Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 29, Issue 3-4, Pages 231-240Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00300-2
Keywords
chemoprotection; redox cycling; hydroquinones; sulforaphane; benzene toxicity; antioxidant response element (ARE); free radicals
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA44530] Funding Source: Medline
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An extensive body of evidence supports the conclusion that by catalyzing obligatory two-electron reductions of quinones to hydroquinones, NAD(P)H:quinone reductase (QR1) protects cells against the deleterious effects of redox cycling of quinones, their ability to deplete glutathione, and to produce neoplasia. The effects of elevation of QR1 levels by various enzyme inducers, inhibition of the enzyme by dicumarol, and genetic deletion of the enzyme (knockout mouse) are all consistent with the proposed protective functions. Measurement of QR1 activity in murine hepatoma cells grown in 96-well microtiter plates has provided a rapid and quantitative method for detecting inducer activity and determining inducer potency. This constitutes a strategy for the identification of potential chemoprotectors against cancer. Epidemiological studies show that humans who are genetically deficient in QR1 are more susceptible to the hematological toxicity and carcinogenicity of benzene exposure, and may be mote susceptible to the development of a number of malignant tumors. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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