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  • Title: Polymeric black tea polyphenols modulate the localization and activity of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-mediated kinases in mouse skin: mechanisms of their anti-tumor-promoting action.
    Author: Kumar G, Dange P, Kailaje V, Vaidya MM, Ramchandani AG, Maru GB.
    Journal: Free Radic Biol Med; 2012 Sep 15; 53(6):1358-70. PubMed ID: 22841871.
    Abstract:
    Polymeric black tea polyphenols (PBPs) have been shown to possess anti-tumor-promoting effects in two-stage skin carcinogenesis. However, their mechanisms of action are not fully elucidated. In this study, mechanisms of PBP-mediated antipromoting effects were investigated in a mouse model employing the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Compared to controls, a single topical application of TPA to mouse skin increased the translocation of protein kinase C (PKC) from cytosol to membrane. Pretreatment with PBPs 1-3 decreased TPA-induced translocation of PKC isozymes (α, β, η, γ, ε) from cytosol to membrane, whereas PBPs 4 and 5 were less effective. The levels of PKCs δ and ζ in cytosol/membrane were similar in all the treatment groups. Complementary confocal microscopic evaluation showed a decrease in TPA-induced PKCα fluorescence in PBP-3-pretreated membranes, whereas pretreatment with PBP-5 did not show a similar decrease. Based on the experiments with specific enzyme inhibitors and phosphospecific antibodies, both PBP-3 and PBP-5 were observed to decrease TPA-induced level and/or activity of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and AKT1 (pS473). An additional ability of PBP-3 to inhibit site-specific phosphorylation of PKCα at all three positions responsible for its activation [PKCα (pT497), PKC PAN (βII pS660), PKCα/βII (pT638/641)] and AKT1 at the Thr308 position, along with a decrease in TPA-induced PDK1 protein level, correlated with the inhibition of translocation of PKC, which may impart relatively stronger chemoprotective activity to PBP-3 than to PBP-5. Altogether, PBP-mediated decrease in TPA-induced PKC phosphorylation correlated well with decreased TPA-induced NF-κB phosphorylation and downstream target proteins associated with proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammation in mouse skin. Results suggest that the antipromoting effects of PBPs are due to modulation of TPA-induced PI3K-mediated signal transduction.
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