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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
NRH:Quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reductive metabolism of quinones. C57BL/6 NQO2-/- mice lacking NQO2 gene expression were generated in our laboratory. The dorsal skin of NQO2-deficient mice was exposed to 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) or benzo(a)pyrene alone (complete carcinogen) or with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) (initiation/promotion model) to determine the in vivo role of NQO2 in chemical carcinogenesis. The NQO2-/- mice showed significantly increased tumor frequency with DMBA + TPA when compared with their wild-type littermates. The benzo(a)pyrene + TPA also showed increase in tumor incidence in NQO2-/- mice but to a less extent than DMBA. DMBA alone resulted in low frequency of tumor development with no difference in susceptibility between wild-type and NQO2-/- mice. Benzo(a)pyrene alone failed to induce tumors in either wild-type or NQO2-/- mice. Histologic analysis of the NQO2-/- mice tumors demonstrated proliferative activity. The treatment of NQO2-/- mice skin with benzo(a)pyrene failed to significantly increase tumor suppressor protein p53 and p53-regulated growth-related protein p21 and proapoptotic protein Bax as observed in case of wild-type mice. These results demonstrate that NQO2 protects against DMBA- and benzo(a)pyrene-induced skin carcinogenesis and suggest that NQO2 protection might be against tumor promotion. The results also suggest that lack of induction of p53, p21, and Bax proteins might contribute to increased sensitivity of NQO2-/- mice skin to benzo(a)pyrene carcinogenicity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5925-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Benz(a)Anthracenes, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Benzo(a)pyrene, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Carcinogens, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Cocarcinogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Disease Susceptibility, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Quinone Reductases, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:15342368-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Deficiency of NRH:quinone oxidoreductase 2 increases susceptibility to 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene and benzo(a)pyrene-induced skin carcinogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.