Nrf2-dependent suppression of azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium-induced colon carcinogenesis by the cinnamon-derived dietary factor cinnamaldehyde
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The progressive nature of colorectal cancer and poor prognosis associated with the metastatic phase of the disease create an urgent need for the development of more efficacious strategies targeting colorectal carcinogenesis. Cumulative evidence suggests that the redox-sensitive transcription factor Nrf2 (nuclear factor-E2–related factor 2), a master regulator of the cellular antioxidant defence, represents a promising molecular target for colorectal cancer chemoprevention. Recently, we have identified cinnamon, the ground bark of Cinnamomum aromaticum (cassia cinnamon) and Cinnamomum verum (Ceylon cinnamon), as a rich dietary source of the Nrf2 inducer cinnamaldehyde (CA) eliciting the Nrf2-regulated antioxidant response in human epithelial colon cells, conferring cytoprotection against electrophilic and genotoxic insult. Here, we have explored the molecular mechanism underlying CA-induced Nrf2 activation in colorectal epithelial cells and have examined the chemopreventive potential of CA in a murine colorectal cancer model comparing Nrf2+/+ with Nrf2−/− mice. In HCT116 cells, CA caused a Keap1-C151–dependent increase in Nrf2 protein half-life via blockage of ubiquitination with upregulation of cytoprotective Nrf2 target genes and elevation of cellular glutathione. After optimizing colorectal Nrf2 activation and target gene expression by dietary CA-supplementation regimens, we demonstrated that CA suppresses AOM/DSS-induced inflammatory colon carcinogenesis with modulation of molecular markers of colorectal carcinogenesis. Dietary suppression of colorectal cancer using CA supplementation was achieved in Nrf2+/+ but not in Nrf2−/− mice confirming the Nrf2 dependence of CA-induced chemopreventive effects. Taken together, our data suggest feasibility of colorectal cancer suppression by dietary CA, an FDA-approved food additive derived from the third most consumed spice in the world. Cancer Prev Res; 8(5); 444–54. ©2015 AACR.
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Several synthetic compounds that scavenge ROS have been reported to activate Nrf2 expression, while silencing of Nrf2 significantly reduced expression of its target antioxidant genes.
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- Authors
- Long, M., Tao, S., Rojo de la Vega, M., Jiang, T., Wen, Q., Park, S. L., Zhang, D. D., & Wondrak, G. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
- Venue
- Cancer Prevention Research
- Published
- 2015-04-30
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 444-454
- ISSN
- 1940-6207 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-6215
- PMC
- PMC4417412
- OpenAlex
- W2146734738
- Cited by
- 86
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Cancer Prevention Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (CA-023074, R01CA154377, R03CA167580, R21CA166926, P30CA023074)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES 06694, ES-007091, R01ES015010, T32ES007091, P30ES006694)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
- Keywords
- cinnamaldehyde, Nrf2, colorectal cancer chemoprevention, azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium, ubiquitination, glutathione, antioxidant response, HCT116 cells, cinnamon, dietary chemoprevention, Nrf2 knockout mice
- MeSH terms
- Acrolein, Animals, Azoxymethane, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Colonic Neoplasms, Diet, Humans, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Dextran Sulfate, Anticarcinogenic Agents, Mice, Knockout, Chemoprevention, Cytoprotection, HCT116 Cells, NF-E2-Related Factor 2, Mice, Carcinogenesis
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