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April 2000
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVEREDFinal (1 A pr 98 3 0 AprJDO)
TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Effect of Green Tea Polyphenols on Breast Cancer Signaling
AUTHOR(S)David Cobrinik, M.D., Ph.D.
FUNDING NUMBERSDAMD17-98-1-8051
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Columbia UniversityNew York, New York 10032dcl97@columbia.edu
SPONSORING / MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)U
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODEThis project aimed to define the effects of green tea polyphenols (GTPs) on cell signaling pathways and on mammary tumorigenesis in MMTV/c-neu transgenic mice. The studies showed that the major polyphenol in green tea, EGCG, did not impair erbB-2 tyrosine phosphorylation or EGF-dependent activation of MAP kinase in transformed or untransformed MCF10A cells, and that orally administered green tea or GTPs did not inhibit mammary tumorigenesis.Subsequent studies focused on the mechanism by which EGCG inhibits mammary epithelial cell cycle progression.EGCG inhibited S phase entry in epidermal growth factor (EGF)-stimulated MCF10A breast epithelial cells when provided in GO or mid Gl, but not when provided after the late Gl restriction point.EGCG induced p21 CIP1/WAF1/SDI \ inhibited cyclin Dl-associated pRB kinase activity, increased the association of p21 with cyclin Dl, and impaired pRB phosphorylation. EGCG induced p21 expression at the mRNA level.In addition, the ability of EGCG to induce p21 depended on the addition of EGF, indicating that EGCG synergizes with growth factor-dependent signals.While these findings provide a mechanism by which polyphenolic compounds may inhibit proliferation, their relevance to breast cancer chemoprevention remains unclear due to the lack of effect of tea polyphenols on tumorigenesis in MMTV/c-neu transgenic mice.
SUBJECT TERMSBreast Cancer, green tea polyphenol, receptor tyrosine kinase, chemoprevention Foreword.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF REPORTIntroduction.
Body 5Key Research Accomplishments 8Reportable Outcomes " 8Conclusions 8References 9 Appendix 10
INTRODUCTIONGreen tea polyphenols (GTPs) are potentially useful for delaying the onset of breast cancer, since they suppress tumorigenesis in rodents, they inhibit tumor cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo, and they are apparently safe natural products. However, since the mechanism through which GTPs suppress tumorigene...