EFFECT OF CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS ON POSTTRANSLATIONAL PLASMAMEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RAS-P21 DURING CHEMOPREVENTION OF AZOXYMETHANE-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS

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    • J SINGH
    • BS REDDY
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  • Published online on: February 1, 1995     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.301
  • Pages: 301-306
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Abstract

Accumulating data suggest that activation of ms proto-oncogenes and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes induce malignant phenotype in colonic cells. However, the transforming ability of ras oncogenes critically depends on correct localization of ras-p21 in plasma membrane. In our previous studies, we demonstrated a strong correlation between the modulation of ras activation (both in terms of mutational activation and over-expression of ras genes) by chemopreventive agents and colon tumor outcome during different stages of azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon carcinogenesis. In the present study, which is a part of our ongoing investigations on the role of ras in chemoprevention of colon cancer, we studied the effect of D,L-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, and piroxicam, a non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID), on the post-translational membrane association of ras-p21 during AOM-induced colon carcinogenesis. Groups of male F344 rats were fed the modified AIN-76A diets containing 0, 150 ppm piroxicam or 4000 ppm DFMO, and administered s.c. AOM dissolved in normal saline at a dose rate of 15 mg/kg body weight/week for 4 weeks. Vehicle control groups received equal volume of normal saline. Groups of animals were then sacrificed at 4, 16, 24, and 32 weeks after last AOM or saline injection and their colonic mucosa and tumors were analyzed for cytoplasmic as well as membrane bound ras-p21 levels. AOM-treatment resulted in increasingly higher levels of membrane-bound ras-p21 with advancing stages of colon tumorigenesis without any significant changes in cytoplasmic ras-p21. Dietary DFMO significantly suppressed AOM-induced membrane-bound ras-p21 in a time-dependent manner. Administration of piroxicam though resulted in significant inhibition of membrane-bound ras-p21, but concomitantly increased the cytosolic levels of ras-p21. Inhibition of membrane-bound ras-p21 levels by DFMO and piroxicam strongly correlated with the suppression of AOM-induced colon tumorigenesis by these agents. Data from the present and earlier studies suggest that DFMO may afford chemoprevention by suppressing DNA and protein biosynthesis by depleting intracellular polyamines, whereas piroxicam may exert its antitumor activity by interfering with post-translational membrane localization of ras-p21, in addition to modulating arachidonic acid metabolism.

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SINGH J and SINGH J: EFFECT OF CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS ON POSTTRANSLATIONAL PLASMAMEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RAS-P21 DURING CHEMOPREVENTION OF AZOXYMETHANE-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS. Int J Oncol 6: 301-306, 1995
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SINGH, J., & SINGH, J. (1995). EFFECT OF CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS ON POSTTRANSLATIONAL PLASMAMEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RAS-P21 DURING CHEMOPREVENTION OF AZOXYMETHANE-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS. International Journal of Oncology, 6, 301-306. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.301
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SINGH, J., REDDY, B."EFFECT OF CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS ON POSTTRANSLATIONAL PLASMAMEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RAS-P21 DURING CHEMOPREVENTION OF AZOXYMETHANE-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS". International Journal of Oncology 6.2 (1995): 301-306.
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SINGH, J., REDDY, B."EFFECT OF CHEMOPREVENTIVE AGENTS ON POSTTRANSLATIONAL PLASMAMEMBRANE ASSOCIATION OF RAS-P21 DURING CHEMOPREVENTION OF AZOXYMETHANE-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS". International Journal of Oncology 6, no. 2 (1995): 301-306. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.6.2.301