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Shafe MO, Gumede NM, Nyakudya TT, Chivandi E. Lycopene: A Potent Antioxidant with Multiple Health Benefits. J Nutr Metab 2024; 2024:6252426. [PMID: 38883868 PMCID: PMC11179732 DOI: 10.1155/2024/6252426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Lycopene is a naturally occurring carotenoid predominantly found in tomatoes and tomato-based products. Like other phytochemicals, it exhibits health beneficial biological activities that can be exploited when it is used as a dietary supplement. In vitro and in vivo, lycopene has been demonstrated to mitigate oxidative stress-induced metabolic dysfunctions and diseases including inflammation, obesity, and diabetes mellitus. Lycopene has been shown to alleviate metabolic diseases that affect the bone, eye, kidney, liver, lungs, heart, and nervous system. This review presents the state of the art regarding lycopene's health benefits and its potential applications in health system delivery. Furthermore, lycopene's protective effects against toxins, safety in its use, and possible toxicity are explored.
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- Mercy Omoye Shafe
- School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
- Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, Bingham University, P.M.B. 005, New Karu, Nasarawa 961002, Nigeria
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Gezina, Pretoria 0031, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X323, Gezina, Pretoria 0031, South Africa
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- School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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Arballo J, Amengual J, Erdman JW. Lycopene: A Critical Review of Digestion, Absorption, Metabolism, and Excretion. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10030342. [PMID: 33668703 PMCID: PMC7996133 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10030342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lycopene is a non-provitamin A carotenoid that exhibits several health benefits. Epidemiological data support a correlation between lycopene intake and the attenuation of several chronic diseases, including certain types of cancers and cardiovascular diseases. It is currently unknown whether the beneficial effects are from the native structure of lycopene or its metabolic derivatives: lycopenals, lycopenols, and lycopenoic acids. This literature review focuses on the current research on lycopene digestion, absorption, metabolism, and excretion. This review primarily focuses on in vivo studies because of the labile nature and difficulty of studying carotenoids within in vitro experimental models. The studies presented address tissue accumulation of lycopene, the modification of bioavailability due to genetic and dietary factors, and lycopene cleavage by the enzymes ß-carotene oxygenase 1 (BCO1) and ß-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2). The current literature suggests that the majority of lycopene is cleaved eccentrically by BCO2, yet further research is needed to probe the enzymatic cleavage activity at the tissue level. Additionally, results indicate that single nucleotide polymorphisms and dietary fat influence lycopene absorption and thus modify its health effects. Further research exploring the metabolism of lycopene, the mechanisms related to its health benefits, and optimal diet composition to increase the bioavailability is required.
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- Joseph Arballo
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; (J.A.); (J.A.)
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; (J.A.); (J.A.)
- Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; (J.A.); (J.A.)
- Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Lycopene - A pleiotropic neuroprotective nutraceutical: Deciphering its therapeutic potentials in broad spectrum neurological disorders. Neurochem Int 2020; 140:104823. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2020.104823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Li N, Wu X, Zhuang W, Xia L, Chen Y, Wu C, Rao Z, Du L, Zhao R, Yi M, Wan Q, Zhou Y. Tomato and lycopene and multiple health outcomes: Umbrella review. Food Chem 2020; 343:128396. [PMID: 33131949 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Lycopene is a potent lipophilic antioxidant in tomato. We aim to clarify the evidence for associations between tomato and lycopene and multiple health outcomes. Umbrella review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews was performed in humans. A total of 174 articles were searched, 17 articles with 20 health outcomes were identified by eligibility criteria. Tomato intake was inversely associated with all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease mortality, cerebrovascular disease mortality, prostate cancer, and gastric cancer. Dietary lycopene intake or serum lycopene was inversely associated with all-cause mortality, prostate cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and male infertility. Caution was warranted for potential allergy and pollution. The quality of the vast majority of evidence by GRADE was low or very low with the remaining six as moderate. The intake of tomato or lycopene was generally safe and beneficial for multiple health outcomes in humans. But the quality of the evidence was not high.
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- Ni Li
- Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Chinese Evidence-based Medicine/Cochrane Center, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Saini RK, Rengasamy KRR, Mahomoodally FM, Keum YS. Protective effects of lycopene in cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases: An update on epidemiological and mechanistic perspectives. Pharmacol Res 2020; 155:104730. [PMID: 32126272 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recent mechanistic and epidemiological studies have provided insights into health benefits of dietary lycopene to decrease the risk and complications associated with several chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders. These chronic diseases are primarily associated with oxidative stress-induced systemic and low-grade chronic inflammation. Owing to its potent antioxidant properties, lycopene can potentially alleviate enhanced levels of proinflammatory mediators (e.g., proinflammatory cytokines IL-8, -6, and -1, and oxidized phospholipids) and prevent NF-κB activation by modulating oxidative stress. Moreover, lycopene serves as a precursor for various oxidative cleavage products and metabolites including Apo-8'-, apo-10'-, and apo-12'-lycopenals that can interact with multiple transcription factors (e.g., Nrf2, RARs, RXRs, and PPARs) to overexpress antioxidant and cytoprotective Phase II enzymes and other growth-stimulating proteins (e.g., brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for enhanced neuroprotection. These events altogether can protect the body from chronic inflammatory disorders. In the present review, the latest mechanistic development from cell and animal models and results of case-control, cohort, and randomized trials are discussed to support the protective part of lycopene in cancer, CVD, and neurodegenerative disorders. This review focuses on cellular and molecular events involved in protective effects of lycopene. Although molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in health-promoting activities of lycopene have been reported, no detailed mechanistic studies have been published. Hence, future studies should be conducted to elucidate the mechanistic role(s) of lycopene-derived oxidation products in modulating cellular signaling.
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- Ramesh Kumar Saini
- Department of Bioresources and Food Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea; Institute of Natural Science and Agriculture, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea; Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioresources and Food Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.
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- Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Viet Nam; Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Identification of an Epoxide Metabolite of Lycopene in Human Plasma Using 13C-Labeling and QTOF-MS. Metabolites 2018; 8:metabo8010024. [PMID: 29558381 PMCID: PMC5876013 DOI: 10.3390/metabo8010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The carotenoid lycopene is a bioactive component of tomatoes and is hypothesized to reduce risk of several chronic diseases, such as prostate cancer. The metabolism of lycopene is only beginning to be understood and some studies suggest that metabolites of lycopene may be partially responsible for bioactivity associated with the parent compound. The detection and characterization of these compounds in vivo is an important step in understanding lycopene bioactivity. The metabolism of lycopene likely involves both chemical and enzymatic oxidation. While numerous lycopene metabolites have been proposed, few have actually been identified in vivo following lycopene intake. Here, LC-QTOF-MS was used along with 13C-labeling to investigate the post-prandial oxidative metabolism of lycopene in human plasma. Previously reported aldehyde cleavage products were not detected, but a lycopene 1,2-epoxide was identified as a new candidate oxidative metabolite.
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Moran NE, Cichon MJ, Riedl KM, Grainger EM, Schwartz SJ, Novotny JA, Erdman JW, Clinton SK. Compartmental and noncompartmental modeling of ¹³C-lycopene absorption, isomerization, and distribution kinetics in healthy adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2015; 102:1436-49. [PMID: 26561629 PMCID: PMC4658456 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.103143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lycopene, which is a red carotenoid in tomatoes, has been hypothesized to mediate disease-preventive effects associated with tomato consumption. Lycopene is consumed primarily as the all-trans geometric isomer in foods, whereas human plasma and tissues show greater proportions of cis isomers. OBJECTIVE With the use of compartmental modeling and stable isotope technology, we determined whether endogenous all-trans-to-cis-lycopene isomerization or isomeric-bioavailability differences underlie the greater proportion of lycopene cis isomers in human tissues than in tomato foods. DESIGN Healthy men (n = 4) and women (n = 4) consumed (13)C-lycopene (10.2 mg; 82% all-trans and 18% cis), and plasma was collected over 28 d. Unlabeled and (13)C-labeled total lycopene and lycopene-isomer plasma concentrations, which were measured with the use of high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, were fit to a 7-compartment model. RESULTS Subjects absorbed a mean ± SEM of 23% ± 6% of the lycopene. The proportion of plasma cis-(13)C-lycopene isomers increased over time, and all-trans had a shorter half-life than that of cis isomers (5.3 ± 0.3 and 8.8 ± 0.6 d, respectively; P < 0.001) and an earlier time to reach maximal plasma concentration than that of cis isomers (28 ± 7 and 48 ± 9 h, respectively). A compartmental model that allowed for interindividual differences in cis- and all-trans-lycopene bioavailability and endogenous trans-to-cis-lycopene isomerization was predictive of plasma (13)C and unlabeled cis- and all-trans-lycopene concentrations. Although the bioavailability of cis (24.5% ± 6%) and all-trans (23.2% ± 8%) isomers did not differ, endogenous isomerization (0.97 ± 0.25 μmol/d in the fast-turnover tissue lycopene pool) drove tissue and plasma isomeric profiles. CONCLUSION (13)C-Lycopene combined with physiologic compartmental modeling provides a strategy for following complex in vivo metabolic processes in humans and reveals that postabsorptive trans-to-cis-lycopene isomerization, and not the differential bioavailability of isomers, drives tissue and plasma enrichment of cis-lycopene. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01692340.
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- Nancy E Moran
- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Food Science and Technology
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Departments of Food Science and Technology
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Division of Nutritional Sciences, The University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Internal Medicine-Division of Medical Oncology, and The James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH;
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Moran NE, Clinton SK, Erdman JW. Differential bioavailability, clearance, and tissue distribution of the acyclic tomato carotenoids lycopene and phytoene in mongolian gerbils. J Nutr 2013; 143:1920-6. [PMID: 24108134 PMCID: PMC3827638 DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.181461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Lycopene (LYC) is the major tomato carotenoid and is the focus of substantial research. Phytoene (PE), a minor tomato carotenoid, is found in human blood and tissues in similar concentrations to LYC. To determine which metabolic differences underlie this phenomenon, Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus, n = 56) were fed control or tomato powder (TP)-containing diets (to establish steady-state serum and tissue carotenoid concentrations similar to tomato-fed humans) for 26 d. The TP-fed gerbils were then provided either a single, oral, cottonseed oil (CO) vehicle dose and tissues were collected at 6 h or they were provided unlabeled PE or LYC in CO and tissues were evaluated at 6, 12, or 24 h. In vehicle-dosed, TP-fed gerbils, LYC was the major carotenoid (≥ 55% carotenoids) in liver, spleen, testes, and the prostate-seminal vesicle complex, whereas PE was the major serum and adipose carotenoid (≥ 37% total carotenoid) and phytofluene was the major carotenoid (≥ 38%) in adrenals and lungs. PE dosing increased hepatic, splenic, and serum PE concentrations compared with vehicle dosing (P < 0.05) from 6 to 24 h, whereas LYC dosing increased only serum LYC at 6 and 12 h (P < 0.05) compared with vehicle dosing. This suggested PE was more bioavailable and cleared more slowly than LYC. To precisely track absorptive and distributive differences, (14)C-PE or (14)C-LYC (n = 2/group) was provided to TP-fed gerbils. Bioavailability assessed by carcass (14)C-content was 23% for PE and 8% for LYC. Nearly every extra-hepatic tissue accumulated greater dose radioactivity after (14)C-PE than (14)C-LYC dosing. Thus, LYC and PE, which structurally differ only by saturation, pharmacokinetically differ in bioavailability, tissue deposition, and clearance.
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center,Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Moran NE, Erdman JW, Clinton SK. Complex interactions between dietary and genetic factors impact lycopene metabolism and distribution. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 539:171-80. [PMID: 23845854 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Revised: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intake of lycopene, a red, tetraterpene carotenoid found in tomatoes is epidemiologically associated with a decreased risk of chronic disease processes, and lycopene has demonstrated bioactivity in numerous in vitro and animal models. However, our understanding of absorption, tissue distribution, and biological impact in humans remains very limited. Lycopene absorption is strongly impacted by dietary composition, especially the amount of fat. Concentrations of circulating lycopene in lipoproteins may be further influenced by a number of variations in genes related to lipid absorption and metabolism. Lycopene is not uniformly distributed among tissues, with adipose, liver, and blood being the major body pools, while the testes, adrenals, and liver have the greatest concentrations compared to other organs. Tissue concentrations of lycopene are likely dictated by expression of and genetic variation in lipoprotein receptors, cholesterol transporters, and carotenoid metabolizing enzymes, thus impacting lycopene accumulation at target sites of action. The novel application of genetic evaluation in concert with lycopene tracers will allow determination of which genes and polymorphisms define individual lycopene metabolic phenotypes, response to dietary variables, and ultimately determine biological and clinical outcomes. A better understanding of the relationship between diet, genetics, and lycopene distribution will provide necessary information to interpret epidemiological findings more accurately and to design effective, personalized clinical nutritional interventions addressing hypotheses regarding health outcomes.
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- Nancy E Moran
- Division of Medical Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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Sharoni Y, Linnewiel-Hermoni K, Khanin M, Salman H, Veprik A, Danilenko M, Levy J. Carotenoids and apocarotenoids in cellular signaling related to cancer: a review. Mol Nutr Food Res 2011; 56:259-69. [PMID: 22102431 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 08/22/2011] [Accepted: 09/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The basis for the vivid color of carotenoids and their antioxidant activity is the multiple conjugated double bonds, which are characteristic for these phytonutrients. Moreover, the cleavage of these oxidation-prone double bonds leads to the formation of apocarotenoids. A large number of carbonyl-containing oxidation products are expected to be produced as a result of carotenoid oxidation and these can be further metabolized into the corresponding acids and alcohols. As discussed in this review, many, but not all, of these potential products have been detected and identified in plants as well as in human and animal plasma and tissues. Some of these compounds were found to be biologically active as anticancer agents. In addition to the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, several carotenoid metabolites were shown to modulate the activity of various transcription systems. These include ligand-activated nuclear receptors, such as the retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and estrogen receptor, as well as other transcription systems that have an important role in cancer, such as the electrophile/antioxidant response element pathway and nuclear factor-κB. Therefore, apocarotenoids can be considered as natural compounds with multifunctional, rather than monofunctional, activity and, thus, can be useful in the prevention of cancer and other degenerative diseases.
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- Yoav Sharoni
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Ross AB, Vuong LT, Ruckle J, Synal HA, Schulze-König T, Wertz K, Rümbeli R, Liberman RG, Skipper PL, Tannenbaum SR, Bourgeois A, Guy PA, Enslen M, Nielsen ILF, Kochhar S, Richelle M, Fay LB, Williamson G. Lycopene bioavailability and metabolism in humans: an accelerator mass spectrometry study. Am J Clin Nutr 2011; 93:1263-73. [PMID: 21543537 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.008375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To our knowledge, there is no direct information on lycopene metabolism in humans. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to quantify the long-term human bioavailability of lycopene in plasma and skin after a single dose of (14)C-lycopene and to profile the metabolites formed. DESIGN We preselected 2 male subjects as lycopene absorbers and gave them an oral dose of 10 mg synthetic lycopene combined with ≈6 μg [6,6',7,7'-(14)C]lycopene (≈30,000 Bq; 92% trans lycopene). The appearance of (14)C in plasma, plasma triacylglycerol-rich lipoprotein (TRL) fraction, urine, expired breath carbon dioxide, and skin biopsies was measured over 42 d. The (14)C in lycopene-isomer fractions from plasma and TRL fraction was measured to assess the isomerization of lycopene in vivo. RESULTS We quantified (14)C from (14)C-lycopene in plasma, the plasma TRL fraction, expired carbon dioxide, urine, and skin. The time to maximum concentration (t(max)) of total (14)C-lycopene in plasma was 6 h, and the elimination half-life (t(1/2)) was 5 d, which were different from the t(max) and t(1/2) of unlabeled lycopene (0.5 and 48 d, respectively). (14)C-Lycopene was extensively isomerized after dosing as a 92% all-trans isomer at dosing but changed to 50% trans, 38% 5 cis, 1% 9 cis, and 11% other cis isomers after 24 h. A similar pattern of isomerization was seen in plasma TRL fractions. CONCLUSIONS Lycopene was extensively isomerized after dosing and rapidly metabolized into polar metabolites excreted into urine with the rapid peak of (14)CO(2) after dosing, which implies that β-oxidation was involved in the lycopene metabolism. Lycopene or its metabolites were detected in skin for up to 42 d.
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Mein JR, Dolnikowski GG, Ernst H, Russell RM, Wang XD. Enzymatic formation of apo-carotenoids from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin by ferret carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 506:109-21. [PMID: 21081106 PMCID: PMC3026080 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Revised: 10/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Xanthophyll carotenoids, such as lutein, zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin, may provide potential health benefits against chronic and degenerative diseases. Investigating pathways of xanthophyll metabolism are important to understanding their biological functions. Carotene-15,15'-monooxygenase (CMO1) has been shown to be involved in vitamin A formation, while recent studies suggest that carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase (CMO2) may have a broader substrate specificity than previously recognized. In this in vitro study, we investigated baculovirus-generated recombinant ferret CMO2 cleavage activity towards the carotenoid substrates zeaxanthin, lutein and β-cryptoxanthin. Utilizing HPLC, LC-MS and GC-MS, we identified both volatile and non-volatile apo-carotenoid products including 3-OH-β-ionone, 3-OH-α-ionone, β-ionone, 3-OH-α-apo-10'-carotenal, 3-OH-β-apo-10'-carotenal, and β-apo-10'-carotenal, indicating cleavage at both the 9,10 and 9',10' carbon-carbon double bond. Enzyme kinetic analysis indicated the xanthophylls zeaxanthin and lutein are preferentially cleaved over β-cryptoxanthin, indicating a key role of CMO2 in non-provitamin A carotenoid metabolism. Furthermore, incubation of 3-OH-β-apo-10'-carotenal with CMO2 lysate resulted in the formation of 3-OH-β-ionone. In the presence of NAD(+), in vitro incubation of 3-OH-β-apo-10'-carotenal with ferret hepatic homogenates formed 3-OH-β-apo-10'-carotenoic acid. Since apo-carotenoids serve as important signaling molecules in a variety of biological processes, enzymatic cleavage of xanthophylls by mammalian CMO2 represents a new avenue of research regarding vertebrate carotenoid metabolism and biological function.
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- Jonathan R. Mein
- Nutrition and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- Fine Chemicals and Biocatalysis Research, GVF/A-B009, BASF AG D-67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Nutrition and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutrition and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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Engelmann NJ, Clinton SK, Erdman JW. Nutritional aspects of phytoene and phytofluene, carotenoid precursors to lycopene. Adv Nutr 2011; 2:51-61. [PMID: 22211189 PMCID: PMC3042793 DOI: 10.3945/an.110.000075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Epidemiological studies suggest an inverse relationship between tomato consumption and serum and tissue lycopene (LYC) levels with risk of some chronic diseases, including several cancers and cardiovascular disease. LYC, the red carotenoid found in tomatoes, is often considered to be the primary bioactive carotenoid in tomatoes that mediates health benefits, but other colorless precursor carotenoids, phytoene (PE) and phytofluene (PF), are also present in substantial quantities. PE and PF are readily absorbed from tomato foods and tomato extracts by humans. Animal models of carotenoid absorption suggest preferential accumulation of PE and PF in some tissues. The reasonably high concentrations of PE and PF detected in serum and tissues relative to the concentrations in foods suggest that absorption or metabolism of these compounds may be different from that of LYC. Experimental studies, both in vitro and in vivo, suggest that PE and PF exhibit bioactivity but little is known about their impact in humans. Methods for producing isotopically labeled PE, PF, and LYC tracers from tomato plant cell culture offer a unique tool for further understanding the differential bioavailability and metabolism of these 3 prominent tomato carotenoids and how they may affect health.
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- Nancy J. Engelmann
- Division of Nutritional Sciences University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801,Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Ford NA, Clinton SK, von Lintig J, Wyss A, Erdman JW. Loss of carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase expression increases serum and tissue lycopene concentrations in lycopene-fed mice. J Nutr 2010; 140:2134-8. [PMID: 20962153 PMCID: PMC2981000 DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.128033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Two enzymes have been identified for the oxidative metabolism of carotenoids in mammals. Carotene-15,15'-monooxygenase (CMO-I) primarily centrally cleaves β,β-carotene to form vitamin A. We hypothesize that carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase (CMO-II) plays a key role in metabolism of acyclic nonprovitamin A carotenoids such as lycopene. We investigated carotenoid bioaccumulation in young adult, male, wild-type (WT) mice or mice lacking CMO-II (CMO-II KO). Mice were fed an AIN-93G diet or identical diets supplemented with 10% tomato powder, 130 mg lycopene/kg diet (10% lycopene beadlets), or placebo beadlets for 4 or 30 d. Lycopene preferentially accumulated in CMO-II KO mouse tissues and serum compared with WT mouse tissues. β-Carotene preferentially accumulated in some CMO-II KO mouse tissues compared with WT mouse tissues. Relative tissue mRNA expression of CMO-I and CMO-II was differentially expressed in mouse tissues, and CMO-II, but not CMO-I, was expressed in mouse prostate. In conclusion, the loss of CMO-II expression leads to increased serum and tissue concentrations of lycopene in tomato-fed mice.
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- Nikki A. Ford
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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- Department of Human Nutrition and Health, DSM Nutritional Products, Kaiseraugst 4303, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Kopec RE, Riedl KM, Harrison EH, Curley RW, Hruszkewycz DP, Clinton SK, Schwartz SJ. Identification and quantification of apo-lycopenals in fruits, vegetables, and human plasma. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2010; 58:3290-6. [PMID: 20178389 PMCID: PMC2851402 DOI: 10.1021/jf100415z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Research has suggested that lycopene may be metabolized by eccentric cleavage, catalyzed by beta-carotene oxygenase 2, resulting in the generation of apo-lycopenals. Apo-6'-lycopenal and apo-8'-lycopenal have been reported previously in raw tomato. We now show that several other apo-lycopenals are also present in raw and processed foods, as well as in human plasma. Apo-lycopenal standards were prepared by in vitro oxidation of lycopene, and a high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) method using atmospheric pressure chemical ionization in negative mode was developed to separate and detect the apo-6'-, apo-8'-, apo-10'-, apo-12'-, apo-14'-, and apo-15'-lycopenal products formed in the reaction. Hexane/acetone extracts of raw tomato, red grapefruit, watermelon, and processed tomato products were analyzed, as well as plasma of individuals who had consumed tomato juice for 8 weeks. Apo-6'-, apo-8'-, apo-10'-, apo-12'-, and apo-14'-lycopenals were detected and quantified in all food products tested, as well as plasma. The sum of apo-lycopenals was 6.5 microg/100 g Roma tomato, 73.4 microg/100 g tomato paste, and 1.9 nmol/L plasma. We conclude that several apo-lycopenals, in addition to apo-6'- and -8'-lycopenal, are present in lycopene-containing foods. In addition, the presence of apo-lycopenals in plasma may derive from the absorption of apo-lycopenals directly from food and/or human metabolism.
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- Rachel E. Kopec
- Department of Food Science & Technology, 110 Parker Building, 2015 Fyffe Ct. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- Department of Human Nutrition, 350 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, 110 Parker Building, 2015 Fyffe Ct. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Human Nutrition, 350 Campbell Hall, 1787 Neil Ave. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- College of Pharmacy, 217 Parks Hall, 500 West 12th Ave. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- College of Pharmacy, 217 Parks Hall, 500 West 12th Ave. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, A456 Starling Loving Hall, 320 West 10th Ave. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, 110 Parker Building, 2015 Fyffe Ct. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Kong KW, Khoo HE, Prasad KN, Ismail A, Tan CP, Rajab NF. Revealing the power of the natural red pigment lycopene. Molecules 2010; 15:959-87. [PMID: 20335956 PMCID: PMC6263198 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15020959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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By-products derived from food processing are attractive source for their valuable bioactive components and color pigments. These by-products are useful for development as functional foods, nutraceuticals, food ingredients, additives, and also as cosmetic products. Lycopene is a bioactive red colored pigment naturally occurring in plants. Industrial by-products obtained from the plants are the good sources of lycopene. Interest in lycopene is increasing due to increasing evidence proving its preventive properties toward numerous diseases. In vitro, in vivo and ex vivo studies have demonstrated that lycopene-rich foods are inversely associated to diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and others. This paper also reviews the properties, absorption, transportation, and distribution of lycopene and its by-products in human body. The mechanism of action and interaction of lycopene with other bioactive compounds are also discussed, because these are the crucial features for beneficial role of lycopene. However, information on the effect of food processing on lycopene stability and availability was discussed for better understanding of its characteristics.
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- Kin-Weng Kong
- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mails: (K.-W.K.); (H.-E.K.); (K.N.P.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mails: (K.-W.K.); (H.-E.K.); (K.N.P.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mails: (K.-W.K.); (H.-E.K.); (K.N.P.)
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mails: (K.-W.K.); (H.-E.K.); (K.N.P.)
- Laboratory of Analysis and Authentication, Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; E-Mail: (C.-P.T.)
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; E-Mail: (N.F.R.)
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Liu AG, Volker SE, Jeffery EH, Erdman JW. Feeding tomato and broccoli powders enriched with bioactives improves bioactivity markers in rats. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:7304-7310. [PMID: 19650632 DOI: 10.1021/jf901926b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Many studies have evaluated the cancer -preventive potential of individual bioactives from tomatoes and broccoli, but few have examined them within the context of a whole food. Male Copenhagen rats were fed diets containing 10% standard tomato powder, tomato enriched with lycopene or total carotenoids, standard broccoli floret, broccoli sprouts, or broccoli enriched with indole glucosinolates or selenium for 7 days. All broccoli diets increased the activity of colon quinone reductase (NQO1). Indole glucosinolate-enriched broccoli and selenium-enriched broccoli increased hepatic NQO1 and cytochrome P450 1A activity (P < 0.05). Standard broccoli and lycopene-enriched tomato diets down-regulated prostatic glutathione S-transferase P1 mRNA expression. Different tomato diets resulted in altered hepatic accumulation of lycopene, phytofluene, and phytoene. These results demonstrate that the bioactive content of vegetables affects both tissue content of bioactives and activity of detoxification enzymes. Enhancing bioactive content of tomatoes and broccoli may enhance efficacy in the prevention of prostate cancer.
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- Ann G Liu
- Division of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Teodoro AJ, Perrone D, Martucci RB, Borojevic R. Lycopene isomerisation and storage in an in vitro model of murine hepatic stellate cells. Eur J Nutr 2009; 48:261-8. [PMID: 19533199 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-009-0001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lycopene is a carotenoid whose biological activities and protective effect on prostate and breast cancer have been described, but little is known on its extra-intestinal metabolism and storage. While most alimentary lycopene is in all-trans configuration, in animal and human tissues approximately half of the lycopene is in cis isoforms. AIM OF STUDY Our object was to monitor the capacity of storage, isomerisation, and intracellular localization of all-trans and cis lycopene in hepatic stellate cells, which are the major sites of metabolism and storage of retinoids and carotenoids in the body. METHODS We used the GRX cell line representative of murine hepatic stellate cells, incubated with 1-30 muM lycopene in culture medium. Analysis was done by high-performance liquid chromatography. RESULTS Lycopene was able to induce expression of the lipocyte phenotype and it was internalized into GRX cells. Its cellular release only occurred in presence of albumin with a rapid initial decrease of intracellular lycopene. A corresponding increase in the culture medium was observed at 24 h. All-trans, 13-cis and 9-cis lycopene isoforms were identified in all the cell compartments. The membrane fraction contained the major part of lycopene, followed by the cytoplasmic fraction, lipid droplets and nuclei. The ratio between all-trans and cis isomers was approximately 2/1 in the majority parts of cell compartments. CONCLUSIONS This study identified a novel hepatic cell type able to store and isomerise lycopene. Liver can contribute to the serum and tissue equilibrium of cis/trans isomers of lycopene, and to participate in storage of lycopene under high extracellular concentration such as observed after the alimentary input.
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- Anderson J Teodoro
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Nutricional e de Alimentos, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Aung HH, Vasu VT, Valacchi G, Corbacho AM, Kota RS, Lim Y, Obermueller-Jevic UC, Packer L, Cross CE, Gohil K. Effects of dietary carotenoids on mouse lung genomic profiles and their modulatory effects on short-term cigarette smoke exposures. GENES AND NUTRITION 2008; 4:23-39. [PMID: 19104882 PMCID: PMC2654053 DOI: 10.1007/s12263-008-0108-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Male C57BL/6 mice were fed diets supplemented with either beta-carotene (BC) or lycopene (LY) that were formulated for human consumption. Four weeks of dietary supplementations results in plasma and lung carotenoid (CAR) concentrations that approximated the levels detected in humans. Bioactivity of the CARs was determined by assaying their effects on the activity of the lung transcriptome (~8,500 mRNAs). Both CARs activated the cytochrome P450 1A1 gene but only BC induced the retinol dehydrogenase gene. The contrasting effects of the two CARs on the lung transcriptome were further uncovered in mice exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) for 3 days; only LY activated ~50 genes detected in the lungs of CS-exposed mice. These genes encoded inflammatory-immune proteins. Our data suggest that mice offer a viable in vivo model for studying bioactivities of dietary CARs and their modulatory effects on lung genomic expression in both health and after exposure to CS toxicants.
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- Hnin H Aung
- Center for Comparative Respiratory Biology and Medicine, Clinical Nutrition and Vascular Medicine, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility, University of California, 6404A, 451 East Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Lindshield BL, King JL, Wyss A, Goralczyk R, Lu CH, Ford NA, Erdman JW. Lycopene biodistribution is altered in 15,15'-carotenoid monooxygenase knockout mice. J Nutr 2008; 138:2367-71. [PMID: 19022959 PMCID: PMC3415862 DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.099663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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15,15'-carotenoid monooxygenase (CMO I) is generally recognized as the central carotenoid cleavage enzyme responsible for converting provitamin A carotenoids to vitamin A, while having little affinity for nonprovitamin A carotenoids, such as lycopene. To investigate the role of CMO I in carotenoid metabolism, approximately 90-d-old C57BL/6 x 129/SvJ [CMO I wild-type (WT)] and B6;129S6-Bcmo1tm1Dnp [CMO I knockout (KO)] mice were fed a high-fat, moderate vitamin A, cholesterol-containing diet supplemented with 150 mg/kg diet of beta-carotene, lycopene, or placebo beadlets for 60 d (n = 12-14). CMO I KO mice fed lycopene (Lyc-KO) exhibited significant decreases in hepatic, spleen, and thymus lycopene concentrations and significant increases in prostate, seminal vesicles, testes, and brain lycopene concentrations compared with WT mice fed lycopene (Lyc-WT). Furthermore, in the serum and all tissues analyzed, excluding the testes, there was a significant increase in the percent lycopene cis isomers in Lyc-KO mice compared with Lyc-WT mice. CMO I KO mice fed beta-carotene (betaC-KO) had significantly lower hepatic vitamin A concentrations (17% of WT mice fed beta-carotene [betaC-WT]). Concordantly, betaC-KO mice had higher serum and tissue beta-carotene concentrations than betaC-WT mice. In addition, phenotypically CMO I KO mice had significantly higher final body weights and CMO I KO female mice had significantly lower uterus weights than CMO I WT mice. In conclusion, CMO I KO mice fed low levels of vitamin A have altered lycopene biodistribution and isomer patterns and do not cleave beta-carotene to vitamin A at appreciable levels.
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- Brian L. Lindshield
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; and DSM Nutritional Products, CH-4303 Kaiseraugst n. Basel, Switzerland,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Use of Lycopene as a food colour - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food. EFSA J 2008. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2008.674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Campbell JK, Engelmann NJ, Lila MA, Erdman JW. Phytoene, Phytofluene, and Lycopene from Tomato Powder Differentially Accumulate in Tissues of Male Fisher 344 Rats. Nutr Res 2007; 27:794-801. [PMID: 19050742 DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Tomato product consumption is inversely related to prostate cancer incidence, and lycopene (LYC) has been implicated in reduced prostate cancer risk. The contribution of other tomato carotenoids, phytoene (PE) and phytofluene (PF), towards prostate cancer risk has not been adequately studied. The relative uptake and tissue distribution of tomato carotenoids are not known. We hypothesize that PE and PF are bioavailable from a tomato powder diet or from a purified source and accumulate in androgen-sensitive tissues. In this study, 4 wk old male Fisher 344 rats were pre-fed an AIN-93G powder diet composed of 10% tomato powder containing PE, PF, and LYC (0.015, 0.012, and 0.011 g/kg diet, respectively). After 30 d tomato powder feeding, hepatic PF concentrations (168 ± 20 nmol/g) were higher than PE or LYC (104 ± 13 and 104 ± 13 nmol/g, respectively). In contrast, LYC, followed by PF, had the highest accumulation of the measured carotenoids in the prostate lobes and seminal vesicles. When tomato powder-fed rats received a single oral dose of either ∼2.7 mg PE or PF, an increase in the dosed carotenoid concentration was observed in all measured tissues, except the adrenal. Percent increases of PF were greater than that of PE in liver, serum, and adipose (37, 287 and 49% versus 16, 179 and 23%, respectively). Results indicate that the relative tomato carotenoid biodistribution differs in liver and androgen-sensitive tissues, suggesting that minor changes in the number of sequential double bonds in carotenoid structures alter absorption and/or metabolism of tomato carotenoids.
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- Jessica K Campbell
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 905 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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LILA MA. From Beans to Berries and Beyond: Teamwork between Plant Chemicals for Protection of Optimal Human Health. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1114:372-80. [DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Augusti PR, Conterato GMM, Somacal S, Einsfeld L, Ramos AT, Hosomi FYM, Graça DL, Emanuelli T. Effect of Lycopene on Nephrotoxicity Induced by Mercuric Chloride in Rats. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2007; 100:398-402. [PMID: 17516994 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2007.00067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Oxidative stress is an important molecular mechanism for kidney injury in mercury poisoning. We studied lycopene, a potent carotenoid found in tomatoes due to its large antioxidant properties, and also evaluated the ability of lycopene to prevent HgCl(2) nephrotoxicity. Rats were injected with HgCl(2) (0 or 5 mg/kg body weight, subcutaneously) 6 hr after lycopene administration (0, 10, 25 or 50 mg/kg by gavage) and were killed 12 hr after HgCl(2) exposure. HgCl(2)-induced inhibition of delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase activity (approximately 35%) and increase of lipid peroxidation in kidney (approximately 37%) were prevented by lycopene. However, lycopene did not prevent the increase of plasma creatinine levels (approximately 123%) and renal tubular necrosis induced by HgCl(2). Glutathione peroxidase and catalase activities were enhanced (approximately 71% and approximately 41%), while superoxide dismutase activity was depressed (approximately 44%) in HgCl(2)-treated rats when compared to control and these effects were prevented by lycopene. Our results indicate that although lycopene did not prevent HgCl(2)-induced renal failure, it could play a beneficial role against HgCl(2) toxicity by preventing lipid peroxidation and changes in the activity of delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase and antioxidant enzymes.
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- Paula R Augusti
- Post-graduate Program on Biochemical Toxicology, Center of Natural and Exact Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Campbell JK, Stroud CK, Nakamura MT, Lila MA, Erdman JW. Serum testosterone is reduced following short-term phytofluene, lycopene, or tomato powder consumption in F344 rats. J Nutr 2006; 136:2813-9. [PMID: 17056806 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.11.2813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Elevated serum androgens are associated with increased prostate cancer risk. Tomato consumption is also associated with reduced prostate cancer incidence, and the primary tomato carotenoid, lycopene, may modulate androgen activation in the prostate, yet little is known about other tomato carotenoids. To evaluate interrelations between phytofluene, lycopene, or tomato powder consumption and androgen status, 8-wk-old male F344 rats (fed a control AIN 93G diet) were castrated or sham-operated and subsequently provided with daily oral supplementation of phytofluene or lycopene ( approximately 0.7 mg/d) or fed a 10% tomato powder supplemented diet (AIN 93G) for 4 d. Sham-operated rats provided with either phytofluene, lycopene, or tomato powder had approximately 40-50% lower serum testosterone concentrations than the sham-operated, control-fed group. Tissue and serum phytofluene and lycopene concentrations were greater in castrated rats than in sham-operated rats, which may have been due in part to a decrease of hepatic CYP 3A1 mRNA expression and benzyloxyresorufin-O-dealkylase activity. Some changes in prostatic and testicular steroidogenic enzyme mRNA expression were found; in particular, prostate 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 4 mRNA expression in castrated rats fed lycopene or tomato powder was 1.7-fold that of the sham-operated, control-fed group. Modest changes in mRNA expression of steroidogenic enzymes with short-term carotenoid intake may alter the flux of androgen synthesis to less potent compounds. Overall, results illustrate that short-term intake of tomato carotenoids significantly alters androgen status, which may partially be a mechanism by which tomato intake reduces prostate cancer risk.
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- Jessica K Campbell
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Lindshield BL, Canene-Adams K, Erdman JW. Lycopenoids: are lycopene metabolites bioactive? Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 458:136-40. [PMID: 17067545 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2006] [Revised: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In vitro lycopene is the most potent antioxidant among carotenoids. While antioxidant function may be relevant to health, we hypothesize that metabolites of lycopene may be bioactive and responsible for the beneficial effects of tomato product consumption. We term these metabolites "lycopenoids," which we believe may be produced from carotenoid monooxygenase (CMO) II, paralleling the production of retinoids from beta-carotene by CMO I. We present evidence suggesting that tomato carotenoid metabolites may be responsible for the reduced risk of prostate cancer seen in men consuming high levels of tomato products. Finally, we identify gaps in knowledge in this evolving area of carotenoid research.
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- Brian L Lindshield
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Gajic M, Zaripheh S, Sun F, Erdman JW. Apo-8'-lycopenal and apo-12'-lycopenal are metabolic products of lycopene in rat liver. J Nutr 2006; 136:1552-7. [PMID: 16702320 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.6.1552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The health benefits of lycopene as an anticarcinogenic compound have been widely studied but little is known about the metabolic products of lycopene produced in vivo. We investigated lycopene metabolites in the liver of F344 male rats that had been prefed a lycopene-containing diet (0.25 g lycopene/kg diet). After 30 d of feeding, they were given a single oral dose of 14C-labeled lycopene (421.8 kBq). The metabolic products of both nonradioactive and 14C-labeled lycopene in rat liver were extracted and separated using HPLC and analyzed by UV/VIS spectrometry, online radioactive detection, and off-line and in-line positive ion electrospray ionization MS. Among a number of metabolite products formed, we identified apo-8'-lycopenal (lambdamax = 473 nm and m/z = 417). The putative compound, apo-12'-lycopenal, was detected but no apo-10'-lycopenal was present. A number of other very polar, short-chain and/or short chromophore compounds with UV/VIS absorption <300 nm were present but were not characterized. These data show that lycopene is cleaved in vivo by rats at different positions to produce apo-12'-lycopenal, and other unidentified metabolites in addition to apo-8'-lycopenal. Apo-8'-lycopenal and the putative apo-12'-lycopenal are identified as lycopene metabolites in rat liver in vivo.
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- Marija Gajic
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Zaripheh S, Nara TY, Nakamura MT, Erdman JW. Dietary lycopene downregulates carotenoid 15,15'-monooxygenase and PPAR-gamma in selected rat tissues. J Nutr 2006; 136:932-8. [PMID: 16549453 DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.4.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In vitro studies have suggested that lycopene is an efficient substrate for carotenoid 9'10'-monooxygenase II (CMO2) but an inhibitor of carotenoid 15,15'-monooxygenase I (CMO1). The objectives of this study were to clone the rat CMO2 gene, determine whether feeding lycopene for different lengths of time (3-37 d) altered the expression of genes related to carotenoid cleavage [CMO1, CMO2 and peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma)] or increased the activity of selected phase I and phase II detoxification enzymes in rat tissues. The cloned rat CMO2 gene was 92 and 82% homologous to the mouse and human CMO2 nucleotide sequence, respectively. The relative abundance of CMO1, CMO2, and PPAR-gamma were differentially expressed among rat tissues. CMO1 and PPAR-gamma expression were decreased in the kidney and adrenal with lycopene intake (P < 0.05), whereas CMO2 expression was reduced only in the kidney. Lycopene did not alter hepatic phase I activity, but hepatic quinone reductase activity increased after 3 and 7 d of lycopene feeding (P < 0.05). Lycopene intake decreased a PPAR-gamma target gene, fatty acid binding protein 3 (FABP3), in the kidney and adrenal (P < 0.05). Thus, these data show that although the intake of 0.25 g lycopene/kg diet does not induce hepatic P450 detoxification enzymes, lycopene feeding alters CMO1, PPAR-gamma, and FABP3 mRNA expression in selected rat tissues with a moderate effect on kidney CMO2 expression. These data suggest that lycopene may play an important role in the modulation of beta-carotene, retinoid, and/or lipid metabolism.
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- Susan Zaripheh
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Campbell JK, Rogers RB, Lila MA, Erdman JW. Biosynthesis of 14C-phytoene from tomato cell suspension cultures (Lycopersicon esculentum) for utilization in prostate cancer cell culture studies. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2006; 54:747-55. [PMID: 16448178 DOI: 10.1021/jf0581269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This work describes the development and utilization of a plant cell culture production approach to biosynthesize and radiolabel phytoene and phytofluene for prostate cancer cell culture studies. The herbicide norflurazon was added to established cell suspension cultures of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. VFNT cherry), to induce the biosynthesis and accumulation of the lycopene precursors, phytoene and phytofluene, in their natural isomeric forms (15-cis-phytoene and two cis-phytofluene isomers). Norflurazon concentrations, solvent carrier type and concentration, and duration of culture exposure to norflurazon were screened to optimize phytoene and phytofluene synthesis. Maximum yields of both phytoene and phytofluene were achieved after 7 days of treatment with 0.03 mg norflurazon/40 mL fresh medium, provided in 0.07% solvent carrier. Introduction of 14C-sucrose to the tomato cell culture medium enabled the production of 14C-labeled phytoene for subsequent prostate tumor cell uptake studies. In DU 145 prostate tumor cells, it was determined that 15-cis-phytoene and an oxidized product of phytoene were taken up and partially metabolized by the cells. The ability to biosynthesize, radiolabel, and isolate these carotenoids from tomato cell cultures is a novel, valuable methodology for further in vitro and in vivo investigations into the roles of phytoene and phytofluene in cancer chemoprevention.
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- Jessica K Campbell
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign, 905 South Goodwin Avenue, Illinois 61801, USA
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Vitaglione P, Morisco F, Caporaso N, Fogliano V. Dietary antioxidant compounds and liver health. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2005; 44:575-86. [PMID: 15969329 DOI: 10.1080/10408690490911701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Chronic liver damage is a widespread pathology characterized by a progressive evolution from steatosis to chronic hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. As the oxidative stress plays a central role in liver diseases pathogenesis and progression, the use of antioxidants have been proposed as therapeutic agents, as well as drug coadjuvants, to counteract liver damage. In this work in vitro and in vivo studies, with emphasis on humans and animals experiments, have been considered and reviewed according to antioxidant typologies. Great differences emerge as far as ingested doses, bioavailability and liver ability to accumulate the various compounds. Results available up to now suggest that lycopene-rich foods could be proposed in therapeutic treatment of some liver pathologies. On the other hand contradictory results have been obtained with alpha-tocopherol, beta-carotene and trans-resveratrol. Quercetin, silymarin, esculetin and thyme and rosemary among phenolic compounds need further studies.
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- Paola Vitaglione
- Dipartimento di Scienza degli Alimenti, Università di Napoli "Federico II" Parco Gussone-Ed. 84, Portici (NA) Italy
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Zaripheh S, Erdman JW. The biodistribution of a single oral dose of [14C]-lycopene in rats prefed either a control or lycopene-enriched diet. J Nutr 2005; 135:2212-8. [PMID: 16140900 DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.9.2212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lycopene (lyc) has emerged as a primary candidate for dietary interventions of prostate cancer; however, research regarding its absorption, tissue distribution, and metabolism is limited. Previously, we evaluated the biodistribution (3-168 h) of a single oral dose of 14C-lyc in rats prefed lyc for 30 d. The liver was the primary depot for lyc, and the 14C and 14C-polar products appeared in tissues as early as 3 h after dosing. In the current study, F344 rats (n = 48) were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 groups prefed either a control or lyc-enriched diet (0.25 g lyc/kg diet) for 30 d and killed at 5 or 24 h after receiving a single oral dose of 14C-lyc. The percentage of the 14C dose absorbed at 24 h was lower (5.5 +/- 0.5%) in lyc-prefed (LP) rats than in control-prefed (CP) rats (6.9 +/- 0.4%, P < 0.04). Hepatic total 14C and 14C-lyc in CP rats was greater than in LP rats at 24 h (P < 0.005). A portion of 14C was delivered to extrahepatic tissues as early as 5 h, irrespective of diet. Of the tissues analyzed, an increase in the percentage in 14C-polar products occurred between 5 and 24 h only in the prostate and seminal vesicles, suggesting increased accumulation of 14C-polar products in these tissues, irrespective of prior dietary treatment. These data suggest that lyc absorption, tissue uptake, and catabolism were affected by prefeeding and that lyc can be partially taken up by extrahepatic tissues from the postprandial triglyceride-rich fraction.
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- Susan Zaripheh
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Novotny JA. What can pharmacokinetic models tell us about the disposition of lycopene and the potential role of lycopene in cancer prevention? J Nutr 2005; 135:2048S-9S. [PMID: 16046738 DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.8.2048s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Janet A Novotny
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Paula R Trumbo
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
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Shenouda NS, Zhou C, Browning JD, Ansell PJ, Sakla MS, Lubahn DB, Macdonald RS. Phytoestrogens in Common Herbs Regulate Prostate Cancer Cell Growth in Vitro. Nutr Cancer 2004; 49:200-8. [PMID: 15489213 DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc4902_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Prostate cancer is an important public health problem in the United States. Seven phytoestrogens found in common herbal products were screened for estrogen receptor binding and growth inhibition of androgen-insensitive (PC-3) and androgen-sensitive (LNCaP) human prostate tumor cells. In a competitive 3H-estradiol ligand binding assay using mouse uterine cytosol, 2.5 M quercetin, baicalein, genistein, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and curcumin displaced > 85% of estradiol binding, whereas apigenin and resveratrol displaced > 40%. From growth inhibition studies in LNCaP cells, apigenin and curcumin were the most potent inhibitors of cell growth, and EGCG and baicalein were the least potent. In PC-3 cells, curcumin was the most potent inhibitor of cell growth, and EGCG was the least potent. In both cell lines, significant arrest of the cell cycle in S phase was induced by resveratrol and EGCG and in G2M phase by quercetin, baicalein, apigenin, genistein, and curcumin. Induction of apoptosis was induced by all of the 7 compounds in the 2 cell lines as shown by TUNEL and DNA fragmentation assays. Androgen responsiveness of the cell lines did not correlate with cellular response to the phytoestrogens. In conclusion, these 7 phytoestrogens, through different mechanisms, are effective inhibitors of prostate tumor cell growth.
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- Nader S Shenouda
- Department of Biochemistry and the Missouri University Center for Phytonutrient and Phytochemical Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA
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