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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important endogenous etiological agents for DNA damage, and ROS perform critical signaling functions in apoptosis, stress responses and proliferation. The correlation between a lower incidence of cancer in people who consume a diet high in naturally occurring antioxidants and the observed increased ROS in cancerous tissues suggest that antioxidants may be used in cancer chemoprevention. We tested this hypothesis by determining whether the well-described nitroxide antioxidant, tempol (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl), acts as a chemopreventative agent in Atm mutant mice, a model of the human cancer prone syndrome ataxia-telangiectasia. Tempol administered continuously via the diet after weaning resulted in an increased lifespan of these mice by prolonging the latency to thymic lymphomas. Tempol treatment reduced ROS, restored mitochondrial membrane potential, reduced tissue oxidative damage and oxidative stress, consistent with antioxidant effects. In addition, this nitroxide lowered weight gain of tumor prone mice without changes in food intake, metabolism or activity level and exhibited an anti-proliferative effect in vitro. Thus, tempol acts as a novel chemopreventative agent in this mouse model of a human cancer prone syndrome, associated with broad antioxidant effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1793-802
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Ataxia Telangiectasia, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Chemoprevention, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Cyclic N-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Formazans, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Longevity, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Spin Labels, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Tetrazolium Salts, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Thymus Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15213104-Weight Gain
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cancer chemoprevention by the antioxidant tempol in Atm-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093-0627, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't