Safrole-like DNA adducts in oral tissue from oral cancer patients with a betel quid chewing history
Safrole-like DNA adducts in oral tissue from oral cancer patients with a betel quid chewing history
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DOI:
10.1093/carcin/20.12.2331
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发表时间:
1999-12-01
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影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Liu, TY
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作者:
Chen, CL;Chi, CW;Liu, TY
Betel quid (BQ) chewing has been associated with an increased risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and oral submucous fibrosis (OSF). Piper betle inflorescence, which contains 15 mg/g safrole, is a unique ingredient of BQ in Taiwan, Chewing such prepared BQ may contribute to safrole exposure in human beings (420 mu M safrole in saliva). Safrole is a known rodent hepatocarcinogen, yet its carcinogenicity in human beings is largely undetermined. In this study, using a P-32-post-labeling method, we have found a high frequency of safrole-like DNA adducts in BQ-associated OSCC (77%, 23/30) and non-cancerous matched tissue (NCMT) (97%, 29/30), This was in contrast to the absence (< 1/10(9) nucleotides) of such adducts in all of non-BQ-associated OSCC and their paired NCMT (P < 0.001). Six of seven OSF also exhibited the same safrole-like DNA adduct, The DNA adduct levels in OSF and NCMT were significantly higher than in OSCC (P < 0.05). Using co-chromatography and rechromatography techniques, we further demonstrated that these adducts were identical to synthetic safrole-dGMP adducts as well as DNA adducts from 1'-hydroxysafrole-treated HepG2 cells. These results suggest that safrole forms stable safrole-DNA adducts in human oral tissue following BQ chewing, which may contribute to oral carcinogenesis.