TY - JOUR
AU - Stanley, J., Steven
AB - Abstract The effects of the dietary administration of four anticarcinogenic sulfur compounds on the activity of DT-diaphorase, a protective enzyme in quinone and quinoneimine detoxification, have been investigated in female CD-1 mice. Bisethylxanthogen, disulfiram, sodium diethyldithiocarbamate, and benzylisothiocyanate, administered at 0.5% of the diet (by weight) for 14 days, each induced significant increases in DT-diaphorase specific activities in cytosol fractions of lung, kidney, urinary bladder, proximal small intestine, and colon. Cytosolic DT-diaphorase of the forestomach was elevated in response to bisethylxanthogen, disulfiram, and benzylisothiocyanate. The increases in cytosolic DT-diaphorase activities in organs of mice fed 0.5% bisethylxanthogen were similar in magnitude to those observed previously in response to 0.75% butylated hydroxyanisole. Liver cytosol DT-diaphorase specific activity was enhanced sevenfold by 0.5% bisethylxanthogen, twofold by 0.5% benzylisothiocyanate, and 2.6-fold by 1% disulfiram but was not significantly increased by disulfiram or sodium diethyldithiocarbamate at 0.5% of the diet. Diets containing 0.5% bisethylxanthogen or 0.5% benzylisothiocyanate also elevated microsomal DT-diaphorase specific activities in several organs. Even at the tenfold-lower concentration of 0.05% of the diet, bisethylxanthogen induced significant increases in DT-diaphorase specific activities in cytosol fractions of liver, lung, kidney, and small intestine and in liver and kidney microsomes. The protective function of DT-diaphorase in limiting free-radical formation and oxidative damage to cells suggests that the induction of this enzyme contributes to the anticarcinogenic effects of the four sulfur compounds studied. 2 Supported by Public Health Service grants CA-32479 and CA-38791 from the Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute. 3 Animals were maintained under guidelines set forth by The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 4 Department of Biochemistry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205. 5 Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205.
TI - Induction of DT-Diaphorase by Anticarcinogenic Sulfur Compounds in Mice
JF - JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
DO - 10.1093/jnci/76.3.467
DA - 1986-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/induction-of-dt-diaphorase-by-anticarcinogenic-sulfur-compounds-in-3FSzYjQCIl
SP - 467
EP - 473
VL - 76
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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