Inhibition of Mammalian thioredoxin reductase by some flavonoids: implications for myricetin and quercetin anticancer activity

Cancer Research
Jun LuA Holmgren

Abstract

The thioredoxin system, composed of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), thioredoxin (Trx), and NADPH, exerts a wide range of activities in cellular redox control, antioxidant function, cell viability, and proliferation. Recently, the selenocysteine (Sec)-containing mammalian TrxR has emerged as a new target for anticancer drug development because TrxR and Trx are overexpressed in many aggressive tumors and the tumor cells seem to be more dependent on Trx system than normal cells. Here we have investigated the inhibition of mammalian TrxR by flavonoids which have been presumed to be cancer chemoprevention agents because of their antioxidant activities. Myricetin and quercetin were found to have strong inhibitory effects on mammalian TrxRs with IC50 values of 0.62 and 0.97 micromol/L, respectively. The inhibition was shown to be concentration, NADPH, and time dependent and involved an attack on the reduced COOH-terminal -Cys-Sec-Gly active site of TrxR. Oxygen-derived superoxide anions enhanced the inhibitory effect whereas anaerobic conditions attenuated inhibition. Spectral analysis suggested that the flavonols might perform their inhibitory effects via semiquinone radicals. Additionally, the flavonols had the potential to inhibit th...Continue Reading

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