Recently, we have shown that the apparently normal colon mucosa (NM) of Pirc rats over-expresses Birc5 [ 9], suggesting that a combination of DIM with an apoptosis inducer like CUR may reduce colon carcinogenesis in these Apc-mutated rats.
Accordingly, in the present study we were also interested in studying the chemopreventive activity of a combination of DIM (250 ppm) and CUR (2000 ppm) with or without lower doses of SU (80 ppm or 160 ppm).
Therefore, long-term treatment with a combination of CUR and DIM could be envisaged to prevent tumours in FAP patients.
Since chemoprevention in FAP requires long treatments, a possible strategy to reduce potential toxicity without lowering the chemopreventive effectiveness could be to alternate SU with a combination of CUR and DIM.
It is also interesting to note that regarding colon tumours, and the total number of tumours, the chemopreventive activity of the combination of DIM and CUR is comparable to the effect afforded by 320 ppm of SU.
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Cultures were treated with various AHR agonists including TCDD, 6-formylindolo-[3,2-b]carbazole (FICZ), and 3-3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) and then analyzed with a combination of immunocytochemistry, gene expression, and high-content image analysis.
