Abstract
The effects of turmeric feeding before and after benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P] exposure on the levels of B(a)P-derived DNA adducts were studied in tissues of Swiss mice employing 32P-postlabelling analysis. A reduction in the levels of B(a)P-derived DNA adducts in liver, lung, and forestomach was observed in animals pre-treated with 0.2 or 1% turmeric diet and exposed to B(a)P by oral intubation when compared to animals receiving standard laboratory diet and B(a)P. The observed decrease was not due to dilution caused by nascent DNA synthesis. Comparative evaluation of levels of B(a)P-derived DNA adducts in tissues of animals shifted to 0.2 or 1% turmeric diet after 24 h of oral intubation of B(a)P with those continued on standard laboratory diet did not suggest enhanced disappearance/repair of B(a)P-derived DNA adducts due to exposure to turmeric. Further, pre-treatment of mice with 1% turmeric diet significantly reduced the B(a)P-induced increase in activity of cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isozymes CYP 1A1 and 1A2 in liver, lung, and forestomach of mice. In addition, hepatic glutathione S-transferase (GST) was found to be elevated in turmeric pre-treated mice. Thus turmeric-mediated decrease in induction of phase-I enzymes in liver, lung, and forestomach of mice and enhancement of hepatic GST appear to play an important role in reducing the B(a)P-induced DNA damage in target and non-target tissues.
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