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Effect of vitamin E on hepatic cell proliferation and apoptosis in mice deficient in the p50 subunit of NF-?B after treatment with phenobarbital.


ABSTRACT: Phenobarbital (PB) is an efficacious and well-studied hepatic tumor promoting agent. Nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B) is a transcription factor activated by reactive oxygen and is involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis. We previously found that PB activates NF-?B and that dietary vitamin E is effective in decreasing PB-induced NF-?B DNA binding. We therefore hypothesized that dietary vitamin E influences PB-induced changes in cell proliferation and apoptosis through its action on NF-?B. NF-?B1 deficient mice (p50-/-) and wild-type B6129 mice were fed a purified diet containing 10 or 250ppm vitamin E (?-tocopherol acetate) for 28days. At that time, half of the wild-type and half of the p50-/- mice were placed on the same diet with 0.05% PB for 10days. Compared to wild-type mice, the p50-/- mice had higher levels of cell proliferation and apoptosis. Cell proliferation was significantly increased by PB, but vitamin E did not affect hepatic cell proliferation. Apoptosis was not changed in mice fed PB, and there was no significant difference in apoptosis between control and high vitamin E treated mice. Thus, vitamin E does not appear to influence cell growth parameters in either wild-type or p50-/- mice.

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3163032 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of vitamin E on hepatic cell proliferation and apoptosis in mice deficient in the p50 subunit of NF-κB after treatment with phenobarbital.

Li Jun J   Harp Casey C   Tharappel Job C JC   Spear Brett T BT   Glauert Howard P HP  

Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 20110625 10


Phenobarbital (PB) is an efficacious and well-studied hepatic tumor promoting agent. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a transcription factor activated by reactive oxygen and is involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis. We previously found that PB activates NF-κB and that dietary vitamin E is effective in decreasing PB-induced NF-κB DNA binding. We therefore hypothesized that dietary vitamin E influences PB-induced changes in cell proliferation and apoptosis through its action on NF-κB. NF-κB1 de  ...[more]

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