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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
A topical application of a chalcone derivative, 4,2',4'-trihydroxychalcone (isoliquiritigenin) inhibited epidermal ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) induction and ear edema formation, i.e. inflammation, caused by a topical application of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in CD-1 mice. In addition, isoliquiritigenin potently inhibited 7,12-dimethylbenz[alpha]anthracene (DMBA)-initiated and TPA-promoted skin papilloma formation. This inhibitory effect of isoliquiritigenin was not due to any damage inflicted on the initiated cells but due to its anti-tumor-promoting action. Isoliquiritigenin also inhibited epidermal ODC induction and skin tumor promotion caused by 7-bromomethylbenz[alpha]anthracene (BrMBA), a non-TPA type of tumor-promoting agent, in DMBA-initiated mice. Isoliquiritigenin inhibits neither 12-lipoxygenase nor cyclooxygenase in epidermal subcellular fractions. This compound, however, inhibited TPA-stimulated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in intact epidermal cells. ODC induction caused by TPA was inhibited by a topical application of cyclooxygenase inhibitor, indomethacin. Inhibition of ODC induction by indomethacin was counteracted by a topical application of PGE2, while inhibition caused by isoliquiritigenin was not overcome by PGE2. The results suggest that a mechanism other than the inhibition of PGE2 production is involved in the anti-tumor-promoting action of isoliquiritigenin. Isoliquiritigenin failed to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of platelet sonicates, but inhibited platelet 12-lipoxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase in polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Therefore, it might be possible that isoliquiritigenin exerts its anti-tumor-promoting action through the lipoxygenase inhibition by acting on cells other than the target epidermal cells. Our present results, in combination with our previous data, demonstrate that some chalcone derivatives and flavonoids which show a potent lipoxygenase inhibitory action act on a common step in the skin tumor promotion caused by two different types of tumor-promoting agents, i.e. TPA and BrMBA, and suggest that these compounds show promise as drugs to prevent tumor promotion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/7-bromomethylbenzanthracene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aldehyde Reductase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benz(a)Anthracenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chalcone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chalcones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ornithine Decarboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phospholipases A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phospholipases A2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/isoliquiritigenin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0143-3334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
317-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1899810-9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Administration, Topical, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Aldehyde Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Benz(a)Anthracenes, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Chalcone, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Chalcones, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Dermatitis, Contact, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Ornithine Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Phospholipases A, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Phospholipases A2, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Sonication, pubmed-meshheading:1899810-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The potent anti-tumor-promoting agent isoliquiritigenin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't