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Effects of Formononetin on the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced Cytochrome P450 1A1 in MCF-7 Human Breast Carcinoma Cells

  • Han, Eun-Hee (BK21 Project Team, Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University) ;
  • Jeong, Tae-Cheon (College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Jeong, Hye-Gwang (BK21 Project Team, Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, and Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

Formononetin is an isoflavonoid phytoestrogen found in certain foodstuffs such as soy and red clover. In this study, we examined the action of formononetin with the carcinogen activation pathway mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells. Treating the cells with formononetin alone caused the accumulation of CYP1A1 mRNA as well as elevation in CYP1A1-specific 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in a dose dependent manner. However, a concomitant treatment with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and formononetin markedly reduced both the DMBA-inducible EROD activity and CYP1A1 mRNA level. Under the same conditions, formononetin inhibited the DMBA-induced AhR transactivation, as shown by reporter gene analysis using a xenobiotic responsive element (XRE). Additionally, formononetin inhibited both DMBA-inducible nuclear localization of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and metabolic activation of DMBA, as measured by the formation of the DMBA-DNA adducts. Furthermore, formononetin competed with the prototypical AhR ligand, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), for binding to the AhR in an isolated rat cytosol. These results suggest that formononetin might be considered as a natural ligand to bind on AhR and consequently produces a potent protective effect against DMBA-induced genotoxicity. Therefore, that's the potential to act as a chemopreventive agent that is related to its effect on AhR pathway as antagonist/agonist.

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