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Wang X, Yan J, Xu X, Duan C, Xie Z, Su Z, Ma H, Ma H, Wei X, Du X. Puerarin prevents LPS-induced acute lung injury via inhibiting inflammatory response. Microb Pathog 2018; 118:170-176. [PMID: 29571724 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.03.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a critical illness syndrome with high morbidity and mortality in patients. Inflammation has been known to be involved in the development of ALI. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of puerarin on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI in mice. The pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β were determined by ELISA. Western blot analysis was used for detecting the expression of NF-κB, IκBα, and LXRα. And myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, lung wet/dry (W/D) ratio, and histopathological examination were also detected in lung tissues. The results showed that puerarin significantly inhibited LPS-stimulated MPO activity in lung tissues. Meanwhile, puerarin attenuated lung histopathological changes and lung wet/dry (W/D) ratio. We also found that the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β were inhibited by puerarin. Puerarin also inhibited LPS-induced TNF-α in RAW264.7 cells and IL-8 in A549 cells. From the results of western blotting, puerarin significantly suppressed LPS-stimulated NF-κB activation. And the expression of LXRα was dose-dependently increased by treatment of puerarin. The inhibition of puerarin on TNF-α production in RAW264.7 cells and IL-8 production in A549 cells were blocked by LXRα inhibitor geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP). These results suggested that puerarin attenuated ALI by activating LXRα, which subsequently inhibited LPS-induced inflammatory response.
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- Xinye Wang
- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- The General Hospital of FAW, Department of Anesthesiology, Jilin, Changchun, 130011, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Graduate School, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, School of Management, Jilin, Changchun, 130117, China.
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Zhang L, Li Q, Yang X, Xia Z. Effects of sodium selenite and germination on the sprouting of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) and its content of selenium, formononetin and biochanin A in the sprouts. Biol Trace Elem Res 2012; 146:376-80. [PMID: 22101473 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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To improve the nutritional value of chickpea food, selenium (Se)-rich chickpea sprouts were produced by germination of chickpea seeds for 6 days at 28 centigrade in the presence of various concentrations of Na(2)SeO(3) in germination solution. High concentrations of selenite were found to inhibit the growth of chickpea sprout and the biosynthesis of isoflavones formononetin and biochanin A. However, chickpea sprouts could tolerate up to ~50 mg/L of Na(2)SeO(3), under which condition the product chickpea sprouts contained a high Se content (2.14 μg/g dry weight) and a moderate high content of isoflavones (601.56 μg biochanin A/g dry weight and 578.11 μg formononetin/g dry weight). Se was incorporated in chickpea sprout in the form of selenomethionine. Thus, Se-enriched chickpea sprouts may serve as a convenient dietary source of Se and of isoflavones, including formononetin and biochanin A.
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- Ling Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Taishan Medical University, Tai'an 271000, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Zhou H, Lin J, Johnson A, Morgan RL, Zhong W, Ma W. Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopZ1 targets a host enzyme to suppress isoflavone biosynthesis and promote infection in soybean. Cell Host Microbe 2011; 9:177-186. [PMID: 21402357 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2010] [Revised: 12/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Type III secreted effectors (T3SEs), such as Pseudomonas syringae HopZ1, are essential bacterial virulence proteins injected into the host cytosol to facilitate infection. However, few direct targets of T3SEs are known. Investigating the target(s) of HopZ1 in soybean, a natural P. syringae host, we find that HopZ1 physically interacts with the isoflavone biosynthesis enzyme, 2-hydroxyisoflavanone dehydratase (GmHID1). P. syringae infection induces gmhid1 expression and production of daidzein, a major soybean isoflavone. Silencing gmhid1 increases susceptibility to P. syringae infection, supporting a role for GmHID1 in innate immunity. P. syringae expressing active but not the catalytic mutant of HopZ1 inhibits daidzein induction and promotes bacterial multiplication in soybean. HopZ1-enhanced P. syringae multiplication is at least partially dependent on GmHID1. Thus, GmHID1 is a virulence target of HopZ1 to promote P. syringae infection of soybean. This work highlights the isoflavonoid biosynthesis pathway as an antibacterial defense mechanism and a direct T3SE target.
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- Huanbin Zhou
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Institute for Integrative Genomic Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Institute for Integrative Genomic Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Institute for Integrative Genomic Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Kang K, Lee SB, Jung SH, Cha KH, Park WD, Sohn YC, Nho CW. Tectoridin, a poor ligand of estrogen receptor alpha, exerts its estrogenic effects via an ERK-dependent pathway. Mol Cells 2009; 27:351-7. [PMID: 19326083 DOI: 10.1007/s10059-009-0045-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 12/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Phytoestrogens are the natural compounds isolated from plants, which are structurally similar to animal estrogen, 17beta-estradiol. Tectoridin, a major isoflavone isolated from the rhizome of Belamcanda chinensis. Tectoridin is known as a phytoestrogen, however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its estrogenic effect are remained unclear. In this study we investigated the estrogenic signaling triggered by tectoridin as compared to a famous phytoestrogen, genistein in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Tectoridin scarcely binds to ER alpha as compared to 17beta-estradiol and genistein. Despite poor binding to ER alpha, tectoridin induced potent estrogenic effects, namely recovery of the population of cells in the S-phase after serum starvation, transactivation of the estrogen response element, and induction of MCF-7 cell proliferation. The tectoridin-induced estrogenic effect was severely abrogated by treatment with U0126, a specific MEK1/2 inhibitor. Tectoridin promoted phosphorylation of ERK1/2, but did not affect phosphorylation of ER alpha at Ser(118). It also increased cellular accumulation of cAMP, a hallmark of GPR30-mediated estrogen signaling. These data imply that tectoridin exerts its estrogenic effect mainly via the GPR30 and ERK-mediated rapid nongenomic estrogen signaling pathway. This property of tectoridin sets it aside from genistein where it exerts the estrogenic effects via both an ER-dependent genomic pathway and a GPR30-dependent nongenomic pathway.
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- Kyungsu Kang
- Natural Products Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Gangneung Institute, Gangneung 210-340, Korea
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Yu F, Watts RN, Zhang XD, Borrow JM, Hersey P. Involvement of BH3-only proapoptotic proteins in mitochondrial-dependent Phenoxodiol-induced apoptosis of human melanoma cells. Anticancer Drugs 2007; 17:1151-61. [PMID: 17075314 DOI: 10.1097/01.cad.0000231484.17063.9a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Phenoxodiol is a chemically modified analogue of the plant hormone isoflavone with antitumour activities. In the present study, we have examined its ability to induce apoptosis in human melanoma cells and the mechanisms involved. Apoptosis was observed in Phenoxodiol-treated cells by using annexin V/propidium iodide staining and determining mitochondrial membrane potential. To determine which caspase pathways were involved in Phenoxodiol-induced apoptosis, studies were performed using specific caspase inhibitors. Western studies were performed to ascertain which proteins of the apoptosis cascade were affected to cause Phenoxodiol-induced apoptosis. We found that induction of apoptosis by Phenoxodiol was maximal at 48 h with a range of apoptosis of 12+/-4 to 48+/-5% in different melanoma lines. This apoptosis was mainly dependent on activation of caspase-3 and caspase-9. Apoptosis was associated with induction of changes in mitochondrial membrane potential and was inhibited by over-expression of Bcl-2. Variation in sensitivity to Phenoxodiol appeared related to events upstream of the mitochondria and the degree of conformational change in Bax. The p53-regulated BH3-only proteins (Bad, PUMA and Noxa) were increased in the sensitive, but not in the resistant lines, whereas Bim was increased in all the lines tested. Bim appeared, however, to be partially involved because reduction of Bim by RNA interference resulted in decreased levels of apoptosis. Together, these studies suggest that Phenoxodiol induces apoptosis of melanoma cells by induction of p53-dependent BH3 proteins (Bad, PUMA and Noxa) and the p53-independent Bim protein, resulting in activation of Bax and its downstream events.
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- Fu Yu
- Oncology and Immunology Unit, Newcastle Mater Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
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OBJECTIVE To investigate human sperm responsiveness to the estrogenic xenobiotic genistein and seek further information regarding the mechanism of action of estrogenic xenobiotics using mouse spermatozoa. METHODS Uncapacitated human spermatozoa were incubated with genistein and assessed using chlortetracycline (CTC) fluorescence. CTC was also used to evaluate mouse sperm responses to daidzein and combinations of genistein, 8-prenylnaringenin and nonylphenol. Several steroids were tested to determine structure-function relationships, and possible involvement of cAMP and G proteins in responses was also investigated. RESULTS Genistein significantly accelerated capacitation and acrosome loss in human spermatozoa, with 1, 10 and 100 nmol/l being equally effective. In mouse spermatozoa, daidzein produced significant responses, and combinations of xenobiotics at low concentrations were more effective than used singly. The compounds appear to act at the cell surface, and responses to three different steroids were nonidentical. A protein kinase-A inhibitor blocked responses to xenobiotics, while genistein and nonylphenol significantly stimulated cAMP production. Pertussis toxin and dideoxyadenosine blocked responses, suggesting involvement of inhibitory G proteins and membrane-associated adenylyl cyclases. CONCLUSION Human and mouse sperm responses to genistein are very similar, but human gametes appear to be even more sensitive. The mechanism of action may involve unregulated stimulation of cAMP production, leading to significant acrosome loss, undesirable because already acrosome-reacted cells are nonfertilizing. Xenobiotics were even more effective in combination. Since simultaneous exposure to low concentrations of multiple xenobiotics is likely to occur in animals and humans, further investigation is needed to determine whether this could impair fertility.
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- Lynn R Fraser
- Reproduction and Rhythms Group, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
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Gao Q, Pan HY, Qiu S, Lu Y, Bruce IC, Luo JH, Xia Q. Atractyloside and 5-hydroxydecanoate block the protective effect of puerarin in isolated rat heart. Life Sci 2006; 79:217-24. [PMID: 16458326 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2005] [Revised: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 12/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to determine whether the clinically effective cardioprotection conferred by puerarin (Pue) against ischemia and reperfusion is mediated by mitochondrial transmembrane pores and/or channels. Hearts isolated from male Sprague-Dawley rats were perfused on a Langendorff apparatus and subjected to 30 min of global ischemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion. The production of formazan, which provides an index of myocardial viability, was measured by absorbance at 550 nm, and the level of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the coronary effluent was determined. In this model, Pue (0.0024-2.4 mmol/l) had a dose-dependent, negatively inotropic effect. Pretreatment with Pue at 0.24 mmol/l for 5 min before ischemia increased myocardial formazan content, reduced LDH release, improved recovery of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and rate-pressure product (left ventricular developed pressure multiplied by heart rate) during reperfusion. Administration of atractyloside (20 micromol/l), an opener of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, for the first 20 min of reperfusion, and 5-hydroxydecanoate (100 micromol/l), the mitochondrial-specific ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker, for 20 min before ischemia, attenuated the protective effects of Pue. In mitochondria isolated from hearts pretreated with 0.24 mmol/l Pue for 5 min, a significant inhibition of Ca(2+)-induced swelling was observed, and this inhibition was attenuated by 5-hydroxydecanoate. In isolated ventricular myocytes, pretreatment with Pue prevented ischemia-induced cell death and depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane, and atractyloside and 5-hydroxydecanoate attenuated the effects of Pue. These findings indicate that puerarin protects the myocardium against ischemia and reperfusion injury via inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening and activating the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel.
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- Qin Gao
- Department of Physiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 353 Yan-an Road, Hangzhou 310031, China
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Ohkimoto K, Liu MY, Suiko M, Sakakibara Y, Liu MC. Characterization of a zebrafish estrogen-sulfating cytosolic sulfotransferase: inhibitory effects and mechanism of action of phytoestrogens. Chem Biol Interact 2004; 147:1-7. [PMID: 14726148 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2003.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cytosolic sulfotransferases (STs) are generally thought to be involved in detoxification of xenobiotics, as well as homeostasis of endogenous compounds such as thyroid/steroid hormones and catecholamine hormones/neurotransmitters. We report here the identification and characterization of a zebrafish estrogen-sulfating cytosolic ST. The zebrafish ST was bacterially expressed, purified, and examined for enzymatic activities using a variety of endogenous compounds as substrates. Results showed that the enzyme displayed much higher activities toward two endogenous estrogens, estrone (E(1)) and 17beta-estradiol (E(2)), in comparison with thyroid hormones, 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T(3)) and thyroxine (T(4)), dopamine, dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa), and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The kinetic parameters, K(m), and V(max), with estrogens and thyroid hormones as substrates were determined. The calculated V(max)/K(m) for E(1), E(2), T(3), and T(4) were, respectively, 31.6, 16.7, 1.5, and 0.8 nmol min(-1) mg(-1) microM(-1), indicating clearly the estrogens being preferred physiological substrates for the enzyme. The inhibitory effects of isoflavone phytoestrogens on the sulfation of E(2) by this zebrafish ST were examined. The IC(50) determined for quercetin, genistein, and daidzein were 0.7, 2.5, and 8 microM, respectively. Kinetic analyses revealed that the mechanism underlying the inhibition by these isoflavones to be of the competitive type.
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- Kei Ohkimoto
- Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas Health Center, 11937 US Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
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In the current study, our research focused on the estrogenic activity of isoflavonoids, mainly genistein, biochanin A and daidzein. Genistein enhanced the reporter gene expression of MCF-7-ERE-Luc cells, at a concentration as low as 10 nM, with a concentration of 100 nM the achieved gene expression effects were similar to those of 10 pM 17beta-estradiol, Based on the estrogenic activities of biochanin A and daidzein, hydroxyl groups at the 4' and 5 positions are needed for the maximal effect of the genistein. The estrogenic effects of these isoflavonoids were inhibited by the concomitant treatment with tamoxifen. The data showed that the estrogenic effects of isoflavonoids were mediated through estrogen receptors. When the isoflavonoids were tested as mixtures, the estrogenic effects were lower than the arithmetic sum of those induced by each individual isoflavonoid. The estrogenic potency of each isoflavonoid was presented at EC50 levels with a 17beta-estradiol equivalent concentration (EEQ) based on the dose response of each chemical. The EC50s and EEQs of genistein, biochanin A and daidzein were 4.15, 0.89 and 0.18 microM, and 15.0, 5.12 and 1.83 microM/M, respectively. Our data clearly demonstrated that the pERE-luciferase reporter gene assay was suited for the sensitive and quantitative measurement, and large scale screening, of the estrogenicity of chemicals in vitro.
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- Ki Eun Joung
- College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) include organochlorine pesticides, plastics manufacturing by-products, and certain herbicides. These chemicals have been shown to disrupt hormonal signaling in exposed wildlife, lab animals, and mammalian cell culture by binding to estrogen receptors (ER-+/- and ER-) and affecting the expression of estrogen responsive genes. Additionally, certain plant chemicals, termed phytoestrogens, are also able to bind to estrogen receptors and modulate gene expression, and as such also may be considered EDCs. One example of phytoestrogen action is genistein, a phytochemical produced by soybeans, binding estrogen receptors, and changing expression of estrogen responsive genes which certain studies have linked to a lower incidence of hormonally related cancers in Japanese populations. Why would plants make compounds that are able to act as estrogens in the human body? Obviously, soybeans do not intentionally produce phytoestrogens to prevent breast cancer in Japanese women.
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- J E Fox
- Environmental Endocrinolgy Laboratory, Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane University, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
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Nevala R, Paukku K, Korpela R, Vapaatalo H. Calcium-sensitive potassium channel inhibitors antagonize genistein- and daidzein-induced arterial relaxation in vitro. Life Sci 2001; 69:1407-17. [PMID: 11531164 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(01)01233-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Estradiol-17beta relaxes rabbit coronary artery rings via large conductance Ca2+-activated K+-channels (K(Ca)). Genistein and daidzein are plant-derived estrogen-like compounds. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether potassium channels participate in the genistein- and daidzein-induced arterial relaxation like they do in the case of estradiol-17beta. Endothelium-denuded superior mesenteric arterial rings from non-pregnant Wistar female rats were used. At a concentration of 10 microM, estradiol-17beta, genistein and daidzein relaxed noradrenaline precontracted arterial rings, (58 +/- 4%, 45 +/- 5% and 31 +/- 3%, respectively; (n=6-8)). Genistein- and daidzein-induced relaxations were inhibited both by iberiotoxin (1-10 nM) and charybdotoxin (30 nM), the antagonists of large conductance Ca2+-activated K+-channels (K(Ca)). Estradiol-17beta-induced relaxation was reduced by iberiotoxin (30 nM). Estradiol-17beta- and daidzein-induced relaxations were also decreased by apamin (0.1-0.3 microM), an antagonist of small conductance Ca2+-activated K+-channels. The antagonists of voltage-dependent K+-channels (K(V)) (4-aminopyridine), ATP-sensitive K+-channels (K(ATP)) (glibenclamide), or inward rectifier K+-channels (KIR) (barium) had no effect on the relaxation responses of any of the compounds studied. Estrogen receptor antagonist tamoxifen did not inhibit the relaxations. In conclusion, in the noradrenaline precontracted rat mesenteric arteries, the relaxations caused by estradiol-17beta, genistein and daidzein were antagonized by large and small conductance K(Ca)-channel inhibitors, suggesting the role of these channels as one of the relaxation mechanisms.
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- R Nevala
- Biomedicum, Institute of Biomedicine/Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Genistein, a component of soy products, may play a role in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms involved. In the present study, we examined the effects of genistein on the estrogen receptor positive human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. We observed that genistein stimulated estrogen-responsive pS2 mRNA expression at concentrations as low as 10(-8) M and these effects can be inhibited by tamoxifen. We also showed that genistein competed with [3H]estradiol binding to the estrogen receptor with 50% inhibition at 5 x 10(-7) M. Thus, the estrogenic effect of genistein would appear to be a result of an interaction with the estrogen receptor. The effect of genistein on growth of MCF-7 cells was also examined. Genistein produced a concentration-dependent effect on the growth of MCF-7 cells. At lower concentrations (10(-8)-10(-6) M) genistein stimulated growth, but at higher concentrations (> 10(-5) M) genistein inhibited growth. The effects of genistein on growth at lower concentrations appeared to be via the estrogen receptor pathway, while the effects at higher concentrations were independent of the estrogen receptor. We also found that genistein, though estrogenic, can interfere with the effects of estradiol. In addition, prolonged exposure to genistein resulted in a decrease in estrogen receptor mRNA level as well as a decreased response to stimulation by estradiol.
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- T T Wang
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Molecular Regulation, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, NIH, MD 21702-1201, USA
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