Earlier observations carried out in our laboratory highlighted the mode of action of acetoxy 4-meth-ylcoumarins and quercetin pentaacetate in preventing the genotoxicity of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). We have extended the observation to an acetoxy biscoumarin i.e. ellagic acid peracetate (EAPA), which unlike ellagic acid (EA) has demonstrated time-dependent inhibition of liver microsomes catalysed AFB1-epoxidation as measured by AFB1 binding to DNA. EAPA was more potent than EA in preventing bone marrow and lung cells from AFB1-induced genotoxicity. EAPA was acted upon by microsomal acetoxy drug:protein transacetylase (TAase) leading to modulation of the catalytic activity of certain functional proteins (cytochrome P450, NADPH cytochrome c reductase and glutathione S-transferase), possibly by way of protein acetylation.
我们实验室早期的观察突出了乙酰氧基4-甲基
香豆素和五乙酰基
槲皮素在防止
黄曲霉毒素B1(AFB1)致
基因毒性的作用机制。我们将观察扩展到一种乙酰氧基双
香豆素,即乙酰化
鞣酸(EAPA),与
鞣酸(EA)不同,EAPA表现出时间依赖性抑制肝微粒体催化的AFB1环氧化反应,这一反应通过AFB1与DNA的结合进行测量。EAPA在防止骨髓和肺细胞受到AFB1引起的
基因毒性方面比EA更有效。EAPA受到微粒体乙酰氧基药物:蛋白质转乙酰酶(TAase)的作用,导致某些功能蛋白(细胞色素P450、
NADPH细胞色素c还原酶和
谷胱甘肽S-转移酶)催化活性的调节,可能是通过蛋白质乙酰化的方式。