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* College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea and Amore-Pacific Corporation R&D Center, Youngin-si 449-729, Gyonggi-do, South Korea
4 To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: surh{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr.
Green tea polyphenols are reported to possess substantial antiinflammatory and chemopreventive properties. However, the molecular mechanism of chemopreventive activity of green tea polyphenols is not fully understood. An abnormally elevated level of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is implicated in the pathogenesis of carcinogenesis. In the present study, we found that pretreatment of the green tea extract enriched with catechin and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) by gavage inhibited COX-2 expression induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in mouse skin. Similarly, EGCG downregulated COX-2 in TPA-stimulated human mammary epithelial cells (MCF-10A) in culture. To further elucidate the underlying mechanism of COX-2 inhibition by green tea extract and EGCG, we examined their effects on the activation of extracellular signal–regulated protein kinase (ERK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), which are upstream enzymes known to regulate COX-2 expression in many cell types. Pretreatment with EGCG as well as green tea extract caused a decrease in the activation of ERK. In addition, EGCG inhibited the catalytic activity of ERK and p38 MAPK, suggesting that these signal-transducing enzymes could be potential targets for previously reported antitumor promoting activity of EGCG.
KEY WORDS: • chemoprevention • epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) • cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) • mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) • human mammary epithelial cell (MCF-10A) • mouse skin carcinogenesis
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