Tempol protects against oxidative damage and delays epithelial tumor onset in Fanconi anemia mice
Tempol protects against oxidative damage and delays epithelial tumor onset in Fanconi anemia mice
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-5186
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发表时间:
2008-03-01
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Grompe, Markus
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作者:
Zhang, Qing-Shuo;Eaton, Laura;Grompe, Markus
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetic disorder characterized by congenital abnormalities, bone marrow failure, and marked cancer susceptibility. FA patients have an elevated risk of developing hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Using Faned2(-/-) knockout mice as a model of FA, we examined the potential of tempol, a nitroxide antioxidant and a superoxide dismutase mimetic, as a tumor-delaying agent for solid tumors. Dietary tempol increased the mean tumor-free survival time of Fancd2(-/-) Trp53(+/-) mice by 27% (P < 0.01), from 308 to 390 days, without changing the overall tumor spectrum. More strikingly, tempol delayed the onset of epithelial tumors and increased the mean epithelial tumor-free survival time by 38% (P < 0.0001), from 312 to 432 days, in Fancd2(-/-) Trp53(+/-) mice. These results show that tempol can significantly delay tumor formation in Fancd2(-/-) Trp53(+/-) mice. Furthermore, tempol treatment did not adversely affect the repopulating ability of FA hematopoietic stem cells. The reduction in oxidative DNA damage in tempol-treated FA fibroblasts and mice suggests that its tumor-delaying function may be attributed to its antioxidant activity.