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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are metabolites of nicotine and are major carcinogens in cigarette smoke. Chronic inflammation may promote the carcinogenic effect of these nitrosamines through the generation of oxygen radicals as evidenced by an increase in DNA strand breakage in cultured human lung cells treated with stimulated human phagocytes and TSNAs. Sarcophytol A (SaA), a simple monohydroxycembratetraene isolated from marine soft coral, and (-)-epigallocatechin galleate (EGCG), one of the main constituents of green tea, both inhibit tumor promotion. To evaluate their effect on TSNA-induced genetic damage, cultured human lung cells were pretreated with SaA or EGCG and then exposed to the TSNA 4-(N-methyl-N-n-trosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) and stimulated human phagocytes and then assayed for single-strand DNA breaks. Both SaA and EGCG provided significant protection against the induction of genetic damage in these cells and may prove useful in the chemoprevention of tobacco-induced carcinogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyri..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anticarcinogenic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Catechin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diterpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Free Radicals, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydrogen Peroxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitrosamines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Reactive Oxygen Species, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tea, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/epigallocatechin gallate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sarcophytol A
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0392-9078
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
433-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Anticarcinogenic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Catechin, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Diterpenes, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Free Radicals, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Nitrosamines, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Phagocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Superoxides, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Tea, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:10606191-Tobacco
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of epigallocatechin galleate and sarcophytol A on DNA strand breakage induced by tobacco-specific nitrosamines and stimulated human phagocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Roger Williams Cancer Center and The Dept. of Medicine, Brown University, School of Medicine and Boston University Medical Center, Providence RI, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study