Colorectal cancer chemoprevention by 2 'Beta'-cyclodextrin inclusion compounds of auraptene and 4'-geranyloxyferulic acid

Abstract

The inhibitory effects of novel prodrugs, inclusion complexes of 3-(40 -geranyloxy-30 -methoxyphenyl)-2-trans propenoic acid (GOFA) and auraptene (AUR) with b-cyclodextrin (CD), on colon carcinogenesis were investigated using an azoxymethane (AOM)/ dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) model. Male CD-1 (ICR) mice initiated with a single intraperitoneal injection of AOM (10 mg/kg body weight) were promoted by the addition of 1.5% (w/v) DSS to their drinking water for 7 days. They were then given a basal diet containing 2 dose levels (100 and 500 ppm) of GOFA/b-CD or AUR/b-CD for 15 weeks. At Week 18, the development of colonic adenocarcinoma was significantly inhibited by feeding with GOFA/b-CD at dose levels of 100 ppm (63% reduction in multiplicity, p < 0.05) and 500 ppm (83% reduction in the multiplicity, p < 0.001), when compared with the AOM/DSS group (multiplicity: 3.36 6 3.34). In addition, feeding with 100 and 500 ppm (p < 0.01) of AUR/b-CD suppressed the development of colonic adenocarcinomas. The dietary administration with GOFA/b-CD and AUR/b-CD inhibited colonic inflammation and also modulated proliferation, apoptosis and the expression of several proinflammatory cytokines, such as nuclear factor-kappaB, tumor necrosis factor-a, Stat3, NF-E2-related factor 2, interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-1b, which were induced in the adenocarcinomas. Our findings indicate that GOFA/b-CD and AUR/b-CD, especially GOFA/b-CD, are therefore able to inhibit colitis-related colon carcinogenesis by modulating inflammation, proliferation and the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in mice.