Mitigating Effect of Matricin against Benzo(a)pyrene-induced Lung Carcinogenesis in Experimental Mice Model

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BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is a life-threatening disease that is still prevalent worldwide. This study aims to evaluate the effects of matricin, a sesquiterpene, on the carcinogenic agent benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced lung cancer in Swiss albino mice.

METHODS: Lung cancer was induced by oral administration of B(a)P at 50 mg/kg b. wt. in model Swiss-albino mice (group II) as well in experimental group III, and treated with matricin (100 mg/kg b. wt.) in group III. Upon completion of treatment for 18 weeks, the changes in body weight, tumor formation, enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant levels (GSH, SOD, GPx, GR, QR, CAT), lipid peroxidation (LPO) level, pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β), immunoglobulin levels (IgG, IgM), apoptosis markers (Bax, Bcl-xL), tumor markers (carcinoembryogenic antigen (CEA), neuron-specific enolase (NSE)), and histopathological (H&E) alterations were determined.

RESULTS: The results indicate that B(a)P caused a significant increase of tumor formation in the lungs, increased tumor markers and inflammatory cytokines in serum, and depletion of enzymatic/ non-enzymatic antioxidants and immunoglobulins, compared to the untreated control group. Matricin treatment significantly reversed the changes caused by B(a)P as evidenced by the biochemical and histopathological assays.

CONCLUSION: The changes caused by matricin clearly indicate the cancer-preventive effects of matricin against B(a)P-induced lung cancer in animal models, which can be attributed to the antioxidant activity, immunomodulation, and mitigation of the NF-kβ pathway.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening - (2024) vom: 09. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Guang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Huining [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Siwei [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Ziqiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antioxidants
Benzo(a)pyrene
Immunoglobulin
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Tumor

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Date Revised 11.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.2174/0113862073273177231130094833

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366948377