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Suppression of Tumor Promoter-induced Chemiluminescence in Mouse Epidermal Cells by Several Inhibitors of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism¹

The University of Texas System Cancer Center, Science Park, Research Division, Smithville, Texas 78957

The tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is a stimulator of chemiluminescence (CL) in SENCAR mouse epidermal cells. The CL response is TPA dose dependent (8 to 800 nM) as well as proportional to the number of cells used. Treatment with 166 nM TPA results in a CL response that peaks by 15 min although a strong response persists for over 30 min. The CL response can be inhibited by superoxide dismutase and the superoxide dismutase mimetic copper(II) (3,4 diisopropylsalicylic acid)₂, suggesting that the CL response may be due to or mediated by superoxide anions. Catalase, which is specific for H₂O₂, and mannitol, which is a scavenger for hydroxyl radicals, had negligible inhibitory effects. The CL response is also inhibited by retinoic acid and the analogue ethyl all-trans-9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoate. A series of phorbol esters with different promoting abilities produced corresponding CL responses. The second stage tumor promoter mezerein is as effective as TPA in stimulating CL. Inhibitors of various parts of the arachidonic acid cascade were found to affect the TPA-induced CL response in a manner that corresponds to their effects in in vivo tumor promotion experiments: agents which are predominantly lipoxygenase inhibitors, i.e., nordihydroguaiaretic acid, benoxaprofen, or agents which are effective against both lipoxygenase or cyclooxygenase, i.e., 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid and phenidone, are effective in diminishing the CL response. Cyclooxygenase inhibitors, i.e., indomethacin and flurbiprofen, have no or a slight enhancing effect at low doses. These data suggest that at least a major part of the TPA-induced CL response is due to the metabolism of arachidonic acid, most probably by the lipoxygenase(s). This CL assay may provide a useful system for studying the involvement of oxidants in tumor promotion.

¹ This work was supported in part by NIH Grant CA 34443.

² To whom requests for reprints should be addressed.

Received 7/20/84. Revised 4/ 9/85. Accepted 4/10/85.

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