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MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS
Volume 638, Issue 1-2, Pages 175-183Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.10.005
Keywords
connexin 43; extracellular-signal-regulated kinase; gap junctional intercellular communication; metabolite; propyl gallate
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Propyl gallate and its metabolite, gallic acid, are widely used as antioxidants in the food industry, but they have been shown to exhibit liver toxicity and enhance carcinogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the possible undesirable effects of propyl gallate and gallic acid on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC), inhibition of which is closely linked to carcinogenesis. Gallic acid and propyl gallate exhibited dose-dependent free-radical-scavenging activities as determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl- or 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)-radical-scavenging assays, and the freeradical- scavenging activity of gallic acid was stronger than that of propyl gallate. However, using WB-F344 rat liver epithelial cells, gallic acid inhibited GJIC in a dose-dependant manner, while propyl gallate had no significant effect compared with untreated controls. The gallic-acid-induced inhibition of GJIC was reversible, with a recovery of nearly 65% after 120 min. Gallic acid induced the phosphorylation of connexin 43 (Cx43) and phosphorylation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2). The gallicacid-induced inhibition of GJIC was attenuated by treatment with mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitors (U0126 and PD098059). UO126 blocked the gallic-acid-induced phosphorylation of Cx43 and ERK1/2, indicating that the gallic-acid-induced inhibition of GJIC is mediated by phosphorylation of Cx43 via activation of ERK1/2. In addition, gallic-acid-induced inhibition of GJIC was protected by ascorbic acid and quercetin, which might represent a simple example of the different effects of natural antioxidants in carcinogenesis. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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