PIPERINE, A MAJOR INGREDIENT OF BLACK AND LONG PEPPERS, PROTECTS AGAINST AFB(1)-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY AND MICRONUCLEI FORMATION IN H4IIEC3 RAT HEPATOMA-CELLS
PIPERINE, A MAJOR INGREDIENT OF BLACK AND LONG PEPPERS, PROTECTS AGAINST AFB(1)-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY AND MICRONUCLEI FORMATION IN H4IIEC3 RAT HEPATOMA-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-3835(94)90078-7
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发表时间:
1994-11-11
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影响因子:
9.7
通讯作者:
WIEBEL, FJ
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作者:
SINGH, J;REEN, RK;WIEBEL, FJ
We studied the effect of piperine on the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of aflatoxin B-1 (AFB(1)) in rat hepatoma cells H4IIEC3/G-(H4IIE) using cellular growth and formation of micronuclei as endpoints. Piperine was earlier shown to inhibit cytochrome P-450-dependent aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and 7-methoxycoumarin demethylase activities in preparations of these cells with 1/2 maximum inhibition at 30-50 mu M (Singh J. and Reen R.K., Current Science, 66, 365-369, 1994). The results of the present study showed that AFB(1) inhibited the growth of H4IIE cells with an ED(50) of 15 nM. Piperine markedly reduced the toxicity of the mycotoxin. Thus at 100 mu M piperine largely restored the rate of growth of the cells. Likewise, piperine reduced the AFB(1)-induced formation of micronuclei in a concentration-dependent manner. Piperine itself was not toxic to the cells up to a concentration of almost 100 mu M. The results suggest, that piperine is capable of counteracting AFB(1) toxicity by suppressing cytochromes P-450 mediated bioactivation of the mycotoxin.