Ling-Qin Song1,
Hua-Feng Kang1 ,
Di Liu1,
Zhi-Jun Dai1,
Jian-Jun He2,
Bao-Feng Wang1,
Yang Zhao1,
Xi-Jing Wang1,
Wen-Tao Xi1
1Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China;
2Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Medical school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
For correspondence:- Hua-Feng Kang
Email: kanghuafeng23@gmail.com Tel:+862987679513
Received: 14 November 2014
Accepted: 21 July 2015
Published: 29 September 2015
Citation:
Song L, Kang H, Liu D, Dai Z, He J, Wang B, et al.
Dimedone derivative {2-[(4-hydroxy-phenylamino)-methylene]-5,5-dimethyl-cyclohexane-1,3-dione} plays an important role in breast cancer treatment. Trop J Pharm Res 2015; 14(9):1719-1722
doi:
10.4314/tjpr.v14i9.25
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Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the effect of 2-[(4-hydroxy-phenylamino)-methylene]-5,5-dimethyl-cyclohex (HPDH) on mammary carcinogenesis induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene in female Sprague Dawley rats.
Methods: Among three groups of rats (50 each) used in the study, the control group was fed standard diet alone, ibuprofen group received standard diet containing 1200 mg/kg ibuprofen while HPDH group was administered standard diet containing 1200 mg/kg HPDH. The treatment was for 10 days for all the groups. All the animals received 20 mg of DMBA intragastrically by gavage. Clinical parameters for the rats were recorded weekly. Micrometer caliper was used to measure the diameter of all the tumors at the end of the experiment and tumor volume calculated. Histological evaluation was performed using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to determine the level of HPDH and ibuprofen in the serum of the animals.
Results:The data revealed a significant decrease in the number of rats with mammary tumor, number of tumors/rat and tumor volume by 54, 72 and 75 %, respectively, in HPDH group compared to control group. The ibuprofen-treated rats also showed significant decrease in the number of rats with tumor, number of tumors/rat and tumor volume by 43, 55, and 59 %, respectively. Treatment of rats with HPDH increased the latency period of tumor induction significantly (p < 0.005). Median detection period (50 % of tumors) was 92, 83 and 56 days, respectively, in HPDH, ibuprofen and control groups, respectively, after DMBA induction.
Conclusion: These results demonstrate that HPDH possesses strong chemopreventive activity against mammary carcinogenesis.
Keywords: Carcinogenesis, Mammary tumor, Median detection period, Tumor, Latency period, Chemopreventive activity, Ibuprofen