, Chiang W, Chang MY, Ng LT, Lin CC. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2003; 31:37-46. [PMID: 12723753 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x03000825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antileukemic activity of six chemical classes of pure compounds present in commonly used medicinal plants in Taiwan--such as the genus Plantago. Studies were conducted on a series of human leukemia and lymphoma cell lines. Results showed that water soluble compounds (aucubin, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid and vanillic acid) exhibited a weak antileukemic activity (IC50: 26-56 microg/ml, SI: 2-11). On the other hand, water insoluble compounds such as triterpenoids (oleanolic acid and ursolic acid), monoterpene (linalool) and flavonoid (luteolin) possessed strong activity against human leukemia and lymphoma cell lines. Among them, linalool showed the strongest activity against histiocytic lymphoma cells U937 (IC50: 3.51 microg/ml, SI: 592.6) and Burkitt lymphoma cells P3HR1 (IC50: 4.21 microg/ml, SI: 494.1). Ursolic acid was effective against P3HR1 cells (IC50: 2.5 microg/ml, SI: 262.6) and chronic myelogenous leukemia cells K562 (IC50: 17.79 microg/ml, SI: 36.91), whereas oleanolic acid inhibited the growth of P3HR1 cells (IC50: 26.74 microg/ml, SI: 11.37). Luteolin exhibited effective activity against K562 cells (IC50 18.96 microg/ml, SI: 5.14) and P3HR1 cells (IC50: 18.99 microg/ml, SI: 5.13). We conclude that terpenes and flavonoid in commonly used medicinal plants possess strong activity against lymphoma and leukemia cells, especially human lymphoma cells, suggesting the potential use of these compounds for treatment of lymphoma.
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- Lien-Chai Chiang
- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, ROC
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Nemeikaite-Ceniene A, Sarlauskas J, Anusevicius Z, Nivinskas H, Cenas N. Cytotoxicity of RH1 and related aziridinylbenzoquinones: involvement of activation by NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) and oxidative stress. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 416:110-8. [PMID: 12859987 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00281-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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It is supposed that the main cytotoxicity mechanism of antitumour aziridinyl-substituted benzoquinones is their two-electron reduction to alkylating products by NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1, DT-diaphorase, EC 1.6.99.2). However, other possible cytotoxicity mechanisms, e.g., oxidative stress, are studied insufficiently. In the single-electron reduction of quinones including a novel compound RH1 (2,5-diaziridinyl- 3-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone), by NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase (EC 1.6.2.4, P-450R), their reactivity increased with an increase in the redox potential of quinone/semiquinone couple (E(1)7), reaching a limiting value at E(1)7> or =-0.1V. The reactivity of quinones towards NQO1 did not depend on their E(1)7. The cytotoxicity of aziridinyl-unsubstituted quinones in bovine leukemia virus-transformed lamb kidney fibroblasts (line FLK) mimics their reactivity in P-450R-catalyzed reactions, exhibiting a parabolic dependence on their E(1)7. The toxicity of aziridinyl-benzoquinones, although being higher, also followed this trend and did not depend on their reactivity towards NQO1. The action of aziridinylbenzoquinones in FLK cells was accompanied by an increase in lipid peroxidation, their toxicity decreased by desferrioxamine and the antioxidant N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine, and potentiated by 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea. The inhibitor of NQO1, dicumarol, protected against the toxicity of aziridinyl-benzoquinones except of 2,5-bis-(2'-hydroxyethylamino)-3,6-diaziridinyl-1,4-benzoquinone (BZQ), which was almost inactive as NQO1 substrate. The same events except the absence of pronounced effect of dicumarol were characteristic in the cytotoxicity of aziridinyl-unsubstituted quinones. These findings indicate that in addition to the activation by NQO1, the oxidative stress presumably initiated by single-electron transferring enzymes may be an important factor in the cytotoxicity of aziridinylbenzoquinones. The information obtained may contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of aziridinylquinone cytotoxicity and may be useful in the design of future bioreductive drugs.
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Woo SW, Lee SH, Kang HC, Park EJ, Zhao YZ, Kim YC, Sohn DH. Butein suppresses myofibroblastic differentiation of rat hepatic stellate cells in primary culture. J Pharm Pharmacol 2003; 55:347-52. [PMID: 12724040 DOI: 10.1211/002235702658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hepatic stellate cells play a key role in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. In this study, we investigate the inhibitory effect of butein on the activation and proliferation of rat primary cultured hepatic stellate cells. Possible cytotoxic effects were measured on stellate cells and hepatocytes using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The effects of butein on the production of collagen and smooth muscle alpha-actin proteins were examined at the same concentration, by western blot. The effects of butein on alpha1(I) collagen, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1, and metalloproteinase-13 gene expression in activated stellate cells were investigated by measuring mRNA levels using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The effect of butein on DNA synthesis was also determined. Butein, at a concentration of 1 microg mL(-1), reduced DNA synthesis without affecting cell viability, and downregulated smooth muscle alpha-actin and type-I collagen expression, and alpha1(I) collagen and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 mRNA expression, while treatment with butein induced metalloproteinase-13 mRNA expression. These findings suggest that butein is a potent inhibitor of stellate cell transformation.
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- Sun Wook Woo
- Department of Pharmacy, Medicinal Resources Research Center, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-749, South Korea
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In this study, four kinds of rodent diets, CO, FO, CVe, and FVe, were used by addition of canola oil, oil mixture (fish oil + canola oil), canola oil plus vitamin E, and oil mixture plus vitamin E, respectively, to a basic diet, AIN-93G, to investigate the influence of dietary fish oil and vitamin E on doxorubicin (DOX) treatment in P388 ascitic mice. Animal life span (LS) and heart damage were recorded in mice fed the four different diets and treated with different doses of DOX. The optimal doses of DOX for antitumor effect as manifested by increased LS were 6.0 and 9.0 mg/kg. Both fish oil and vitamin E significantly enhanced this effect. On the other hand, DOX at 12.0 mg/kg induced severe heart damage, which was also significantly aggravated by both fish oil and vitamin E, as shown by both decreased LS and increased serum creatine phosphokinase activity. Fish oil and vitamin E appeared to enhance the antitumor effect of optimal doses of DOX but to aggravate cardiotoxicity owing to DOX overdose.
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- Qi-Yuan Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Cenas N, Nemeikaite-Ceniene A, Sergediene E, Nivinskas H, Anusevicius Z, Sarlauskas J. Quantitative structure-activity relationships in enzymatic single-electron reduction of nitroaromatic explosives: implications for their cytotoxicity. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1528:31-8. [PMID: 11514095 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00169-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The mechanisms of cytotoxicity of polynitroaromatic explosives, an important group of environmental pollutants, remain insufficiently studied so far. We have found that the rate constants of single-electron enzymatic reduction, and the enthalpies of single-electron reduction of nitroaromatic compounds (DeltaHf(ArNO(2)(-*)), obtained by quantum mechanical calculation, may serve as useful tools for the analysis of cytotoxicity of nitroaromatic explosives with respect to the possible involvement of oxidative stress. The single-electron reduction rate constants of a number of explosives including 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-N-methylnitramine (tetryl), and model nitroaromatic compounds by ferredoxin:NADP(+) reductase (FNR, EC 1.18.1.2) and NADPH:cytochrome P-450 reductase (P-450R, EC 1.6.2.4) increased with a decrease in DeltaHf(ArNO(2)(-*)). This indicates that the reduction rates are determined by the electron transfer energetics, but not by the particular structure of the explosives. The cytotoxicity of explosives to bovine leukemia virus-transformed lamb kidney fibroblasts (line FLK) increased with a corresponding increase in their reduction rate constant by P-450R and FNR, or with a decrease in their DeltaHf(ArNO(2)(-*)). This points to an importance of oxidative stress in the toxicity of explosives in this cell line, which was further evidenced by the protective effects of desferrioxamine and the antioxidant N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine, and an increase in lipid peroxidation. DT-diaphorase (EC 1.6.99.2) exerted a minor and equivocal role in the cytotoxicity of explosives to FLK cells.
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- N Cenas
- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Chung JG, Hsia TC, Kuo HM, Li YC, Lee YM, Lin SS, Hung CF. Inhibitory actions of luteolin on the growth and arylamine N-acetyltransferase activity in strains of Helicobacter pylori from ulcer patients. Toxicol In Vitro 2001; 15:191-8. [PMID: 11377091 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(01)00015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is now recognized as an important cause of type B gastritis, which is strongly associated with gastric and duodenal ulcer disease. H. pylori may be a causative factor in patients with gastric cancer. The growth inhibition and N-acetylation of 2-Aminofluorene (AF) or P-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) by arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) in H. pylori were inhibited by luteolin, a component in herbal medicine. The growth inhibition was based on the changes of optical density (OD) by using a spectrophotometer. The N-acetylation of AF or PABA by NAT from H. pylori were assayed by the amounts of acetylated and non-acetylated AF or PABA in cytosols and intact bacteria of H. pylori by using HPLC. An inhibition of growth on H. pylori demonstrated that luteolin elicited a dose-dependent growth inhibition in the H. pylori cultures. Cytosols and suspensions of H. pylori with or without specific concentrations of luteolin co-treatment showed different percentages of AF or PABA acetylation. The data indicated that there was decreased NAT activity associated with increased levels of luteolin in H. pylori cytosols and suspensions. Using standard steady-state kinetic analysis, it was demonstrated that luteolin was a possible uncompetitive inhibitor to NAT enzyme in H. pylori. This report is the first demonstration to show that luteolin can inhibit H. pylori growth and NAT activity.
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- J G Chung
- Department of Microbiology, China Medical College, 400, ROC, 91 Szueh-Shih Road, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Rapoport AP, Simons-Evelyn M, Chen T, Sidell R, Luhowskyj S, Rosell K, Obrig T, Hicks D, Hinkle PM, Nahm M, Insel RA, Abboud CN. Flavopiridol induces apoptosis and caspase-3 activation of a newly characterized Burkitt's lymphoma cell line containing mutant p53 genes. Blood Cells Mol Dis 2001; 27:610-24. [PMID: 11482875 DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2001.0428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines have been important in vitro models for studying the pathogenesis of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) and for exploring new treatment strategies. A new EBV(-) Burkitt's lymphoma cell line (GA-10) was established from a patient with a clinically aggressive, chemorefractory BL and characterized. Although functional p-glycoprotein could not be demonstrated by dye-efflux assays, both p53 genes were mutated in the GA-10 cells, perhaps contributing to the resistant phenotype of the original neoplasm. Two properties of BL cells which may be useful targets for novel cytotoxic therapeutics are their surface expression of CD77, the receptor for Shiga toxin (Stx), and their high rate of proliferation. Expression of CD77 on the GA-10 cells was heterogeneous in that certain subclones expressed high levels of CD77 and correspondingly exhibited strong growth inhibition by Stx while others showed low levels of CD77 expression and weak Stx-induced growth inhibition. Flavopiridol, a potent inhibitor of cell cycle progression through G1 and G2, induced cytotoxicity of the GA-10 cells with an LC(50) of approximately 40 nM vs 70 nM for HL-60 cells (P < 0.05). The concentrations of flavopiridol at which only 10% of the cells were viable (LC(10)) were approximately 280 nM for the GA-10 cells and 520 nM for the HL-60 cells (P < 0.05). Dose-related induction of apoptosis in response to flavopiridol was demonstrated in the GA-10 cells by morphology, TUNEL assay, and activation of caspase-3. Flavopiridol was also cytotoxic to seven other BL cell lines tested. These data suggest that flavopiridol may have therapeutic value in the treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma.
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- A P Rapoport
- University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Afanas'eva IB, Ostrakhovitch EA, Mikhal'chik EV, Ibragimova GA, Korkina LG. Enhancement of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of bioflavonoid rutin by complexation with transition metals. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 61:677-84. [PMID: 11266652 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00526-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of two transition metal complexes of bioflavonoid rutin, Fe(rut)Cl(3) and Cu(rut)Cl(2), were studied. It was found that Cu(rut)Cl(2) was a highly efficient in vitro and ex vivo free radical scavenger that sharply decreased (by 2-30 times compared to the parent rutin): oxygen radical production by xanthine oxidase, rat liver microsomes, and rat peritoneal macrophages; the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive products in microsomal lipid peroxidation; and the generation of oxygen radicals by broncho-alveolar cells from bleomycin-treated rats. The copper-rutin complex was also a superior inhibitor of inflammatory and fibrotic processes (characterized by such parameters as macrophage/neutrophil ratio, wet lung weight, total protein content, and hydroxyproline concentration) in the bleomycin-treated rats. The antioxidant activity of Fe(rut)Cl(3) was much lower and in some cases approached that of rutin. Fe(rut)Cl(3) also stimulated to some degree spontaneous oxygen radical production by macrophages. We suggested that the superior antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of the copper-rutin complex is a consequence of its acquiring the additional superoxide-dismuting copper center. The inhibitory activity of Fe(rut)Cl(3) was lower, probably due to the partial reduction into Fe(rut)Cl(2) in the presence of biological reductants; however, similarly to the copper-rutin complex, this complex efficiently suppressed lung edema.
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- I B Afanas'eva
- Vitamin Research Institute, Nauchny pr. 14A, 117820, Moscow, Russia.
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Rémita S. De la peroxydation lipidique radioinduite : les facteurs déterminant l'oxydabilité des lipides. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/y00-091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lipids are the essential components of cell membranes and lipoproteins. Their peroxidation plays an important role in numerous pathologies in which oxidative stress is involved. Lipid peroxidation occurs through a chain reaction that contributes to membrane damage in cells. It results in the conversion of fatty acids to polar hydroperoxides and leads to the breakdown or malfunction of the membrane. Lipids are amphiphilic molecules that aggregate in aqueous solutions into micelles and liposoms. The effect of this structural organization is significant in studies of radiation-induced peroxidation damage in highly ordered biological systems such as biological membranes. In this paper, a synthesis of the data concerning radioinduced lipid peroxidation is completed by an original review of the different parameters that determine lipid oxidizability. In addition, the influence of lipid aggregation and the effect of molecular packing are discussed.Key words: radiolysis, peroxidation, lipids, fatty acids.
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Sergediene E, Jönsson K, Szymusiak H, Tyrakowska B, Rietjens IM, Cenas N. Prooxidant toxicity of polyphenolic antioxidants to HL-60 cells: description of quantitative structure-activity relationships. FEBS Lett 1999; 462:392-6. [PMID: 10622732 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01561-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Polyphenolic antioxidants exhibited a dose-dependent toxicity against human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60). Their action was accompanied by malondialdehyde formation, and was partly prevented by desferrioxamine and the antioxidant N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine. This points to a prooxidant character of their cytotoxicity. A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) has been obtained to describe the cytotoxicity of 13 polyphenolic antioxidants belonging to three different groups (flavonoids, derivatives of gallic and caffeic acid): log cL50 (microM) = (2.7829+/-0.2339)+(1.2734+/-0.4715) Ep/2 (V)-(0.3438+/-0.0582) log P (r2 = 0.8129), where cL50 represents the concentration for 50% cell survival, Ep/2 represents the voltammetric midpoint potential, and P represents the octanol/water partition coefficient. Analogous QSARs were obtained using enthalpies of single-electron oxidation of these compounds, obtained by quantum-mechanical calculations. These findings clearly point to two important characteristics determining polyphenol cytotoxicity, namely their ease of oxidation and their lipophilicity.
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- E Sergediene
- Institute of Biochemistry, Mokslininku, Lithuania
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Miŝkiniene V, Sergediene E, Nemeikaite A, Segura-Aguilar J, Cenas N. Role of redox cycling and activation by DT-diaphorase in the cytotoxicity of 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide (CB-1954) and its analogs. Cancer Lett 1999; 146:217-22. [PMID: 10656629 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00271-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In tumor cell lines with high content of DT-diaphorase (EC 1.6.99.2), the cytotoxicity of 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide (CB-1954) and its derivatives is exerted through DT-diaphorase-catalyzed formation of crosslinking species. However, little is known about other possible mechanisms of CB-1954 action. We have examined the toxicity of CB-1954 and its derivatives to bovine leukemia virus-transformed lamb fibroblasts (line FLK), which possessed moderate DT-diaphorase activity, 260 units/mg protein. The action of these compounds was accompanied by lipid peroxidation, their toxicity was decreased by desferrioxamine and antioxidant N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylene diamine (DPPD), but, in most cases, not by dicumarol, an inhibitor of DT-diaphorase. Using multiparameter regression analysis, we have found that the toxicity of CB-1954 derivatives as well as that of several non-alkylating nitroaromatics, increased upon the increase in their single-electron reduction potential (E(1)7) and octanol/water partition coefficient (P), and almost did not depend on their reactivity towards DT-diaphorase. It seems that in cell lines with a moderate amount of DT-diaphorase, the toxicity of CB- 1954 and its analogs is exerted through their redox cycling.
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Romanova D, Vachalkova A. UV spectrometric and DC polarographic studies on apigenin and luteolin. Arch Pharm Res 1999; 22:173-8. [PMID: 10230508 DOI: 10.1007/bf02976542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Remarks on polyphenolic compounds has been arisen since past few years. The flavonoids appears to be the important groups of compounds with their capability to inhibit DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, to quench free radicals and, at least, anticarcinogenic and antiproliferative effects. On the other hand, their mechanism of action is still unexplained. Apigenin and luteolin are the most wide-spread flavones and they exhibited to be useful in chemoprevention. UV spectrometric and DC polarographic studies on these two compounds have been carried out with regard to changing pH. The most significant changes were observed at basic pH. These results could aid to elucidation of their mechanism of action as pH is one of the important factors for bioprocesses passing in living organisms.
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- D Romanova
- Cancer Research Institute Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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