Triticum aestivum Sprouts Extract Inhibits Azoymethane (AOM)/Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS)-Induced Colon Carcinogenesis in Mice

Nutr Cancer. 2018 Aug-Sep;70(6):928-937. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2018.1490447. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

Abstract

Chronic intestinal inflammation is critical risk factor of colorectal cancer. Triticum aestivum sprouts have been reported to provide a number of health benefits and used as a dietary supplement. In this study, the authors investigated the regulatory effects of T. aestivum sprouts ethanol extract (TAEE) on experimental colorectal carcinogenesis in an azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mouse model. Oral administration of TAEE significantly attenuated crypt destruction and tumor formation in AOM/DSS-treated mice. Levels of inflammatory mediators involved in colorectal carcinogenesis, that is, tumor necrosis factor-α, interkeukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, cyclooxygenase-2, and inducible nitric oxide synthase, were lower in the colons of 200 mg/kg TAEE-treated mice than in AOM/DSS controls (p < 0.05). Immunohistochemical staining showed that levels of nuclear factor-kappa B p65 and β-catenin were attenuated by TAEE in the colon tissues of AOM/DSS-treated mice. Furthermore, levels of β-catenin-related genes (cyclin D1 and c-Myc), which are known to contribute to cell cycle regulation, were decreased in the colon tissues of TAEE-treated mice versus AOM/DSS controls (p < 0.01). These results showed TAEE inhibited colon inflammation and neoplasm formation caused by AOM/DSS treatment, suggesting that TAEE could be useful for the prevention and treatment of colitis-associated colon cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Azoxymethane
  • Colonic Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Colonic Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Dextran Sulfate
  • Inflammation Mediators / analysis
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
  • Transcription Factor RelA / analysis
  • Triticum* / chemistry
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway / drug effects
  • beta Catenin / analysis
  • beta Catenin / physiology

Substances

  • CTNNB1 protein, mouse
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Plant Extracts
  • Transcription Factor RelA
  • beta Catenin
  • Dextran Sulfate
  • Azoxymethane