• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2477-2483
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• 2014

Azoxymethane (AOM) is a potent genotoxic carcinogen which specifically induces colon cancer. Hyperlipidemia and diabetes have several influences on colon cancer development, with genetic and environmental exposure aspects. Here, we investigated plasma lipid and glucose concentrations in Kunming mice randomized into four groups; control (no AOM or oil exposure), AOM control, AOM + pork oil, and AOM + canola oil. Aberrant crypt foci (ACF), plasma cholesterol, plasma triglyceride, plasma glucose and organ weight were examined 32 weeks after AOM injection. Results revealed that AOM exposure significantly increased ACF number, plasma triglyceride and glucose level. Further, male mice displayed a much higher plasma triglyceride level than female mice in the AOM control group. Dietary fat significantly inhibited AOM-induced hypertriglyceridemia, and canola oil had stronger inhibitory effect than pork oil. AOM-induced hyperglycemia had no sex-difference and was not significantly modified by dietary fat. However, AOM itself not change plasma cholesterol level. AOM significantly increased liver and spleen weight in male mice, but decreased kidney weight in female mice. On the other hand, mice testis weight decreased when fed canola oil. AOM could induce colorectal carcinogenesis, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperglycemia in Kunming mice at the same time, with subsequent studies required to investigate their genome association.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1023-1035
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• 2016

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of colon cancer stem cells (CSCs) during chemically-induced rat multi-step colon carcinogenesis with or without the treatment with a specific cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor drug (celecoxib). Two experiments were performed, the first, a short term 12 week colon carcinogenesis bioassay in which only surrogate markers for colon cancer, aberrant crypt foci (ACF) lesions, were formed. The other experiment was a medium term colon cancer rat assay in which tumors had developed after 32 weeks. Treatment with celecoxib lowered the numbers of ACF, as well as the tumor volumes and multiplicities after 32 weeks. Immunohistochemical proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) labeling indexes LI (%) were downregulated after treatment by celecoxib. Also different cell surface antigens known to associate with CSCs such as the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), CD44 and CD133 were compared between the two experiments and showed differential expression patterns depending on the stage of carcinogenesis and treatment with celecoxib. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that the numbers of CD133 cells were increased in the colonic epithelium after 12 weeks while those of CD44 but not CD133 cells were increased after 32 weeks. Moreover, aldehyde dehydrogenase-1 activity levels in the colonic epithelium (a known CSC marker) detected by ELISA assay were found down-regulated after 12 weeks, but were up-regulated after 32 weeks. The data have also shown that the protective effect of celecoxib on these specific markers and populations of CSCs and on other molecular processes such as apoptosis targeted by this drug may vary depending on the genetic and phenotypic stages of carcinogenesis. Therefore, uncovering these distinction roles of CSCs during different phases of carcinogenesis and during specific treatment could be useful for targeted therapy.

• 한국수의병리학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2001

This study was conducted to assess the chemopreventive effects of chitosan in a rat colon carcinogenesis induced by azoxymethane (AOM). Ninety, 5-week-old, male F344 rats were divided into three groups. The animals in group 1 received subcutaneous injections of 15mg/kg AOM three times for two weeks, then were placed on powdered basal diet containing 2% chitosan for 37 weeks from weeks 3 to 40. The animals in group 2 were given AOM alone. The animals in group 3 were given 2% chitosan without prior carcinogen treatment. All animals were sacrificed at week 12 for quantitative analysis of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) and at week 40 fur analysis of tumor induction. Total numbers of ACF and AC per colon of group 1 were not significantly different from those of group 2. Tumor incidences and multiplicities of small intestine in the group 1 were significantly decreased compared with those of the group 2 (P<0.05). According to pathological diagnoses, adenocarcinoma incidence and multiplicity in the small and large intestine in the group 1 were significantly decreased compared with those of the group 2 (p<0.05). No toxic effects were observed in animals given chitosan in terms of body weights, and liver or kidney histology. These results indicate that chitosan may have a potential as chemopreventive agents of colon carcinogenesis during the postinitiation stage.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.839-845
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• 2009

오만둥이는 우리나라의 전통적인 수산식품으로써 찜 또는 찌개류로 조리하여 널리 이용하여 왔다. 본 연구에서는 오만둥이의 기능성 소재로서의 기능적 특성을 파악하기 위하여 오만둥이 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 항유전독성 활성을 in vitro 방법으로 측정하였다. 또한 대장암에 대한 예방효과를 알아보기 위하여 DMH로 대장암을 유발한 SD 쥐를 이용하여 오만둥이를 경구투여한 후 DNA 손상 및 ACF 형성에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 그 결과 총항산화능은 모든 추출물에서 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 동결건조 한 추출물에서는 메탄올, 에탄올(0.225, 0.219 mM) > 물(0.179 mM) > 아세톤(0.150 mM) 순으로 나타났으며, 신선한 오만둥이에서는 메탄올 추출물(0.215 mM)이 가장 높은 항산화력이 있는 것으로 나타났다. Comet assay에서는 모든 추출물이 $H_2O_2$에 의한 산화적 스트레스에 대항한 DNA 손상억제력을 향상시키는 것으로 나타났으며 특히 동결건조 한 오만둥이에서 메탄올 추출물의 억제력이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 백혈구의 DNA 손상정도는 대조군에 비해 DMH 투여군에서 유의적으로 손상정도가 증가한 반면, DMH+S. placata군에서는 DMH를 주입한 군에 비하여 손상정도가 유의적으로 감소하였다. 또한 ACF의 생성수치가 DMH군에 비하여 DMH+S. placata군에서 유의적으로 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 볼 때 오만둥이는 in vitro 뿐만 아니라 대장암을 유발한 쥐에서도 항산화 및 항암효과에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타나 오만둥이가 대장암을 예방하기 위한 기능성식품 소재로서 가능성을 보여 주었다.