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Repeat dose study of the cancer chemopreventive agent resveratrol in healthy volunteers: safety, pharmacokinetics, and effect on the insulin-like growth factor axis.

Abstract
Resveratrol, a naturally occurring polyphenol, has cancer chemopreventive properties in preclinical models. It has been shown to downregulate the levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) in rodents. The purpose of the study was to assess its safety, pharmacokinetics, and effects on circulating levels of IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) after repeated dosing. Forty healthy volunteers ingested resveratrol at 0.5, 1.0, 2.5, or 5.0 g daily for 29 days. Levels of resveratrol and its metabolites were measured by high performance liquid chromatography-UV in plasma obtained before and up to 24 hours after a dose between days 21 and 28. IGF-I and IGFBP-3 were measured by ELISA in plasma taken predosing and on day 29. Resveratrol was safe, but the 2.5 and 5 g doses caused mild to moderate gastrointestinal symptoms. Resveratrol-3-O-sulfate, resveratrol-4'-O-glucuronide, and resveratrol-3-O-glucuronide were major plasma metabolites. Maximal plasma levels and areas under the concentration versus time curve for the metabolites dramatically exceeded those for resveratrol, in the case of areas under the concentration versus time curve, by up to 20.3-fold. Compared with predosing values, the ingestion of resveratrol caused a decrease in circulating IGF-I and IGFBP-3 (P<0.04 for both), respectively, in all volunteers. The decrease was most marked at the 2.5 g dose level. The results suggest that repeated administration of high doses of resveratrol generates micromolar concentrations of parent and much higher levels of glucuronide and sulfate conjugates in the plasma. The observed decrease in circulating IGF-I and IGFBP-3 might contribute to cancer chemopreventive activity.
AuthorsVictoria A Brown, Ketan R Patel, Maria Viskaduraki, James A Crowell, Marjorie Perloff, Tristan D Booth, Grygoriy Vasilinin, Ananda Sen, Anna Maria Schinas, Gianfranca Piccirilli, Karen Brown, William P Steward, Andreas J Gescher, Dean E Brenner
JournalCancer research (Cancer Res) Vol. 70 Issue 22 Pg. 9003-11 (Nov 15 2010) ISSN: 1538-7445 [Electronic] United States
PMID20935227 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2010 AACR.
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Glucuronides
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
  • Stilbenes
  • resveratrol-4'-O-glucuronide
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Resveratrol
Topics
  • Abdominal Pain (chemically induced)
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (adverse effects, metabolism, pharmacokinetics)
  • Area Under Curve
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Diarrhea (chemically induced)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Glucuronides (blood, metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 (blood)
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (metabolism)
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea (chemically induced)
  • Resveratrol
  • Stilbenes (adverse effects, blood, metabolism, pharmacokinetics)
  • Young Adult

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