xanthine dehydrogenase/neoplasms

BACKGROUND Mitomycin C is an antineoplastic antibiotic requiring bioactivation to an alkylating species or to an intermediate capable of generating oxygen radicals for its toxic effect. The enzymes responsible for the in vivo activation of mitomycin C have been proposed to include NADPH-cytochrome-c

The role of enzymes in the reductive activation of various chemotherapeutic agents is an area of considerable interest in studies to better understand the selective toxicities of these agents. Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) is an enzyme capable of reductive activation of chemotherapeutic agents.

Xanthine dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.204) is a molybdenum iron-sulfur, flavin hydroxylase whose physiological role is ascribed to purine catabolism. Its ready conversion to its oxidase counterpart, xanthine oxidase (EC 1.1.3.22), under normal isolation conditions has complicated studies of this enzyme

Curcumin is a major component of the Curcuma species, which is commonly used as a yellow coloring and flavoring agent in foods. Curcumin has shown anti-carcinogenic activity in animals as indicated by its ability to block colon tumor initiation by azoxymethane and skin tumor promotion induced by

Cadmium is known as to be a potent pulmonary carcinogen to human beings and to induce prostate tumor. The sequestration of cadmium, an extremely toxic element to living cells, which is performed by biological ligands such as amino acids, peptides, proteins or enzymes is important to minimize its

Epidemiological evidence links alcohol intake with increased risk in breast cancer. Not all the characteristics of the correlation can be explained in terms of changes in hormonal factors. In this work, we explore the possibility that alcohol were activated to acetaldehyde and free radicals in situ

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a major naturally-occurring polyphenol of Curcuma species, which is commonly used as a yellow coloring and flavoring agent in foods. Curcumin has shown anti-carcinogenic activity in animal models. Curcumin possesses anti-inflammatory activity and is a potent inhibitor

Investigations into the enzymes responsible for the reductive activation of antineoplastic agents are of particular interest with regard to the use of these agents in the treatment of solid tumors. Xanthine oxidase (EC 1.1.3.22; XO) and xanthine dehydrogenase (EC 1. 1.1.204; XDH) are two enzymes

Alternol is a monomeric compound purified from the fermentation of a microbial strain obtained from the bark of the yew tree. Recent studies have confirmed that it has specific anti-prostate cancer efficacy in vitro and in vivo. In in vitro cell culture experiments Alternol

This study was aimed to estimate the participation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), other than singlet oxygen (1O2), in the antitumor effect of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD) as well as to determine the ability of photoexcited HPD to the formation of protein

Uric acid (UA) is the end product of the catabolism of purines, and its serum levels are commonly increased in cancer patients. We aimed to explore the transcriptional regulation of tumour uricogenesis in human tumours, and relate uricogenesis with tumour pathological and pharmacological findings.

Arterial ageing may be associated with a reduction in vasodilation due to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, whereas endothelial cell activation induces procoagulant changes. However, little is known on the effect of ageing on expression of anticoagulant endothelial markers such as

Interactions between rat pulmonary artery endothelial cells and hydrogen peroxide or toxic oxygen products from phorbol ester-activated human neutrophils result in endothelial cell killing defined by 51Cr release. It has been shown that this cytotoxic reaction can be blocked by the presence of

The IMP dehydrogenase inhibitor, tiazofurin (TR)-2-beta-D-ribofuranosylthiazole-4-carboxamide, which exhibited oncolytic activity in patients with chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) in blast crisis was found to inhibit the growth of human neuroblastoma SK-N-SH cells with an IC50 of 4.2 microM. TR

The present study was designed to examine the anti-hyperuricemic and anti-inflammatory effects and possible mechanisms of vaticaffinol, a resveratrol tetramer isolated from ethanol extracts of Dipterocarpus alatus, in oxonate-induced hyperuricemic mice. At 1 h after 250 mg·kg-1 potassium oxonate was