Titlebeta-Catenin mutation in rat colon tumors initiated by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline, and the effect of post-initiation treatment with chlorophyllin and indole-3-carbinol.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2001
AuthorsBlum CA, Xu M, Orner GA, Fong AT, Bailey GS, Stoner GD, Horio DT, Dashwood RH
JournalCarcinogenesis
Volume22
Issue2
Pagination315-20
Date Published2001 Feb
ISSN0143-3334
Keywords1,2-Dimethylhydrazine, Animals, Anticarcinogenic Agents, beta Catenin, Carcinogens, Chlorophyllides, Colonic Neoplasms, Cyclin D1, Cytoskeletal Proteins, DNA Mutational Analysis, Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase, Indoles, Male, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc, Quinolines, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Trans-Activators
Abstract

Carcinogens 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) induce colon tumors in the rat that contain mutations in beta-catenin, but the pattern of mutation differs from that found in human colon cancers. In both species, mutations affect the glycogen synthase kinase-3beta consensus region of beta-catenin, but whereas they directly substitute critical Ser/Thr phosphorylation sites in human colon cancers, the majority of mutations cluster around Ser33 in the rat tumors. Two dietary phytochemicals, chlorophyllin and indole-3-carbinol, given post-initiation, shifted the pattern of beta-catenin mutations in rat colon tumors induced by IQ and DMH. Specifically, 17/39 (44%) of the beta-catenin mutations in groups given carcinogen plus modulator were in codons 37, 41 and 45, and substituted critical Ser/Thr residues directly, as seen in human colon cancers. None of the tumors from groups given carcinogen alone had mutations in these codons. Interestingly, many of the mutations that substituted critical Ser/Thr residues in beta-catenin were from a single group given DMH and 0.001% chlorophyllin, in which a statistically significant increase in colon tumor multiplicity was observed compared with the group given DMH only. These tumors had marked over-expression of cyclin D1, c-myc and c-jun mRNA and c-Myc and c-Jun proteins were strongly elevated compared with tumors containing wild-type beta-catenin. The results indicate that the pattern of beta-catenin mutations in rat colon tumors can be influenced by exposure to dietary phytochemicals administered post-initiation, and that the mechanism might involve the altered expression of beta-catenin/Tcf/Lef target genes.

DOI10.1093/carcin/22.2.315
Alternate JournalCarcinogenesis
PubMed ID11181454
Grant ListCA34732 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
CA65525 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
CA80716 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
ES00210 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
T32 ES07060 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States