Effects of benzyl isothiocyanate and phenethyl isothiocyanate on DNA adduct formation by a mixture of benzo[a]pyrene and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone in A/J mouse lung.
Dietary phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and a mixture of dietary PEITC and benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) inhibit lung tumorigenesis in A/J mice induced by a mixture of the tobacco smoke carcinogens benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). In this study, we tested the hypothesis that inhibition of tumorigenesis by these isothiocyanates was due to inhibition of DNA adduct formation. We quantified the following pulmonary DNA adducts: N2-[7,8,9-trihydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene-10-yl]deoxyguanosine (BPDE-N2-dG) from B[a]P; and O(6)-methylguanine (O(6)-mG) and 4-hydroxy-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (HPB)-releasing adducts from NNK. Initial experiments demonstrated that there were no effects of B[a]P on NNK-DNA adduct formation, or vice versa, and established by way of a time course study the appropriate sacrifice intervals for the main experiment. Dietary PEITC, or dietary BITC plus PEITC, inhibited the formation of HPB-releasing DNA adducts of NNK at several of the time points examined. There were no effects of dietary isothiocyanates on levels of O(6)-mG or BPDE-N2-dG. These results, which are consistent with previous studies in rats and with tumor inhibition data in mice, support a role for inhibition of HPB-releasing DNA adducts of NNK as a mechanism of inhibition of tumorigenesis by dietary PEITC and BITC plus PEITC. However, the observed inhibition was modest, suggesting that other effects of isothiocyanates are also involved in chemoprevention in this model.
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Mayo Mail Code 806, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Kristina R K
KR
Sticha
Patrick M J
PM
Kenney
Gunnar
G
Boysen
Hong
H
Liang
Xiaojing
X
Su
Mingyao
M
Wang
Pramod
P
Upadhyaya
Stephen S
SS
Hecht
D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000187:drug effects*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D017879:Isothiocyanates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000494:pharmacology*
D002273:Carcinogens; D018736:DNA Adducts; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D009602:Nitrosamines; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; C058305:phenethyl isothiocyanate; C016583:4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone; C031403:benzyl isothiocyanate; D004247:DNA