title: Chemopreventive efficacy of selenomethionine and its role in the antioxidant defense system in 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats.
abstract: Drinking water supplemented with selenium (8 ppm, daily) has been found to be highly effective in reducing tumor incidence and preneoplastic foci in 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) induced hepatocarcinogenesis in Sprague-Dawley male rats. Glutathione and several enzymes in liver tissue associated with antioxidant defense mechanisms, viz., catalase, glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase were investigated from hyperplastic nodules and non-nodular surrounding parenchyma. Treatment with selenomethionine either on initiation, or on selection/promotion, or during the entire experiment showed that selenom-ethionine was most effective when it was used as a supplement during the entire experiment, in terms of the antioxidant defense system and in reducing tumor incidence. Our results also confirm that selenium is particularly effective in limiting the action of 2-AAF during the initiation phase of hepatocarcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012645:Selenomethionine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D002273:Carcinogens; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D012645:Selenomethionine; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione