PMID- 37396151 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230704 IS - 2225-4110 (Print) IS - 2225-4110 (Electronic) IS - 2225-4110 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Chemoprevention of lotus leaf ethanolic extract through epigenetic activation of the NRF2-mediated pathway in murine skin JB6 P+ cell neoplastic transformation. PG - 337-344 LID - 10.1016/j.jtcme.2023.02.002 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND AIM: Skin is one barrier protecting from environmental risk factors that can make skin cells cancerous through DNA damage and oxidative stress. The nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) pathway is an anti-stress defense system that can be regulated by DNA methylation and histone modification. Dietary phytochemicals have chemopreventive properties that can inhibit or delay carcinogenesis. The lotus leaf is a traditional medicinal plant containing many polyphenols whose extracts show many biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-obesity, and anti-cancer. This study aim to investigate the effect of lotus leaves on neoplastic transformation in murine skin JB6 P+ cells. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE: Lotus leaves were extracted with water (LL-WE) and ethanol (LL-EE), and the LL-WE residues were further extracted with ethanol (LL-WREE). JB6 P+ cells were treated with different extracts. The chemoprotective effect would be evaluated by heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1), and UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A1 (UGT1A1) expression. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: LL-EE contained higher total phenolics and quercetin among extracts. In mouse skin JB6 P+ cells with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate treatment, LL-EE showed the greatest potential to suppress skin carcinogenesis. LL-EE activated the NRF2 pathway by upregulating antioxidant and detoxification enzymes upregulates antioxidant and detoxification enzymes, including HO-1, NQO1, and UGT1A1, and downregulates DNA methylation, which might be caused by lower DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase levels. Therefore, our results show that LL-EE reduces the neoplastic transformation of skin JB6 P+ cells, potentially by activating the NRF2 pathway and regulating epigenetic DNA methylation and histone acetylation. CI - (c) 2023 Center for Food and Biomolecules, National Taiwan University. Production and hosting by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. FAU - Tung, Yen-Chen AU - Tung YC AD - Department of Food Science, National Ilan University, Yilan County, 260007, Taiwan. FAU - Sung, Ping-Hua AU - Sung PH AD - Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320314, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Pei-Chun AU - Chen PC AD - Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320314, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Hsiao Chi AU - Wang HC AD - Department of Oral Hygiene and Healthcare, Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management, New Taipei City, 23143, Taiwan. FAU - Lee, Jong Hun AU - Lee JH AD - Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, South Korea. FAU - Su, Zheng-Yuan AU - Su ZY AD - Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, 320314, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230225 PL - Netherlands TA - J Tradit Complement Med JT - Journal of traditional and complementary medicine JID - 101605474 PMC - PMC10310861 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antioxidant OT - Cancer transformation OT - DNA methylation OT - Herbal medicine OT - Skin cell COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2023/07/03 13:05 MHDA- 2023/07/03 13:06 PMCR- 2023/02/25 CRDT- 2023/07/03 11:16 PHST- 2022/08/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/02/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/07/03 13:06 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/03 13:05 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/03 11:16 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2225-4110(23)00016-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jtcme.2023.02.002 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Tradit Complement Med. 2023 Feb 25;13(4):337-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcme.2023.02.002. eCollection 2023 Jul.