Dose-Related Modulatory Effects of Polymeric Black Tea Polyphenols (PBPs) on Initiation and Promotion Events in B(a)P and NNK-Induced Lung Carcinogenesis.

Our understanding of dose-related effects of polymeric black tea polyphenols (PBPs), the most abundant polyphenols in black tea, is limited. In the present study, the effect of various doses of black tea (0.75, 1.5, and 3%)-derived PBP-rich extract on biochemical parameters and lung carcinogenicity in A/J mice was investigated. Pretreatment with PBPs showed the dose-related decrease in B(a)P-induced expression and activity of CYP1A1 in the liver while CYP1A2 expression and activity in the lung. Dose-dependent significant increase in PBP-mediated over-expression and activity of GSTs (alpha in the liver while pi in the lung) were observed in polyphenol-treated groups. Significant dose-related decrease in number and intensity of BPDE-DNA adducts were observed in liver and lung. Black tea (1.5%, 3%)-derived PBPs showed dose-mediated decrease in lung tumor incidence and multiplicity which was further correlated with different molecular markers like cell proliferation and apoptosis in B(a)P and NNK model. In conclusion, dose-dependent chemopreventive effects of PBPs, both anti-initiating (induction of phase II and inhibition of carcinogen-induced phase-I enzymes leading to decrease in BPDE-DNA adducts) and anti-promoting (decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis lowering incidence and/or multiplicity of lung lesions), were observed in A/J mice without significant toxicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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