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Gunes S, He Z, van Acken D, Malone R, Cullen PJ, Curtin JF. Platinum nanoparticles inhibit intracellular ROS generation and protect against cold atmospheric plasma-induced cytotoxicity. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2021; 36:102436. [PMID: 34153528 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) have been investigated for their antioxidant abilities in a range of biological and other applications. The ability to reduce off-target cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) cytotoxicity would be useful in Plasma Medicine; however, little has been published to date about the ability of PtNPs to reduce or inhibit the effects of CAP. Here we investigate whether PtNPs can protect against CAP-induced cytotoxicity in cancerous and non-cancerous cell lines. PtNPs were shown to dramatically reduce intracellular reactive species (RONS) production in U-251 MG cells. However, RONS generation was unaffected by PtNPs in medium without cells. PtNPs protect against CAP induced mitochondrial membrane depolarization, but not cell membrane permeabilization which is a CAP-induced RONS-independent event. PtNPs act as potent intracellular scavengers of reactive species and can protect against CAP induced cytotoxicity. PtNPs, showing no significant biocorrosion, may be useful as a catalytic antioxidant for healthy tissue and for protecting against CAP-induced tissue damage.
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- Sebnem Gunes
- BioPlasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Nanolab, FOCAS Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- BioPlasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Nanolab, FOCAS Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Charles Institute of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- UCD School of Earth Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- BioPlasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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- BioPlasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
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- BioPlasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Nanolab, FOCAS Research Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Woodward KN. Origins of injection-site sarcomas in cats: the possible role of chronic inflammation-a review. ISRN VETERINARY SCIENCE 2011; 2011:210982. [PMID: 23738095 PMCID: PMC3658838 DOI: 10.5402/2011/210982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The etiology of feline injection-site sarcomas remains obscure. Sarcomas and other tumors are known to be associated with viral infections in humans and other animals, including cats. However, the available evidence suggests that this is not the case with feline injection-site sarcomas. These tumors have more in common with sarcomas noted in experimental studies with laboratory animals where foreign materials such as glass, plastics, and metal are the causal agent. Tumors arising with these agents are associated with chronic inflammation at the injection or implantation sites. Similar tumors have been observed, albeit infrequently, at microchip implantation sites, and these also are associated with chronic inflammation. It is suggested that injection-site sarcomas in cats may arise at the administration site as a result of chronic inflammation, possibly provoked by adjuvant materials, with subsequent DNA damage, cellular transformation, and clonal expansion. However, more fundamental research is required to elucidate the mechanisms involved.
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- Kevin N. Woodward
- Technology Sciences (Europe) Limited, Concordia House, St James Business Park, Grimbald Crag Court, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8QB, UK
- Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, Breakspear Road South, Harefield, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB9 6LS, UK
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Hirakawa K, Sano S. Platinum Nanoparticle Catalyst Scavenges Hydrogen Peroxide Generated from Hydroquinone. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 2009. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.82.1299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Nocentini S, Guggiari M, Rouillard D, Surgis S. Exacerbating Effect of Vitamin E Supplementation on DNA Damage Induced in Cultured Human Normal Fibroblasts by UVA Radiation¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0730370eeoves2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nitta Y, Satoh K, Suga S, Endo S, Nitta K. Comparison of the effectiveness of high and low LET radiations for the proportion of survivals with liver tumors at every age in (C57BL/6N x C3H/HeN) F1 mice. J Vet Med Sci 2006; 68:647-53. [PMID: 16891775 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To investigate the late effects of neutrons at the energy below 1 MeV on the liver carcinogenesis as a function of age, one-week old mice were exposed to 1.0 Gy monoenergetic neutrons (0.317, 0.525 and 1.026 MeV) or 137Cs gamma rays. Survival and carcinogenesis were examined by 18 months of age. Following radiation, tumor incidences in liver, Harderian gland, lung, ovary and pituitary gland were compared. The proportion of the lifespan with liver tumors exposed to neutrons to that exposed to gamma rays was calculated as a function of age. Survival rates among the three groups exposed to neutrons of different energies were not significantly different from one another but shorter than those treated with gamma rays for both sexes. With regard to liver tumor incidence evaluated at 18 months of age, the effectiveness of neutrons to gamma rays was 2.54 for females, and 2.08 for males by the factor. Levels of estrogen in the serum were similar between mice bearing liver tumors and those devoid of tumors. In conclusion, all three energies of neutrons induced similar effectiveness with respect to liver carcinogenicity. Proportions of the lifespan with liver tumors of neutron-exposed to gamma-exposed were shorter in females than males along with ages over 12 months. To obtain this factor at every age contributed for the evaluation of the biological effectiveness of radiations with the parameter of tumor incidence and latency simultaneously.
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- Yumiko Nitta
- International Radiation Information Center, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University
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Antioxidants are considered as the most promising chemopreventive agents against various human cancers. However, some antioxidants play paradoxical roles, acting as "double-edged sword." A primary property of effective and acceptable chemopreventive agents should be freedom from toxic effects in healthy population. Miscarriage of the intervention by beta-carotene made us realize the necessity for evaluation of safety before recommending use of antioxidant supplements for chemoprevention. We have evaluated the safety of antioxidants on the basis of reactivity with DNA. Our results revealed that phytic acid, luteolin, and retinoic acid did not cause DNA damage under the experimental condition. Furthermore, phytic acid inhibited the formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine, an indicator of oxidative DNA damage, in cultured cells treated with a H(2)O(2)-generating system. Thus, it is expected that these chemopreventive agents can safely protect humans against cancer. On the other hand, some chemopreventive agents with prooxidant properties (alpha-tocopherol, quercetin, catechins, isothiocyanates, N-acetylcysteine) caused DNA damage via generation of reactive oxygen species in the presence of metal ions and endogenous reductants under some circumstances. Furthermore, other chemopreventive agents (beta-carotene, genistein, daidzein, propyl gallate, curcumin) exerted prooxidant properties after metabolic activation. Therefore, further studies on safety should be required when antioxidants are used for cancer prevention.
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- Shosuke Kawanishi
- Department of Environmental and Molecular Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, 514-8507, Japan.
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The present article, which is a tribute to the memory of Dr. Edward Bresnick, emphasizes the importance of environmental and life-style factors for cancer causation in the human population and points out approaches to cancer prevention. These approaches include vaccinations for the prevention of cancers that are caused by infectious agents as well as the use of cancer chemopreventive agents. The use of tamoxifen and letrozole to prevent breast cancer, finasteride to prevent prostate cancer, sunscreens or topical applications of 5-fluorouracil to prevent sunlight-induced skin cancer, and aspirin or calcium to prevent colon cancer are a few examples of cancer chemoprevention in high risk individuals and in the general population. An underdeveloped area of cancer chemoprevention is the use of combinations of agents that work by different mechanisms. It was pointed out that animal studies indicate that many cancer chemopreventive agents inhibit carcinogenesis under one set of experimental conditions but enhance carcinogenesis under another set of experimental conditions. These observations suggest that tailoring the chemopreventive regimen to the individual or to groups of individuals living under different environmental conditions or with different mechanisms of carcinogenesis may be an important aspect of cancer chemoprevention in human populations. How to tailor cancer chemoprevention regimens to the individual is an important challenge for the future.
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- Allan H Conney
- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8020, USA.
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Zondlo Fiume M. Final report on the safety assessment of Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopheryl Linoleate, Tocopheryl Linoleate/Oleate, Tocopheryl Nicotinate, Tocopheryl Succinate, Dioleyl Tocopheryl Methylsilanol, Potassium Ascorbyl Tocopheryl Phosphate, and Tocophersolan. Int J Toxicol 2003; 21 Suppl 3:51-116. [PMID: 12537931 DOI: 10.1080/10915810290169819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tocopherol and its several ester and ether derivatives all function as antioxidants in cosmetic formulations; they also have other functions, such as skin conditioning. Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, and Tocopheryl Linoleate are used in 2673 formulations, generally at concentrations of up to 36%, 5%, and 2%, respectively, although Tocopheryl Acetate is 100% of vitamin E oil. Tocophersolan, Tocopheryl Linoleate/Oleate, Tocopheryl Nicotinate, Tocopheryl Succinate, Dioleyl Tocopheryl Methylsilanol, and Potassium Ascorbyl Tocopheryl Phosphate, combined, are used in 36 formulations at concentrations lower than those reported for the frequently used ingredients. Tocopherol may be isolated from vegetable oils or synthesized using isophytol and methylhydroquinone. Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopheryl Linoleate, and Tocopheryl Succinate all were absorbed in human skin. In rat skin, Tocopheryl Acetate is hydrolyzed to Tocopherol. Tocopherol is a natural component of cell membranes thought to protect against oxidative damage. Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, and Tocopheryl Succinate each were reported to protect against ultraviolet radiation-induced skin damage. These ingredients are generally not toxic in animal feeding studies, although very high doses (>2 g/kg/day) have hemorrhagic activity. These ingredients are generally not irritating or sensitizing to skin or irritating to eyes, although a Tocopheryl Acetate did produce sensitization in one animal test, and Tocophersolan was a slight eye irritant in an animal test. Reproductive and developmental toxicity tests in animals using Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopheryl Succinate, and Tocophersolan were all negative or showed some effect of reducing toxicity. Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopheryl Succinate, and Dioleyl Tocopheryl Methylsilanol were almost uniformly negative. These ingredients exhibit antimutagenic activity consistent with their antioxidant properties. Tocopherol was not carcinogenic. The ability of Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, and Tocopheryl Succinate to modulate the carcinogenic effect of other agents (e.g., tumor promotion) has been extensively studied. One study showing tumor promotion in mice may be discounted as not reproducible and not consistent with the large volume of data suggesting that the antioxidant properties of these agents protect against tumor induction. Specifically, the frequent use of Tocopherol as a negative control in other tumor promotion studies suggests that Tocopherol is not a tumor promoter. Tocopherol has been shown to reduce the photocarcinogenic effect of ultraviolet radiation in mice. Similar studies with Tocopheryl Acetate and Tocopheryl Succinate, however, demonstrated some enhancement of photocarcinogenesis, although the effect was not dose related. In clinical studies, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, and Tocopheryl Nicotinate were not irritants or sensitizers. A report of a large number of positive patch-tests to Tocopheryl Linoleate in one cosmetic product were considered to result from a contaminant or metabolite. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel considered that these data provide an adequate basis on which to conclude that Tocopherol, Tocophersolan, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopheryl Linoleate, Tocopheryl Linoleate/Oleate, Tocopheryl Nicotinate, Tocopheryl Succinate, Dioleyl Tocopheryl Methylsilanol, and Potassium Ascorbyl Tocopheryl Phosphate are safe as used in cosmetic formulations. Although there were no inhalation toxicity data, these ingredients are used at such low concentrations in hair sprays that no inhalation toxicity risk was considered likely. Because methylhydroquinone is used in the chemical synthesis of Tocopherol, there was concern that hydroquinone may be present as an impurity. In such cases, residual levels of hydroquinone would be expected to be limited to those achieved by good manufacturing practices.
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- Monice Zondlo Fiume
- Cosmetic Ingredient Review, 1101 17th Street, NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036, USA
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The beneficial and adverse effects of some chemopreventive agents, such as Vitamins A, C, E, beta-carotene, indole-3-carbinol, capsaicin, garlic, and aloe are reviewed. Two large randomized trials with a lung cancer endpoint, the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene (ATBC) Prevention Study and the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET), suggested that antioxidants might be harmful in smokers. However, the results of the Linxian study and of the ATBC or the CARET studies were significantly different in this respect, and therefore, the relationship between antioxidant and carcinogenesis remains open to debate. Indole-3-carbinol has cancer promoting activities in the colon, thyroid, pancreas, and liver, whereas capsaicin alters the metabolism of chemical carcinogens and may promote carcinogenesis at high doses. Organosulfur compounds and selenium from garlic have no or a little enhancing effect on cancer promotion stage. Information upon chemopreventive mechanisms that inhibit carcinogenesis is imperfect, although the causes and natures of certain human cancers are known. Therefore, definitive preventive guidelines should be carefully offered for various types of tumors, which properly consider ethnic variations, and the efficacies and the safety of chemopreventive agents.
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- Byung Mu Lee
- Division of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Changan-ku, Chunchun-dong, Kyunggi-do, Suwon 440-746, South Korea.
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Rietjens IMCM, Boersma MG, Haan LD, Spenkelink B, Awad HM, Cnubben NHP, van Zanden JJ, Woude HVD, Alink GM, Koeman JH. The pro-oxidant chemistry of the natural antioxidants vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids and flavonoids. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2002; 11:321-33. [PMID: 21782615 DOI: 10.1016/s1382-6689(02)00003-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2001] [Revised: 12/17/2001] [Accepted: 12/19/2001] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Natural antioxidants like vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids, and polyphenols like flavonoids, are at present generally considered to be beneficial components from fruit and vegetables. The anti-oxidative properties of these compounds are often claimed to be responsible for various beneficial health effects of these food ingredients. Together these studies provide the basis for the present rapidly increasing interest for the use of natural antioxidants as functional food ingredients and/or as food supplements. However, at higher doses or under certain conditions antioxidant-type functional food ingredients may exert toxic pro-oxidant activities. The present manuscript gives an overview of especially this pro-oxidative chemistry and toxicity of well-known natural antioxidants including vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids and flavonoids.
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- Ivonne M C M Rietjens
- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Tuinlaan 5, 6703 HE, Wageningen, The Netherlands; WU/TNO Center for Food Toxicology, P.O. Box 8000, 6700 EA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Nocentini S, Guggiari M, Rouillard D, Surgis S. Exacerbating effect of vitamin E supplementation on DNA damage induced in cultured human normal fibroblasts by UVA radiation. Photochem Photobiol 2001; 73:370-7. [PMID: 11332032 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)073<0370:eeoves>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The effects of vitamin E supplementation were evaluated in cultured human normal fibroblasts exposed to ultraviolet A radiation (320-380 nm) (UVA). Cells were incubated in medium containing alpha-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol acetate or the synthetic analog Trolox for 24 h prior to UVA exposure. DNA damage in the form of frank breaks and alkali-labile sites, collectively termed single-strand breaks (SSB), was assayed by the technique of single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay), immediately following irradiation or after different repair periods. The generation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide ion (O2.-) was measured by flow cytometry through the oxidation of indicators into fluorescent dyes. It was observed that pretreatment of cells with any form of vitamin E resulted in an increased susceptibility to the photoinduction of DNA SSB and in a longer persistence of damage, whereas no significant change was observed in the production of H2O2 and O2.- reactive oxygen species, compared to untreated controls. These findings indicate that in human normal fibroblasts, exogenously added vitamin E exerts a promoting activity on DNA damage upon UVA irradiation and might lead to increased cytotoxic and mutagenic risks.
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- S Nocentini
- UMR CNRS/Institut Curie 218, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris, France.
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There appears to be a tendency to label those who profess that natural vitamins are better than synthetic ones as quacks. This broad brush label may be stifling legitimate nutrition research. This paper describes physiochemical differences between certain natural and synthetic vitamins, proven clinical advantages of natural vitamins, and some of the effects this labeling may lead to. It concludes that lessons of history as well as modern science support the view that natural vitamins are nutritionally superior to synthetic ones.
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- R J Thiel
- Research Department, Doctors' Research Inc. California, Arroyo Grande, California 93420, USA
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Yamashita N, Murata M, Inoue S, Burkitt MJ, Milne L, Kawanishi S. Alpha-tocopherol induces oxidative damage to DNA in the presence of copper(II) ions. Chem Res Toxicol 1998; 11:855-62. [PMID: 9705746 DOI: 10.1021/tx970129v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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There is currently much interest in the possibility that dietary antioxidants may confer protection from certain diseases, such as atherosclerosis and cancer. The importance of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) as a biological antioxidant is widely recognized. However, pro-oxidant properties of alpha-tocopherol have been observed in chemical systems, and it has been reported that the vitamin can induce tumor formation and act as a complete tumor promotor in laboratory animals. In the present communication, we find that alpha-tocopherol can act as a potent DNA-damaging agent in the presence of copper(II) ions, using a simplified, in vitro model. alpha-Tocopherol was found to promote copper-dependent reactive oxygen species formation from molecular oxygen, resulting in DNA base oxidation and backbone cleavage. Neither alpha-tocopherol nor Cu(II) alone induced DNA damage. Bathocuproine, a Cu(I)-specific chelator, and catalase inhibited the DNA damage, whereas free hydroxyl radical scavengers did not. The order of DNA cleavage sites was thymine, cytosine > guanine residues. Examinations using an oxygen electrode and cytochrome c indicate that molecular oxygen was consumed in the reaction of alpha-tocopherol and Cu(II) and that superoxide was formed. Stoichiometry studies showed that two Cu(II) ions could be reduced by each alpha-tocopherol molecule. Electron spin resonance spin-trapping investigations were then used to demonstrate that hydrogen peroxide interacts with Cu(I) to generate the reactive species responsible for DNA damage, which is either the hydroxyl radical or a species of similar reactivity. These findings may be of relevance to the tumorigenic properties of the vitamin reported in the literature. However, further studies are required to establish the significance of these reactions under in vivo conditions.
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- N Yamashita
- Department of Hygiene, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514, Japan
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Cooney RV, Franke AA, Harwood PJ, Hatch-Pigott V, Custer LJ, Mordan LJ. Gamma-tocopherol detoxification of nitrogen dioxide: superiority to alpha-tocopherol. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:1771-5. [PMID: 8446589 PMCID: PMC45961 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.5.1771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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In the vitamin E group, alpha-tocopherol is generally considered to be the most potent antioxidant with the highest vitamin bioactivity, yet gamma-tocopherol is produced in greater amounts by many plants and is the principal tocopherol in the United States diet. This report describes a fundamental difference in the chemical reactivities of alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol with nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which leads to the formation of a nitrosating agent from alpha-tocopherol, but not from gamma-tocopherol. Nitric oxide (NO) is a major product of the reaction of gamma-tocopherol with NO2, while alpha-tocopherol reacts with NO2 to form an intermediate tocopheroxide analogue. The biological significance of gamma-tocopherol is suggested by limited epidemiological data as well as the observation that it is a more potent inhibitor than alpha-tocopherol of neoplastic transformation during the postinitiation phase in 3-methylcholanthrene-treated C3H/10T1/2 murine fibroblasts. This latter property suggests the superiority of gamma-tocopherol in a mammalian biological assay and a role for endogenous NO production in promotion of neoplastic transformation.
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- R V Cooney
- Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96813
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Niwa O, Kominami R. Lack of allelic preference in amplification and loss of the c-myc oncogene in methylcholanthrene-induced mouse sarcomas. Jpn J Cancer Res 1992; 83:1192-7. [PMID: 1483933 PMCID: PMC5918713 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1992.tb02744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Sarcomas were induced in F1 mice between C57BL/6N and C3H/He strains by subcutaneous injection of methylcholanthrene. The c-myc oncogene was found to be amplified in 16 cases among 43 sarcomas of C57BL/6N x C3H/He mice and 1 case among 5 sarcomas of the reciprocal cross. The origin of the amplified allele was determined by the polymerase chain reaction single strand conformation polymorphism analysis. Among the 17 sarcomas, only one had both of the alleles amplified. The rest of the tumors carried the amplified c-myc allele coming either from C57BL/6N (9 cases) or from C3H/He (8 cases). These results indicate that the c-myc allele is amplified randomly in methylcholanthrene-induced mouse sarcomas irrespective of its origin, such as paternal or maternal allele and C57BL/6N or C3H/He allele. In addition to these changes, the unamplified c-myc oncogene was found to be lost in 12 cases out of the 17 sarcomas with the amplification.
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- O Niwa
- Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University
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