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Title: Green Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Colorectal Tumorigenesis in Azoxymethane-Treated F344 Rats.

Authors: Hao, Xingpei; Xiao, Hang; Ju, Jihyeung; Lee, Mao-Jung; Lambert, Joshua D; Yang, Chung S

Published In Nutr Cancer, (2017)

Abstract: In studying the cancer-preventive activities of green tea polyphenols, we previously demonstrated that dietary administration of polyphenon E (PPE) inhibited the formation of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in the colon of azoxymethane (AOM)-treated F344 rats. Herein, we reported cancer-preventive activity of PPE using colorectal cancer as an end point. F344 rats were given two weekly injections of AOM, and then maintained on a 20% high-fat diet with or without 0.24% PPE for 34 wk. In the control group, 83% of rats developed colorectal tumors. Dietary PPE treatment significantly increased the plasma and colonic levels of tea polyphenols, and decreased tumor multiplicity and tumor size. Histological analysis indicated that PPE significantly decreased the incidence of adenocarcinoma, and the multiplicity of adenocarcinoma as well as the multiplicity of adenoma. PPE treatment significantly decreased plasma levels of proinflammatory eicosanoids, prostaglandin E2, and leukotriene B4. It also decreased β-catenin nuclear expression, induced apoptosis, and increased expression levels of RXRα, β, and γ in adenocarcinomas. In conclusion, our results convincingly demonstrated the inhibitory effects of orally administered PPE on colon carcinogenesis in AOM-treated rats and suggested possible biomarkers for the biological effects of green tea polyphenols.

PubMed ID: 28323438 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology*; Apoptosis/drug effects; Azoxymethane/toxicity; Catechin/analogs & derivatives; Catechin/blood; Catechin/metabolism; Catechin/pharmacology; Colorectal Neoplasms/chemically induced; Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology; Colorectal Neoplasms/prevention & control*; Dietary Supplements; Dinoprostone/metabolism; Leukotriene B4/metabolism; Male; Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy; Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology; Polyphenols/pharmacology*; Rats, Inbred F344; Retinoid X Receptors/metabolism; Tea/chemistry*; beta Catenin/metabolism

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