TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacodynamic characterization of chemopreventive triterpenoids as exceptionally potent inducers of Nrf2-regulated genes
AU - Yates, Melinda S.
AU - Tauchi, Masafumi
AU - Katsuoka, Fumiki
AU - Flanders, Kathleen C.
AU - Liby, Karen T.
AU - Honda, Tadashi
AU - Gribble, Gordon W.
AU - Johnson, Delinda A.
AU - Johnson, Jeffrey A.
AU - Burton, Neal C.
AU - Guilarte, Tomás R.
AU - Yamamoto, Masayuki
AU - Sporn, Michael B.
AU - Kensler, Thomas W.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Synthetic triterpenoids have been developed, which are potent inducers of cytoprotective enzymes and inhibitors of inflammation, greatly improving on the weak activity of naturally occurring triterpenoids. An imidazolide triterpenoid derivative, 1-[2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyllimidazole (CDDO-Im or TP235), has been previously shown to potently protect against hepatic tumorigenesis, acting in part by inducing cytoprotective genes through Keap1-Nrf2-antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling. In these studies, the pharmacodynamic activity of CDDO-Im is characterized in two distinct lines of ARE reporter mice and by measuring increases in Nqo1 transcript levels as a marker of cytoprotective gene induction. Oral administration of CDDO-Im induces ARE-regulated cytoprotective genes in many tissues in the mouse, including liver, lung, kidney, intestines, brain, heart, thymus, and salivary gland. CDDO-Im induces Nqo1 RNA transcripts in some organs at doses as low as 0.3 μmol/kg body weight (orally). A structure activity evaluation of 15 additional triterpenoids (a) confirmed the importance of Michael acceptor groups on both the A and C rings, (b) showed the requirement for a nitrile group at C-2 of the A ring, and (c) indicated that substituents at C-17 dramatically affected pharmacodynamic action in vivo. In addition to CDDO-Im, other triterpenoids, particularly the methyl ester CDDO-Me (TP155) and the dinitrile TP225, are extremely potent inducers of cytoprotective genes in mouse liver, lung, small intestine mucosa, and cerebral cortex. This pharmacodynamic characterization highlights the chemopreventive promise of several synthetic triterpenoids in multiple target organs.
AB - Synthetic triterpenoids have been developed, which are potent inducers of cytoprotective enzymes and inhibitors of inflammation, greatly improving on the weak activity of naturally occurring triterpenoids. An imidazolide triterpenoid derivative, 1-[2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyllimidazole (CDDO-Im or TP235), has been previously shown to potently protect against hepatic tumorigenesis, acting in part by inducing cytoprotective genes through Keap1-Nrf2-antioxidant response element (ARE) signaling. In these studies, the pharmacodynamic activity of CDDO-Im is characterized in two distinct lines of ARE reporter mice and by measuring increases in Nqo1 transcript levels as a marker of cytoprotective gene induction. Oral administration of CDDO-Im induces ARE-regulated cytoprotective genes in many tissues in the mouse, including liver, lung, kidney, intestines, brain, heart, thymus, and salivary gland. CDDO-Im induces Nqo1 RNA transcripts in some organs at doses as low as 0.3 μmol/kg body weight (orally). A structure activity evaluation of 15 additional triterpenoids (a) confirmed the importance of Michael acceptor groups on both the A and C rings, (b) showed the requirement for a nitrile group at C-2 of the A ring, and (c) indicated that substituents at C-17 dramatically affected pharmacodynamic action in vivo. In addition to CDDO-Im, other triterpenoids, particularly the methyl ester CDDO-Me (TP155) and the dinitrile TP225, are extremely potent inducers of cytoprotective genes in mouse liver, lung, small intestine mucosa, and cerebral cortex. This pharmacodynamic characterization highlights the chemopreventive promise of several synthetic triterpenoids in multiple target organs.
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U2 - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-06-0516
DO - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-06-0516
M3 - Article
C2 - 17237276
AN - SCOPUS:33846786713
SN - 1535-7163
VL - 6
SP - 154
EP - 162
JO - Molecular cancer therapeutics
JF - Molecular cancer therapeutics
IS - 1
ER -