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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Chemoprevention of Arylamine-Induced Colorectal Aberrant Crypts

Yi Feng^*,, Jason R. Neale^*, Mark A. Doll^* and David W. Hein^*,1

^* Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Department of Medicine, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292

To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at ¹ Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292. E-mail: d.hein{at}louisville.edu

Since recombinant human cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes have been shown to activate environmental and dietary carcinogens implicated in human colorectal cancer etiology, we hypothesized that COX-2 inhibitors reduce arylamine-induced aberrant crypts (AC) and foci (ACF), preneoplastic lesions of colorectal cancer. Male weanling F344 inbred rats were fed modified AIN-76A control diet or the same diets supplemented with 320 ppm sulindac or 500, 1000, or 1500 ppm celecoxib. At 7 weeks of age, rats received a subcutaneous injection of 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl (DMABP), an aryl-amine colon carcinogen, once weekly for two weeks. Ten weeks after the initial DMABP or vehicle treatment (at 17 weeks of age), rats were euthanized with CO₂, and the entire colorectum was removed and scored for ACF and AC. ACF possessing one to five AC were identified in the colorectum of rats administered DMABP, whereas no AC/ACF were identified in vehicle-treated controls. Significant reductions (p < 0.001) in ACF and AC frequencies were observed in DMABP-treated rats supplemented with sulindac or celecoxib. Celecoxib reduced AC and ACF more than sulindac, but this difference was not significant (p > 0.05). Reductions in both AC and ACF were highest following treatment with 1000 ppm celecoxib. These results provide additional experimental support for the chemopreventive effects of COX inhibitors in arylamine-induced colorectal cancer.

Key Words: aberrant crypts • sulindac • celecoxib • 3,2'-dimethyl-4-aminobiphenyl • chemoprevention • colorectal cancer