Silibinin ameliorates oxidative stress induced aberrant crypt foci and lipid peroxidation in 1, 2 dimethylhydrazine induced rat colon cancer.

Abstract

Pharmacological intervention to reduce CRC mortality entails the use of oral agents that can avert carcinogenesis. Silibinin, a major component of silymarin isolated from Silybum marianum (L.) was found to possess attractive remedial features. An in vivo study was designed to elucidate the effect of silibinin on the formation of 1, 2 dimethylhydrazine (DMH) induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF), tissue lipid peroxidation (LPO) and enzymic antioxidants status during different phases of experimental colon cancer. DMH alone treated rats showed significantly (p < 0.05) increased size and number of ACF, accompanied by decreased LPO and enzymic antioxidant activities. Administration of silibinin to DMH treated rats inhibited mean colonic ACF and multi-crypt AC/foci and also improved the levels of enzymic antioxidants in a time dependent manner. Histologically no obvious sign of neoplasia was observed in silibinin supplemented DMH treated rats during the various stages of carcinogenesis. Our results show that silibinin possesses potent chemopreventive activity against colon carcinogenesis.

• Authors: Nagarajan Sangeetha, Selvaraj Aranganathan, Namasivayam Nalini
• Journal: Investigational new drugs (Invest New Drugs) Vol. 28 Issue 3 Pg. 225-33 (Jun 2010) ISSN: 1573-0646 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19274440 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Antioxidants
• Silymarin
• Silybin
• 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine

Topics

• 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine
• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Antioxidants (metabolism)
• Colonic Neoplasms (chemically induced, drug therapy, metabolism, pathology)
• Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
• Intestinal Mucosa (pathology)
• Lipid Peroxidation (drug effects)
• Male
• Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
• Precancerous Conditions (drug therapy)
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Silybin
• Silymarin (pharmacology, therapeutic use)