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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 243, Issue 2, Pages 170-192Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.11.050
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SFN; antioxidant response element; Nrf2; phase II detoxifying genes; microarray; gene expression profile; knock-out mice
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01-CA094828, R01-CA-073674] Funding Source: Medline
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Sulforaphane (SFN) is a potent and promising naturally occurring dietary cancer chemopreventive compound that exerts its cancer protective effects by the induction of genes including cellular defensive genes such as phase 11 detoxifying and antioxidant enzymes. This gene induction primarily occurs via the transcription factor Nrf2 acting on the antioxidant response element (ARE) located at the 5'-flanking region of these genes. In the present study, transcriptional expression profiles of the livers obtained from the nrj2 wild-type mice and the nrj2 knockout (-/-) mice after treatments with vehicle or SFN at 3 and 12 h were generated using the Affymetrix 39 K oligonucleotide microarray. The Nrf2-dependent, SFN-inducible genes were identified which include detoxitication phase 1, 11 drug metabolizing enzymes and phase III transporters. Unexpected clusters of genes include genes for heat shock proteins (HSP), ubiquitin/26 S proteasome subunits, and lipid metabolism genes. Collectively, SFN increases the expression of genes through the Nrf2 signaling pathway that directly detoxify exogenous toxins/carcinogens or endogenous reactive oxygen species, and genes involved in the recognition and repair/removal of damaged proteins, which could provide secondary protection against DNA or protein damage that enhance cell survival. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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