Thiocyanate-independent nitrosation in humans with carcinogenic parasite infection

Infection with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, is a causative agent of cholangiocarcinoma. One possible contributing factor in this carcinogenesis is the chronic, local generation of nitric oxide by inflammatory cells expressing inducible nitric oxide synthase and the production of N-nitros...

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Published in:Carcinogenesis (New York) 1996-05, Vol.17 (5), p.1075-1081
Main Authors: Satarug, Soisungwan, Haswell-Elkins, Melissa R., Tsuda, Mitsuhiro, Mairiang, Pisaln, Sithithaworn, Paiboon, Mairiang, Eimorn, Esumi, Hiroyasu, Sukprasert, Saowalak, Yongvanit, Puangrat, Elkins, David B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Bile Duct Neoplasms - etiology
Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
Biological and medical sciences
Carcinogenesis, carcinogens and anticarcinogens
Cholangiocarcinoma - etiology
Foods and miscellaneous
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nitroso Compounds - metabolism
Opisthorchiasis - complications
Opisthorchiasis - metabolism
Opisthorchis viverrini
Praziquantel - pharmacology
Thiocyanates - metabolism
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Summary:Infection with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, is a causative agent of cholangiocarcinoma. One possible contributing factor in this carcinogenesis is the chronic, local generation of nitric oxide by inflammatory cells expressing inducible nitric oxide synthase and the production of N-nitroso compounds via the reaction between amines and nitrosating agents derived from nitric oxide. Our previous studies provided evidence that nitric oxide synthesis is elevated during human liver fluke infection. Here we present data on the same sample of men which definitively demonstrates increased nitrosation of proline and thioproline (thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid) among infected men compared to uninfected control subjects on a low nitrate diet This difference was specifically abolished by co-administration of ascorbic acid with proline and by elimination of parasites by praziquantel treatment. Multivariate statistical models demonstrate the importance of salivary thiocyanate levels to variation in the nitrosation of proline among uninfected individuals, but not among those with current fluke infection. This suggests that considerable generation of nitrosating agents (N2O3/N2O4) in infected people may be occurring via oxidation of arginine by nitric oxide synthase in inflamed tissue which is thiocyanate insensitive. Analyses revealed positive associations between N-nitrosoproline excretion and nitrate/nitrite levels in urine, plasma and saliva and with usual alcohol intake; with variation in these trends between groups. In conclusion, we have confirmed the relationship between O.viverrini infection and enhanced endogenous nitrosation, showing evidence of its extragastric site. New information is also provided on the determinants of N-nitrosamino acid excretion in men on a controlled low nitrate diet without smoking, conditions which reduce exogenous sources of nitrosating agents.
ISSN:0143-3334
1460-2180
DOI:10.1093/carcin/17.5.1075