TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemopreventive effects of Aloe arborescens on N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine-induced pancreatic carcinogenesis in hamsters
AU - Furukawa, Fumio
AU - Nishikawa, Akiyoshi
AU - Chihara, Takeshi
AU - Shimpo, Kan
AU - Beppu, Hidehiko
AU - Kuzuya, Hiroshi
AU - Lee, In Seon
AU - Hirose, Masao
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, and in part by a grant (HS-52260) for Comprehensive Research Project on Health Sciences Focusing on Drug Innovation from the Japan Health Sciences Foundation.
PY - 2002/4/25
Y1 - 2002/4/25
N2 - The modification effects of freeze-dried aloe (Aloe arborescens) whole leaf powder during the initiation phase of carcinogenesis were investigated in hamsters treated with N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP). Female Syrian hamsters were given four weekly subcutaneous injections of BOP at a dose of 10mg/kg and then given 0, 1 or 5% aloe in their diet for 5 weeks. At week 54 of the experiment, all surviving animals were sacrificed and development of neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions was assessed histopathologically. The incidences of pancreatic adenocarcinomas, atypical hyperplasias or total atypical hyperplasias plus adenocarcinomas were significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with BOP + 5% aloe, and that of adenocarcinomas were also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced in the BOP + 1% aloe as compared to the BOP alone group. Multiplicities of pancreatic adenocarcinomas, atypical hyperplasias or total lesions were also significantly (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05) lower in the BOP + 5% aloe group than with the BOP alone. Quantitative data for neoplastic lesions in the lung, liver, gall bladder, kidney and urinary bladder of hamsters were not significantly different among the three groups. In a satellite experiment, pretreatment with aloe significantly (P < 0.01) reduced the formation of O6-methyldeoxyguanosine in epithelial cells of pancreatic ducts as compared to the BOP alone value. Our results thus indicate that aloe prevents BOP-induced pancreatic neoplasia in hamsters in relation to decreased DNA adduct formation in the target tissue.
AB - The modification effects of freeze-dried aloe (Aloe arborescens) whole leaf powder during the initiation phase of carcinogenesis were investigated in hamsters treated with N-nitrosobis(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP). Female Syrian hamsters were given four weekly subcutaneous injections of BOP at a dose of 10mg/kg and then given 0, 1 or 5% aloe in their diet for 5 weeks. At week 54 of the experiment, all surviving animals were sacrificed and development of neoplastic and preneoplastic lesions was assessed histopathologically. The incidences of pancreatic adenocarcinomas, atypical hyperplasias or total atypical hyperplasias plus adenocarcinomas were significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with BOP + 5% aloe, and that of adenocarcinomas were also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced in the BOP + 1% aloe as compared to the BOP alone group. Multiplicities of pancreatic adenocarcinomas, atypical hyperplasias or total lesions were also significantly (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05) lower in the BOP + 5% aloe group than with the BOP alone. Quantitative data for neoplastic lesions in the lung, liver, gall bladder, kidney and urinary bladder of hamsters were not significantly different among the three groups. In a satellite experiment, pretreatment with aloe significantly (P < 0.01) reduced the formation of O6-methyldeoxyguanosine in epithelial cells of pancreatic ducts as compared to the BOP alone value. Our results thus indicate that aloe prevents BOP-induced pancreatic neoplasia in hamsters in relation to decreased DNA adduct formation in the target tissue.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00840-0
DO - 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00840-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 11867195
AN - SCOPUS:0037171588
SN - 0304-3835
VL - 178
SP - 117
EP - 122
JO - Cancer Letters
JF - Cancer Letters
IS - 2
ER -