title: Transcriptional regulation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate: quinone oxidoreductase in murine hepatoma cells by 6-(methylsufinyl)hexyl isothiocyanate, an active principle of wasabi (Eutrema wasabi Maxim).
abstract: Wasabi is a very popular pungent spice in Japan. This study examined the ability of 6-(methylsufinyl)hexyl isothiocyanate (6-MITC), an active principle of wasabi, to induce the cellular expression of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate: quinone oxidoreductase (QR) in Hepa 1c1c7 cells. The cells were treated with various concentrations of 6-MITC, and were then assessed for cell growth, QR activity and QR mRNA expression. The induction of QR activity and QR mRNA expression was time- and dose-responsive over a narrow range of 0.1-5 microM, with declining induction at higher concentrations due to cell toxicity. Furthermore, transfection studies demonstrated that the induction of transcription of the QR gene by 6-MITC involved an antioxidant/electrophile-responsive element (ARE/EpRE) activation. Our results suggest a novel mechanism by which dietary wasabi 6-MITC may be implicated in cancer chemoprevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 890-0065, Kagoshima, Japan. hou@chem.agri.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fuke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D017879:Isothiocyanates / Q000494:pharmacology; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011808:Quinone Reductases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017365:Spices; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C111984:6-methylsulfinylhexyl isothiocyanate; D000975:Antioxidants; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D008156:Luciferases; C041831:NADH dehydrogenase (quinone); D011808:Quinone Reductases; D005982:Glutathione Transferase