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Published on: September 1, 2017
Modulation of Cellular Response to Arsenic Trioxide Toxicity by Resveratrol
Bodhisattwa Mondal1, Hongxia Chen1, Weihua Wen1
1Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, and the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States.
Abstract:
Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) is an environmental carcinogen and a putative endocrine disruptor. Resveratrol has been shown to reverse As2O3-induced oxidative damage. In immortalized but nontransformed estrogen receptor α-negative human breast cells (MCF10A), we observed that 25 μM resveratrol ameliorated As2O3-induced cytotoxicity. As2O3, in the presence or absence of 25 μM resveratrol, induced quinone reductase (NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1), via the induction of NFE2-related factor 2. As2O3 caused a repression of cytochrome P450 (CYP)1B1, but the addition of 25 μM resveratrol rescued the expression of cytochrome P450 1B1 and kept it at a constant level. Therefore, 25 μM resveratrol can modulate the effects of As2O3 on enzymes involved in estrogen metabolism.
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