Tangeretin, a citrus flavonoid attenuates oxidative stress and protects hepatocellular architecture in rats with 7, 12 - dimethylbenz(a)anthracene induced experimental mammary carcinoma

Journal of Functional Foods

Sorimuthu Pillai Subramanian¹  Lakshmi Arivazhagan² 

[1] Corresponding author. Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India. Tel.: [phone];Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India;

关键词: DMBA;    Oxidative stress;    Hepatotoxicity;    Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR);    Nrf2/Keap1 pathway;    Tangeretin;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The modulatory effect of tangeretin on the oxidative damage induced by DMBA in the hepatic tissue of mammary tumour bearing rat was investigated. Breast cancer was induced by “air pouch technique” with a single dose of 25 mg/kg of 7, 12 - dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA). Tangeretin (50 mg/kg body weight) was administered orally for four weeks. The hepatoprotective nature of tangeretin was evidenced from the altered levels of liver marker enzymes, oxidative stress markers, histopathological and ultrastructural analysis in the liver tissues of control and experimental animals. Further, tangeretin treatment notably normalized the hepatic expression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and Nrf2/Keap1 proteins in the DMBA induced rats which were substantiated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), western blotting, immunofluorescence and immunohistochemical analysis. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) proved that tangeretin influenced the binding of Nrf2 on the HO-1 promoter, thereby exerting antioxidant effect. The Comet and DNA fragmentation analysis also showed that tangeretin reduced the DMBA induced DNA damage in the liver.

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