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Modulation of cytochrome P4501A1/1B1 and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activities by hydroxychalcones and monoterpenes.

Wang Huan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-158). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.I / LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES --- p.VIII / ABSTRACT --- p.1 / 摘要 --- p.3 / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- GENERAL INTRODUCTION / Chapter I. --- The essential factors related to cancer --- p.5 / Chapter a. --- Carcinogens --- p.5 / Chapter b. --- Carcinogenesis pathways --- p.7 / Chapter c. --- DNA adducts formation and breast cancer --- p.7 / Chapter II. --- Cytochrome P450 I enzyme family --- p.8 / Chapter a. --- CYP450 superfamily --- p.8 / Chapter b. --- CYP1A1 --- p.10 / Chapter c. --- CYP1B1 --- p.11 / Chapter III. --- Transactivation of CYP1 enzymes by aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) --- p.12 / Chapter IV. --- Phase II enzyme UGT and cancer prevention --- p.13 / Chapter V. --- Estrogen metabolism and the hormone-dependent breast cancer --- p.15 / Chapter a. --- Estrogen and breast cancer initiation --- p.15 / Chapter b. --- Estrogen Receptor (ER) --- p.15 / Chapter c. --- Estradiol hydroxylation pathways --- p.15 / Chapter VI. --- Phytochemicals and cancer prevention --- p.18 / Chapter VII. --- Outline of this study --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- MATERIALS AND METHODS / Chapter I. --- Chemicals --- p.21 / Chapter II. --- Cell culture and treatments --- p.21 / Chapter 1. --- Maintenance of cells --- p.21 / Chapter 2. --- Preparation of cell stock --- p.22 / Chapter 3. --- Cell recovery from liquid nitrogen stock --- p.22 / Chapter 4. --- Measurement of cell viability --- p.22 / Chapter 5. --- Preparation of cell lysates --- p.23 / Chapter 6. --- XRE-luciferase gene reporter assay --- p.23 / Chapter a. --- Transient transfection of cell using lipofectamine PLUS reagent --- p.23 / Chapter b. --- Dual Luciferase Assay --- p.24 / Chapter III. --- Enzyme Activities --- p.24 / Chapter 1. --- Isolation of microsomes --- p.24 / Chapter 2. --- EROD activities in intact cells --- p.24 / Chapter 3. --- EROD inhibition assay --- p.25 / Chapter IV. --- Manipulation of Nuclear Acid --- p.26 / Chapter 1. --- Preparation of transfected DNA --- p.26 / Chapter a. --- Separation and purification of DNA from agarose gel --- p.26 / Chapter b. --- Restriction digestion --- p.26 / Chapter c. --- Ligation of DNA fragments --- p.27 / Chapter d. --- Transformation of DH5a --- p.27 / Chapter e. --- Small scale plasmid purification from DH5a (mini prep) --- p.28 / Chapter f. --- Large scale plasmid isolation from DH5a (maxi-prep) --- p.28 / Chapter g. --- Construction of XRE activated luciferase reporter gene --- p.29 / Chapter 2. --- Measurement of DMBA-DNA adduct formation --- p.29 / Chapter 3. --- Semi-quantitative RT-PCR Assay --- p.30 / Chapter a. --- Isolation of RNA using TRIzol® Reagent --- p.30 / Chapter b. --- RT-PCR --- p.31 / Chapter V. --- Phase II enzyme-UGT activity assay --- p.32 / Chapter VI. --- HPLC for estradiol-hydroxylation analysis --- p.33 / Chapter 1. --- HPLC condition for hydroxyestradiol separation and measurement --- p.33 / Chapter 2. --- Determination of microsomal estradiol hydroxylase activity --- p.34 / Chapter 3. --- Assay of estradiol metabolism in MCF-7 cells --- p.34 / Chapter VII. --- Statistical Analysis --- p.35 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- CHALCONES ANTAGONIZE DMBA-INDUCED CARCINOGENESIS BY MODULATION OF CYP1A1/1B1 AND UGT ACTIVITIES / Chapter Part One --- Introduction --- p.36 / Chapter Part Two --- Results --- p.40 / Chapter Section One --- Chalcones antagonize DMBA carcinogenesis by inhibiting CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 activities --- p.40 / Chapter I. --- Chalcones inhibited DMBA-induced EROD activities in MCF-7 cells --- p.40 / Chapter II. --- Inhibition of chalcones on microsomal CYP1A1 & 1B1 enzyme activities --- p.43 / Chapter III. --- Reduction of DMBA-induced DNA adduct by chalcones --- p.52 / Chapter IV. --- Chalcones antagonized CYP1A1 XRE transactivation --- p.54 / Chapter V. --- Chalcones suppressed DMBA-induced CYP1 gene expression --- p.56 / Chapter Section Two --- Chalcones modulate DMBA carcinogenesis by regulating UGT activities --- p.63 / Chapter I . --- Chalcones regulated UGT1A1 gene expression in MCF-7 cells --- p.63 / Chapter II. --- Chalcones affected UGT enzyme activity in HepG2 cells --- p.70 / Chapter III. --- Chalcones regulated UGT1A1 gene expression in HepG2 cells --- p.73 / Chapter Part Three --- Discussion --- p.80 / Chapter I . --- Chalcones are potential chemopreventive agents --- p.80 / Chapter II. --- Chalcones modulated Phase I enzyme activities --- p.80 / Chapter III. --- Chalcones regulated Phase II enzyme activities --- p.82 / Chapter IV. --- Chalcones suppressed DMBA-induced DNA-adduct formation in MCF-7 cells --- p.82 / Chapter V. --- The anti-carcinogenic properties of chalcones and their structures --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- EFFECTS OF PERILLYL ALCOHOL AND LIMONENE ON CYP1 AND UGT ENZYMES / Chapter Part One --- Introduction --- p.85 / Chapter Part Two --- Results --- p.87 / Chapter I. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene modulated DMBA-induced CYP1A1/1B1 activities in MCF-7 cells --- p.87 / Chapter II. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene regulated microsomal CYP1A1/1B1 activities --- p.89 / Chapter III. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene regulated DMBA-induced DNA adduct formation in MCF-7 cells --- p.93 / Chapter IV. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene regulated CYP1A1 & CYP1B1 gene expressions in MCF-7 cells --- p.95 / Chapter V. --- Effect of perillyl alcohol on CYP1A1 XRE transactivation --- p.97 / Chapter VI. --- Cytotoxic effect of perillyl alcohol and limonene on MCF-7 cells --- p.98 / Chapter VII. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene modulated UGT1A1 gene expression in MCF-7 cells --- p.99 / Chapter VIII. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene modulated UGT enzyme in HepG2 cells --- p.101 / Chapter Part Three --- Discussion --- p.106 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- LYCOPENE MEDIATED DMBA-INDUCED PHASE I & PHASE II ENZYME ACTIVITIES AND GENE EXPRESSIONS / Chapter Part Three --- Introduction --- p.109 / Chapter I. --- Biochemical properties of lycopene --- p.109 / Chapter II. --- Bioavailability of lycopene --- p.110 / Chapter III. --- Lycopene and cancers in hormonal sensitive tissues --- p.110 / Chapter Part Two --- Results --- p.111 / Chapter I . --- Lycopene modulated DMBA-induced CYP1A1/1B1 activities in MCF-7 cells --- p.111 / Chapter II. --- Lycopene competitively inhibited microsomal CYP1A1 & CYP1B1 activities --- p.113 / Chapter III. --- Lycopene suppressed DMBA-induced DNA adduct formation in MCF-7 cells --- p.115 / Chapter IV. --- Lycopene regulated CYP1A1 & CYP1B1 gene expression in MCF-7 cells --- p.116 / Chapter V. --- Effect of lycopene on CYP1A1 XRE trasactivation --- p.117 / Chapter VI. --- Cytotoxic effect of lycopene on MCF-7 cells --- p.118 / Chapter VII. --- Lycopene modulated UGT enzyme in MCF-7 cells --- p.119 / Chapter VIII. --- Lycopene modulated UGT enzyme in HepG2 cells --- p.121 / Chapter Part Three --- Discussion --- p.123 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CHALCONES AND PERILLYL ALCOHOL REGULATEDCYP1A1 & CYP1B1 MEDIATED ESTRADIOL METABOLIZING PATHWAYS / Chapter Part One --- Introduction --- p.125 / Chapter I . --- Estrogen hydroxylation and human breast cancer risk --- p.125 / Chapter II. --- CYP1 enzymes catalyze estradiol-hydroxylation in human breast cancer cells --- p.126 / Chapter III. --- Phytochemicals mediate estrogen-hydroxylation pathways --- p.126 / Chapter Part Two --- Estrogen metabolite detection and separation by HPLC --- p.127 / Chapter Part Three --- Results --- p.129 / Chapter I . --- Perillyl alcohol modulated CYP1A1 & CYP1B1-mediated Estradiol hydroxylation --- p.129 / Chapter II. --- Kinetics assays of chalcones on CYP1A1 & CYP1B1 microsomes induced estradiol hydroxylation --- p.131 / Chapter III. --- Chalcones suppressed Estradiol-hydroxylase activities in MCF-7 cells --- p.137 / Chapter Part Four --- Discussion --- p.140 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- SUMMARY / Chapter I . --- Chalcones displayed inhibitory effects on DMBA-induced carcinogenesis --- p.142 / Chapter II. --- Perillyl alcohol and limonene modulated DMBA-induced carcinogenesis --- p.143 / Chapter III. --- Lycopene also possessed chemoproventive properties --- p.143 / APPENDIX 1 ABBREVIATIONS --- p.144 / APPENDIX 2 REAGENTS --- p.145 / APPENDIX 3 PRIMER LISTS --- p.147 / REFERENCE --- p.148

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324457
Date January 2003
ContributorsWang, Huan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xii, 158 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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