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CARCINOGENESIS
Volume 21, Issue 10, Pages 1885-1890Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.10.1885
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA81064] Funding Source: Medline
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(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and theaflavins are believed to be the key active components in tea for the chemoprevention of cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms by which EGCG and theaflavins block carcinogenesis are not clear. In the JB6 mouse epidermal cell line a tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), which causes cell transformation at high frequency, markedly induced NF-kappaB activation. We found that EGCG and theaflavins inhibited TPA-induced NF-kappaB activity in a concentration-dependent manner. These polyphenols blocked TPA-induced phosphorylation of I kappaB alpha at Ser32 in the same concentration range. Moreover, the NF-kappaB sequence-specific DNA-binding activity induced by TPA was also inhibited by these polyphenols. These results suggest that inhibition of NF-kappaB activation is also important in accounting for the anti-tumor promotion effects of EGCG and theaflavins.
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