Inhibition of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced oxidative DNA damage in rat colon mucosa by black tea complex polyphenols
The effect of black tea polyphenols on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced oxidative DNA damage in rat colon mucosa has been investigated. Fischer 344 rats were treated orally with thearubigin (TR) or theafulvin (TFu) for 10 days (40 mg/kg), injected ip with DMH (20 mg/kg) or saline and sacrificed 2...
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Published in | Food and chemical toxicology Vol. 38; no. 12; pp. 1085 - 1088 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.12.2000
New York, NY Elsevier Science |
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Summary: | The effect of black tea polyphenols on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced oxidative DNA damage in rat colon mucosa has been investigated. Fischer 344 rats were treated orally with thearubigin (TR) or theafulvin (TFu) for 10 days (40 mg/kg), injected ip with DMH (20 mg/kg) or saline and sacrificed 24 hr after DMH administration. The levels of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) were measured in colonic mucosa DNA and expressed as a ratio relative to 2′-deoxyguanosine (2dG). Control rat mucosa had 8-OHdG values of 1.12 ± 0.14/10
5 dG (mean ± SEM, n=11), whereas DMH-treated rats significantly higher values (1.52 ± 0.14/10
5 dG, n=26,
P<0.05). Pretreatment of rats with TR had significantly inhibited DMH-induced oxidative DNA damage 0.99 ± 0.09/10
5 dG, n=10,
P<0.05) and a similar, although less marked, effect was observed with TFu (1.15 ± 0.19/10
5, n=9,
P=0.06). These findings confirm that DMH causes oxidative DNA damage in the colon mucosa of rats and demonstrate that this effect is prevented by the consumption of complex polyphenols from black tea. |
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ISSN: | 0278-6915 1873-6351 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0278-6915(00)00109-5 |