TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of indole-3-carbinol and phenethyl isothiocyanate on colon carcinogenesis induced by azoxymethane in rats
AU - Plate, Andrea Y.A.
AU - Gallaher, Daniel D.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr Daune Crankshaw for his help with the enzyme assays. This study was supported by the Minnesota Research Fund (formerly the SOTA TEC Fund).
PY - 2006/2/1
Y1 - 2006/2/1
N2 - Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) are breakdown products of the glucosinolates glucobrassicin and gluconasturtiin, respectively, and are thought to reduce carcinogen activation by P450 enzymes. To assess the effects of these compounds on colon cancer risk, rats were divided into five groups and fed the following diets: control diet (AIN-93G), or diets with PEITC or I3C added to the control diet: high-PEITC (3.37 mmols/kg diet - high level of PEITC), low-PEITC (0.67 mmols/kg - low level of PEITC), high-I3C (6.8 mmols/kg - high level of I3C) and low-I3C (1.36 mmols/kg - low level of I3C). Diets were fed for 2 weeks before and 10 weeks after administration of the colon carcinogen azoxymethane. Precancerous lesion (aberrant crypt foci, ACF) number in the distal colon was significantly lower in both high-I3C and low-I3C groups (6.9 ± 0.8 and 5.9 ± 0.59 per cm2, respectively) when compared with the control group (10.4 ± 0.9). No significant difference in ACF number was found between the PEITC group and the control group. ACF expressing sialomucin, thought to indicate ACF more likely to progress to tumors, were greater in the high-PEITC group (13 ± 3) than the control (5.6 ± 2). Mucin-depleted ACF, suggested to have the greatest tumorigenic potential, tended to be lower in the low-I3C group (P < 0.06) compared with the control group. Mucosal apoptotic and cell proliferation labeling indices did not differ among groups, suggesting that reduction in the ACF number by I3C does not involve alterations in mucosal cell kinetics. No significant differences were found among the groups in hepatic cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) activity, the first enzyme involved in activation of azoxymethane. However, there was increased activity of NADPH- and NADH reductases with high-I3C, which are the enzymes involved in the transfer of reducing equivalents to cytochrome P450. These results suggest that I3C lowers colon cancer risk through a mechanism not involving reduction of carcinogen activation by CYP2E1.
AB - Indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) are breakdown products of the glucosinolates glucobrassicin and gluconasturtiin, respectively, and are thought to reduce carcinogen activation by P450 enzymes. To assess the effects of these compounds on colon cancer risk, rats were divided into five groups and fed the following diets: control diet (AIN-93G), or diets with PEITC or I3C added to the control diet: high-PEITC (3.37 mmols/kg diet - high level of PEITC), low-PEITC (0.67 mmols/kg - low level of PEITC), high-I3C (6.8 mmols/kg - high level of I3C) and low-I3C (1.36 mmols/kg - low level of I3C). Diets were fed for 2 weeks before and 10 weeks after administration of the colon carcinogen azoxymethane. Precancerous lesion (aberrant crypt foci, ACF) number in the distal colon was significantly lower in both high-I3C and low-I3C groups (6.9 ± 0.8 and 5.9 ± 0.59 per cm2, respectively) when compared with the control group (10.4 ± 0.9). No significant difference in ACF number was found between the PEITC group and the control group. ACF expressing sialomucin, thought to indicate ACF more likely to progress to tumors, were greater in the high-PEITC group (13 ± 3) than the control (5.6 ± 2). Mucin-depleted ACF, suggested to have the greatest tumorigenic potential, tended to be lower in the low-I3C group (P < 0.06) compared with the control group. Mucosal apoptotic and cell proliferation labeling indices did not differ among groups, suggesting that reduction in the ACF number by I3C does not involve alterations in mucosal cell kinetics. No significant differences were found among the groups in hepatic cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) activity, the first enzyme involved in activation of azoxymethane. However, there was increased activity of NADPH- and NADH reductases with high-I3C, which are the enzymes involved in the transfer of reducing equivalents to cytochrome P450. These results suggest that I3C lowers colon cancer risk through a mechanism not involving reduction of carcinogen activation by CYP2E1.
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U2 - 10.1093/carcin/bgi210
DO - 10.1093/carcin/bgi210
M3 - Article
C2 - 16113056
AN - SCOPUS:31544462073
SN - 0143-3334
VL - 27
SP - 287
EP - 292
JO - Carcinogenesis
JF - Carcinogenesis
IS - 2
ER -
