Suppression by citrus auraptene of phorbol ester-and endotoxin-induced inflammatory responses: role of attenuation of leukocyte activation.

Abstract

Auraptene (AUR), a citrus coumarin derivative, is one of the promising chemopreventive agents against skin, tongue, esophagus and colon carcinogenesis in rodents. We reported previously that AUR suppresses superoxide anion (O(2)(-)) generation from inflammatory leukocytes in in vitro experiments. In the present study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory activities of AUR using a 12-O:-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-treated mouse skin model, and compared them with those of umbelliferone (UMB), a structural analog of AUR that is virtually inactive toward O(2-) generation inhibition. Double pre-treatments of mouse skin with AUR, but not UMB, markedly suppressed edema formation, hydrogen peroxide production, leukocyte infiltration, and the rate of proliferating cell nuclear antigen-stained cells. These inhibitory effects by AUR are attributable to its selective blockade of the activation stage, as revealed by single pre-treatment experiments. In a murine macrophage line, RAW 264.7, AUR significantly attenuated the lipopolysaccharide-induced protein expression of inducible isoforms of both nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase, with decreased production of nitrite anion and prostaglandin E(2), and yet suppressed the release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Conversely, UMB did not show any inhibitory effect. This contrasting activity profile between AUR and UMB was rationalized to be a result of their distinct differences in cellular uptake efficiencies, i.e. the geranyloxyl group in AUR was found to play an essential role in incorporation. Thus, our findings indicate that AUR is an effective agent to attenuate the biochemical responsiveness of inflammatory leukocytes, which may be essential for a greater understanding of the action mechanism that underlies its inhibition of inflammation-associated carcinogenesis.

• Authors: A Murakami, Y Nakamura, T Tanaka, K Kawabata, D Takahashi, K Koshimizu, H Ohigashi
• Journal: Carcinogenesis (Carcinogenesis) Vol. 21 Issue 10 Pg. 1843-50 (Oct 2000) ISSN: 0143-3334 [Print] England
• PMID: 11023542 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anticarcinogenic Agents
• Carcinogens
• Coumarins
• Isoenzymes
• Lipopolysaccharides
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
• Umbelliferones
• Superoxides
• 7-hydroxycoumarin
• Hydrogen Peroxide
• Nitric Oxide Synthase
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
• Nos2 protein, mouse
• Cyclooxygenase 2
• Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
• aurapten
• Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate

Topics

• Animals
• Anticarcinogenic Agents (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology)
• Carcinogens (antagonists & inhibitors, toxicity)
• Cell Division (drug effects)
• Coumarins (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology)
• Cyclooxygenase 2
• Dermatitis, Contact (metabolism, prevention & control)
• Edema (chemically induced, metabolism, prevention & control)
• Female
• Hydrogen Peroxide (metabolism)
• Isoenzymes (biosynthesis)
• Leukocytes (drug effects, physiology)
• Lipopolysaccharides (antagonists & inhibitors, pharmacology)
• Macrophage Activation (drug effects)
• Macrophages (drug effects, enzymology)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred ICR
• Nitric Oxide Synthase (biosynthesis)
• Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
• Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases (biosynthesis)
• Skin (drug effects)
• Skin Neoplasms (metabolism, prevention & control)
• Superoxides (antagonists & inhibitors, metabolism)
• Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate (antagonists & inhibitors, toxicity)
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (metabolism)
• Umbelliferones (pharmacokinetics, pharmacology)