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Baliu-Rodriguez D, Stewart BJ, Ognibene TJ. HPLC-Parallel accelerator and molecular mass spectrometry analysis of 14C-labeled amino acids. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2023; 1216:123590. [PMID: 36669256 PMCID: PMC9994536 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is the method of choice for quantitation of low amounts of 14C-labeled biomolecules. Despite exquisite sensitivity, an important limitation of AMS is its inability to provide structural information about the analyte. This limitation is not critical when the labeled compounds are well-characterized prior to AMS analysis. However, analyte identity is important in other experiments where, for example, a compound is metabolized and the structures of its metabolites are not known. We previously described a moving wire interface that enables direct AMS measurement of liquid sample in the form of discrete drops or HPLC eluent without the need for individual fraction collection, termed liquid sample-AMS (LS-AMS). We now report the coupling of LS-AMS with a molecular mass spectrometer, providing parallel accelerator and molecular mass spectrometry (PAMMS) detection of analytes separated by liquid chromatography. The repeatability of the method was examined by performing repeated injections of 14C-labeled tryptophan, and relative standard deviations of the 14C peak areas were ≤10.57% after applying a normalization factor based on a standard. Five 14C-labeled amino acids were separated and detected to provide simultaneous quantitative AMS and structural MS data, and AMS results were compared with solid sample-AMS (SS-AMS) data using Bland-Altman plots. To demonstrate the utility of the workflow, yeast cells were grown in a medium with 14C-labeled tryptophan. The cell extracts were analyzed by PAMMS, and 14C was detected in tryptophan and its metabolite kynurenine.
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- David Baliu-Rodriguez
- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA.
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
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Wang RY, Li CW, Cho ST, Chang CH, Chen JJ, Shih TL. Synthesis of cinnamils and quinoxalines and their biological evaluation as anticancer agents. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2022; 355:e2100448. [PMID: 35174890 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202100448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We synthesized multiple cinnamils and quinoxalines to evaluate their anticancer activity. Cinnamils were used as precursors for quinoxalines via condensation with 1,2-diaminobenzene. Among the 26 synthesized compounds reported in this article, we found that cinnamil 3l exhibited its inhibitory effect with an IC50 value of 1.45 ± 0.98 μM, significantly higher than doxorubicin (8.5 ± 0.85 μM) against pancreatic cancer cells (PANC-1). Additionally, cinnamil 3l (IC50 10.98 ± 3.63 μM) showed less cytotoxicity than doxorubicin to Hs68 cells (0.92 ± 1.11 μM). The colony formation assay demonstrated that 3l obviously decreased the PANC-1 cell viability, and Western blot assays confirmed that 3l markedly induced apoptosis of PANC-1 cells through Bax, Bcl-2, and caspase 3 signaling cascades. These results demonstrate that cinnamil 3l has great potential to be further developed as a promising chemotherapeutic agent for pancreatic cancer.
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- Ruei-Yu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Bulanda S, Janoszka B. Consumption of Thermally Processed Meat Containing Carcinogenic Compounds (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines) versus a Risk of Some Cancers in Humans and the Possibility of Reducing Their Formation by Natural Food Additives-A Literature Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19084781. [PMID: 35457645 PMCID: PMC9024867 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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(1) Background: Thermal treatment of high-protein food may lead to the formation of mutagenic and carcinogenic compounds, e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic aromatic amines. Frequent consumption of processed meat was classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as directly carcinogenic for humans. (2) Methods: A literature review was carried out based on a search of online databases for articles on consuming thermally processed meat containing carcinogenic compounds versus a risk of cancers in humans published between 2001 and 2021. (3) Results: A review of the current literature on the participation of PAHs and HAA in the formation of certain neoplasms indicates a positive relationship between diet and the incidences of many cancers, especially colon cancer. A simple way to obtain dishes with reduced contents of harmful compounds is the use of spices and vegetables as meat additives. These seasonings are usually rich in antioxidants that influence the mechanism of HAA and PAH synthesis in food. (4) Conclusions: As there is a growing risk of a cancer tendency because of exposing humans to PAHs and HAAs, it is extremely vital to find a simple way to limit carcinogenic compound synthesis in a processed proteinaceous food. Disseminating the knowledge about the conditions for preparing dishes with a reduced content of carcinogenic compounds could become a vital element of cancer prevention programs.
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Bellamri M, Walmsley SJ, Turesky RJ. Metabolism and biomarkers of heterocyclic aromatic amines in humans. Genes Environ 2021; 43:29. [PMID: 34271992 PMCID: PMC8284014 DOI: 10.1186/s41021-021-00200-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) form during the high-temperature cooking of meats, poultry, and fish. Some HAAs also arise during the combustion of tobacco. HAAs are multisite carcinogens in rodents, inducing cancer of the liver, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, mammary, and prostate glands. HAAs undergo metabolic activation by N-hydroxylation of the exocyclic amine groups to produce the proposed reactive intermediate, the heteroaryl nitrenium ion, which is the critical metabolite implicated in DNA damage and genotoxicity. Humans efficiently convert HAAs to these reactive intermediates, resulting in HAA protein and DNA adduct formation. Some epidemiologic studies have reported an association between frequent consumption of well-done cooked meats and elevated cancer risk of the colorectum, pancreas, and prostate. However, other studies have reported no associations between cooked meat and these cancer sites. A significant limitation in epidemiology studies assessing the role of HAAs and cooked meat in cancer risk is their reliance on food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) to gauge HAA exposure. FFQs are problematic because of limitations in self-reported dietary history accuracy, and estimating HAA intake formed in cooked meats at the parts-per-billion level is challenging. There is a critical need to establish long-lived biomarkers of HAAs for implementation in molecular epidemiology studies designed to assess the role of HAAs in health risk. This review article highlights the mechanisms of HAA formation, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis, the metabolism of several prominent HAAs, and the impact of critical xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes on biological effects. The analytical approaches that have successfully biomonitored HAAs and their biomarkers for molecular epidemiology studies are presented.
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- Medjda Bellamri
- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.,Institute of Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Masonic Cancer Center and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Cancer and Cardiovascular Research Building, University of Minnesota, 2231 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. .,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Zhang J, Empl MT, Schneider M, Schröder B, Stadnicka-Michalak J, Breves G, Steinberg P, Sturla SJ. Gut microbial transformation of the dietary mutagen MeIQx may reduce exposure levels without altering intestinal transport. Toxicol In Vitro 2019; 59:238-245. [PMID: 30954653 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2019.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The mutagen and probable human carcinogen 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx) is metabolized in the colon to 9-hydroxyl-2,7-dimethyl-7,9,10,11-tetrahydropyrimido[2',1':2,3]imidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx-M1) by conjugation with microbially generated acrolein. However, whether this microbiota-controlled process alters systemic exposure and hepatotoxicity of MeIQx remains unclear. The physiological relevance of this microbial transformation on the systemic exposure of MeIQx was investigated using an in vitro-in vivo extrapolation approach. To address whether microbial transformation influences intestinal transport of MeIQx, the intestinal uptake of MeIQx and its metabolite MeIQx-M1 was quantified using Ussing chambers mounted with different intestinal segments from male Fischer 344 rats. Up to 0.4% of both MeIQx and MeIQx-M1 were transported from the mucosal side to the serosal side of intestinal tissue within 90 min, suggesting that the intestinal uptake of both compounds is similar. With the uptake rates of both compounds, physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling of the fate of MeIQx in the human body including microbial transformation of MeIQx was performed. Results indicate for the first time that high levels of microbe-derived acrolein would be required to significantly reduce systemic exposure of MeIQx in humans. Finally, neither MeIQx nor MeIQx-M1 were cytotoxic towards human liver HepaRG cells at dietary or higher concentrations of MeIQx. In summary, these findings suggest that gut microbial transformation of heterocyclic amines has the potential to influence systemic human exposure to some extent, but may require significant gut microbial production of acrolein and that further investigations are needed to understand physiological levels of acrolein and competing biotransformation pathways.
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- Jianbo Zhang
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Food Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland; School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Hummel JM, Madeen EP, Siddens LK, Uesugi SL, McQuistan T, Anderson KA, Turteltaub KW, Ognibene TJ, Bench G, Krueger SK, Harris S, Smith J, Tilton SC, Baird WM, Williams DE. Pharmacokinetics of [ 14C]-Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in humans: Impact of Co-Administration of smoked salmon and BaP dietary restriction. Food Chem Toxicol 2018. [PMID: 29518434 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), is a known human carcinogen. In non-smoking adults greater than 95% of BaP exposure is through diet. The carcinogenicity of BaP is utilized by the U.S. EPA to assess relative potency of complex PAH mixtures. PAH relative potency factors (RPFs, BaP = 1) are determined from high dose animal data. We employed accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to determine pharmacokinetics of [14C]-BaP in humans following dosing with 46 ng (an order of magnitude lower than human dietary daily exposure and million-fold lower than animal cancer models). To assess the impact of co-administration of food with a complex PAH mixture, humans were dosed with 46 ng of [14C]-BaP with or without smoked salmon. Subjects were asked to avoid high BaP-containing diets and a 3-day dietary questionnaire given to assess dietary exposure prior to dosing and three days post-dosing with [14C]-BaP. Co-administration of smoked salmon, containing a complex mixture of PAHs with an RPF of 460 ng BaPeq, reduced and delayed absorption. Administration of canned commercial salmon, containing very low amounts of PAHs, showed the impacts on pharmacokinetics were not due to high amounts of PAHs but rather a food matrix effect.
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- Jessica M Hummel
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Nixyáawii Governance Center, Pendelton, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Chemical Biology and Exposure Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA; Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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Enright HA, Malfatti MA, Zimmermann M, Ognibene T, Henderson P, Turteltaub KW. Use of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry in Human Health and Molecular Toxicology. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 29:1976-1986. [PMID: 27726383 PMCID: PMC5203773 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has been adopted as a powerful bioanalytical method for human studies in the areas of pharmacology and toxicology. The exquisite sensitivity (10-18 mol) of AMS has facilitated studies of toxins and drugs at environmentally and physiologically relevant concentrations in humans. Such studies include risk assessment of environmental toxicants, drug candidate selection, absolute bioavailability determination, and more recently, assessment of drug-target binding as a biomarker of response to chemotherapy. Combining AMS with complementary capabilities such as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can maximize data within a single experiment and provide additional insight when assessing drugs and toxins, such as metabolic profiling. Recent advances in the AMS technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have allowed for direct coupling of AMS with complementary capabilities such as HPLC via a liquid sample moving wire interface, offering greater sensitivity compared to that of graphite-based analysis, therefore enabling the use of lower 14C and chemical doses, which are imperative for clinical testing. The aim of this review is to highlight the recent efforts in human studies using AMS, including technological advancements and discussion of the continued promise of AMS for innovative clinical based research.
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- Heather A. Enright
- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA USA
- Accelerated Medical Diagnostics Incorporated, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA USA
- Accelerated Medical Diagnostics Incorporated, Berkeley, CA USA
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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Barone E, Corrado A, Gemignani F, Landi S. Environmental risk factors for pancreatic cancer: an update. Arch Toxicol 2016; 90:2617-2642. [PMID: 27538405 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1821-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive diseases. Only 10 % of all PC cases are thought to be due to genetic factors. Here, we analyzed the most recently published case-control association studies, meta-analyses, and cohort studies with the aim to summarize the main environmental factors that could have a role in PC. Among the most dangerous agents involved in the initiation phase, there are the inhalation of cigarette smoke, and the exposure to mutagenic nitrosamines, organ-chlorinated compounds, heavy metals, and ionizing radiations. Moreover, pancreatitis, high doses of alcohol drinking, the body microbial infections, obesity, diabetes, gallstones and/or cholecystectomy, and the accumulation of asbestos fibers seem to play a crucial role in the progression of the disease. However, some of these agents act both as initiators and promoters in pancreatic acinar cells. Protective agents include dietary flavonoids, marine omega-3, vitamin D, fruit, vegetables, and the habit of regular physical activity. The identification of the factors involved in PC initiation and progression could be of help in establishing novel therapeutic approaches by targeting the molecular signaling pathways responsive to these stimuli. Moreover, the identification of these factors could facilitate the development of strategies for an early diagnosis or measures of risk reduction for high-risk people.
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- Elisa Barone
- Genetic Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna, 1, 56121, Pisa, Italy
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- Genetic Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna, 1, 56121, Pisa, Italy
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- Genetic Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna, 1, 56121, Pisa, Italy
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- Genetic Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna, 1, 56121, Pisa, Italy.
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