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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2008.11.015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2008.11.015</a>
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131–144
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179
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Resveratrol-mediated chemoprevention of diethylnitrosamine-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis: inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis.
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Chemico-biological interactions
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2009
2009-05
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Animal; Animals; Anticarcinogenic Agents/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology; Antitumor; Apoptosis/*drug effects; Body Weight/drug effects; Cell Proliferation/drug effects; Diethylnitrosamine; Disease Models; Dose-Response Relationship; Drinking/drug effects; Drug; Drug Screening Assays; Eating/drug effects; Experimental/chemically induced/pathology/*prevention & control; Female; Immunohistochemistry; Liver Neoplasms; Organ Size/drug effects; Phenobarbital; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis; Rats; Resveratrol; Sprague-Dawley; Stilbenes/*pharmacology
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Bishayee Anupam; Dhir Neetika
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers and lethal diseases. In view of the limited treatment and a grave prognosis of liver cancer, preventive control has been emphasized. Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in grape skins, peanuts, berries and red wine, has been shown to possess potent growth inhibitory effects against various human cancer cells. Although resveratrol has been found to exhibit chemopreventive actions in experimentally induced skin, breast, colon and esophagus rodent tumors, chemopreventive potential of this dietary constituent has not been explored well against experimental liver cancer. We evaluated the inhibitory effect of resveratrol using a two-stage model of rat hepatocarcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley rats. Initiation was performed by a single intraperitoneal injection of diethylnitrosamine (DENA, 200 mg/kg), followed by promotion with phenobarbital (0.05%) in drinking water. The rats had free access to food supplemented with resveratrol equivalent to 50, 100 or 300 mg/kg body weight/day. Resveratrol treatment was started 4 weeks prior to the initiation and continued for 20 weeks. Resveratrol dose-dependently reduced the incidence, total number and multiplicity of visible hepatocyte nodules. Mean nodular volume and nodular volume as percentage of liver volume were also inhibited upon resveratrol treatment. Histopathological examination of liver tissue confirmed the protective effect of resveratrol. Immunohistochemical detection of cell proliferation and assay of apoptosis indicated a decrease in cell proliferation and increase of apoptotic cells in the livers of resveratrol-supplemented rats. Resveratrol also induced the expression of pro-apoptotic protein Bax, reduced anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 expression, with a concurrent increase in Bax/Bcl-2 ratio with respect to DENA control. The present study provides evidence, for the first time, that resveratrol exerts a significant chemopreventive effect on DENA-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis through inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis. Resveratrol-induced apoptogenic signal during rat liver carcinogenesis may be mediated through the downregulation of Bcl-2 and upregulation of Bax expression. Due to a favorable toxicity profile, resveratrol can potentially be developed as a chemopreventive drug against human HCC.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2008.11.015" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.cbi.2008.11.015</a>
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2009
Animal
Animals
Anticarcinogenic Agents/*antagonists & inhibitors/pharmacology
Antitumor
Apoptosis/*drug effects
Bishayee Anupam
Body Weight/drug effects
Cell Proliferation/drug effects
Chemico-biological interactions
Dhir Neetika
Diethylnitrosamine
Disease Models
Dose-Response Relationship
Drinking/drug effects
Drug
Drug Screening Assays
Eating/drug effects
Experimental/chemically induced/pathology/*prevention & control
Female
Immunohistochemistry
Liver Neoplasms
Organ Size/drug effects
Phenobarbital
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis
Rats
Resveratrol
Sprague-Dawley
Stilbenes/*pharmacology