Abstract
Quercetin is a potent free radical-scavenging antioxidant exerting chemopreventive activity by reducing oxidative stresses. However, oxidized quercetin behaves as a prooxidant, which can lead to paradoxical effects. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of quercetin supplementation on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced oxidative DNA damage and precancerous lesion formation in the colon. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into 5 groups. The rats in groups 3, 4, and 5 were treated with DMH (30 mg/kg body weight IP), twice on weeks 2 and 3. The experimental diets were as follows: control diet (group 1), 2% quercetin diet (group 2), control diet (group 3), 0.2% quercetin diet (group 4), and 2% quercetin diet (group 5). The DMH-induced oxidative tissue damage was examined 24 hours after the first DMH injection, and the aberrant crypt foci formation was measured at week 12. The results show the following: (1) that DMH significantly increased the level of 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua) in the liver, where the metabolic conversion of DMH occurs, but did not significantly change the level of 8-OH-Gua in the colon; (2) that both the 0.2% and 2% quercetin supplementation suppressed the extent of 8-OH-Gua formation in the liver; (3) that dietary quercetin did not affect the formation of aberrant crypt foci; and (4) that 2% quercetin supplementation only slightly increased the liver oxidative damage without statistical significance. These results indicate that quercetin may not be an effective anticarcinogen against DMH-induced colon cancer, where oxidative tissue damage is not a primary event in the formation of a precancerous region. The context of quercetin as a hepatoprotective agent, however, must be emphasized.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 659-664 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nutrition Research |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Oct 1 |
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Dietary quercetin inhibits 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced liver DNA damage without altering colon DNA damage or precancerous lesion formation in rats. / No, Ha Na; Kwon, Hoonjeong; Park, You Gyoung; Cheon, Choong Ill; Park, Jong Sug; Park, Taesun; Aruoma, Okezie I.; Sung, Mi Kyung.
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T1 - Dietary quercetin inhibits 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced liver DNA damage without altering colon DNA damage or precancerous lesion formation in rats
AU - No, Ha Na
AU - Kwon, Hoonjeong
AU - Park, You Gyoung
AU - Cheon, Choong Ill
AU - Park, Jong Sug
AU - Park, Taesun
AU - Aruoma, Okezie I.
AU - Sung, Mi Kyung
PY - 2007/10/1
Y1 - 2007/10/1
N2 - Quercetin is a potent free radical-scavenging antioxidant exerting chemopreventive activity by reducing oxidative stresses. However, oxidized quercetin behaves as a prooxidant, which can lead to paradoxical effects. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of quercetin supplementation on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced oxidative DNA damage and precancerous lesion formation in the colon. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into 5 groups. The rats in groups 3, 4, and 5 were treated with DMH (30 mg/kg body weight IP), twice on weeks 2 and 3. The experimental diets were as follows: control diet (group 1), 2% quercetin diet (group 2), control diet (group 3), 0.2% quercetin diet (group 4), and 2% quercetin diet (group 5). The DMH-induced oxidative tissue damage was examined 24 hours after the first DMH injection, and the aberrant crypt foci formation was measured at week 12. The results show the following: (1) that DMH significantly increased the level of 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua) in the liver, where the metabolic conversion of DMH occurs, but did not significantly change the level of 8-OH-Gua in the colon; (2) that both the 0.2% and 2% quercetin supplementation suppressed the extent of 8-OH-Gua formation in the liver; (3) that dietary quercetin did not affect the formation of aberrant crypt foci; and (4) that 2% quercetin supplementation only slightly increased the liver oxidative damage without statistical significance. These results indicate that quercetin may not be an effective anticarcinogen against DMH-induced colon cancer, where oxidative tissue damage is not a primary event in the formation of a precancerous region. The context of quercetin as a hepatoprotective agent, however, must be emphasized.
AB - Quercetin is a potent free radical-scavenging antioxidant exerting chemopreventive activity by reducing oxidative stresses. However, oxidized quercetin behaves as a prooxidant, which can lead to paradoxical effects. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of quercetin supplementation on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced oxidative DNA damage and precancerous lesion formation in the colon. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into 5 groups. The rats in groups 3, 4, and 5 were treated with DMH (30 mg/kg body weight IP), twice on weeks 2 and 3. The experimental diets were as follows: control diet (group 1), 2% quercetin diet (group 2), control diet (group 3), 0.2% quercetin diet (group 4), and 2% quercetin diet (group 5). The DMH-induced oxidative tissue damage was examined 24 hours after the first DMH injection, and the aberrant crypt foci formation was measured at week 12. The results show the following: (1) that DMH significantly increased the level of 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OH-Gua) in the liver, where the metabolic conversion of DMH occurs, but did not significantly change the level of 8-OH-Gua in the colon; (2) that both the 0.2% and 2% quercetin supplementation suppressed the extent of 8-OH-Gua formation in the liver; (3) that dietary quercetin did not affect the formation of aberrant crypt foci; and (4) that 2% quercetin supplementation only slightly increased the liver oxidative damage without statistical significance. These results indicate that quercetin may not be an effective anticarcinogen against DMH-induced colon cancer, where oxidative tissue damage is not a primary event in the formation of a precancerous region. The context of quercetin as a hepatoprotective agent, however, must be emphasized.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.08.001
DO - 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.08.001
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VL - 27
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EP - 664
JO - Nutrition Research
JF - Nutrition Research
SN - 0271-5317
IS - 10
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