Abstract
The inhibitory effects of tea against carcinogenesis have been attributed to the biological activity of the polyphenol fraction of tea. However, the molecular mechanisms of these effects are not completely understood. Chronic inflammation induced by Helicobacter pylori has been proposed to be a causative pathway in the carcinogenesis of stomach cancer. Therefore, an agent possessing anti-inflammatory properties may be chemopreventative against stomach cancer. In the present study, we have investigated the anti-inflammatory effects of tea catechins. After addition of IL-1β to MKN45 cells, a gastric cancer cell line, or human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), IL-8 production was detected in supernatants. This IL-8 production was inhibited by catechins. Incubation of HUVECs or polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) with IL-1β or IL-8, respectively, resulted in an increased surface expression of adhesion molecules. Catechins also inhibited this expression of adhesion molecules on HUVECs and PMNs. Of these major effects, the strongest effect of catechins was to reduce expression of the adhesion molecules CD11b and CD18 on PMNs. These results suggest that tea may inhibit carcinogenesis partly through the anti-inflammatory effects of tea catechins on PMN-dependent gastric mucosal inflammation.
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