Quercetin aglycone is bioavailable in murine pancreas and pancreatic xenografts

Zhang, Lifeng; Angst, Eliane; Park, Jenny L; Moro, Aune; Dawson, David W; Reber, Howard A; Eibl, Guido; Hines, O Joe; Go, Vay-Liang W; Lu, Qing-Yi (2010). Quercetin aglycone is bioavailable in murine pancreas and pancreatic xenografts. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 58(12), pp. 7252-7. Columbus, Ohio: American Chemical Society 10.1021/jf101192k

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Quercetin is a potential chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent for pancreatic and other cancers. This study examined the distribution of quercetin in plasma, lung, liver, pancreas, and pancreatic cancer xenografts in a murine in vivo model and the uptake of quercetin in pancreatic cancer MiaPaCa-2 cells in a cellular in vitro model. Mice were randomly allocated to control or 0.2 and 1% quercetin diet groups utilizing the AIN93G-based diet (n = 12 per group) for 6 weeks. In addition, 6 mice from each group were injected weekly with the chemotherapeutic drug gemcitabine (120 mg/kg mouse, ip). MiaPaCa cells were collected from culture medium after cells were exposed to 30 muM quercetin for 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 h. Levels of quercetin and 3-O'-methylquercetin in mouse tissues and MiaPaCa-2 cells were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography following enzymatic hydrolysis and then extraction. The study showed that quercetin is accumulated in pancreatic cancer cells and is absorbed in the circulating system, tumors, and tissues of pancreas, liver, and lung in vivo. A higher proportion of total quercetin found in tumors and pancreas is aglycones. Gemcitabine cotreatment with quercetin reduced absorption of quercetin in the mouse circulatory system and liver. Results from the study provide important information on the interpretation of the chemotherapeutic efficacy of quercetin.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine > Visceral Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Angst, Eliane

ISSN:

0021-8561

Publisher:

American Chemical Society

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:09

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:00

Publisher DOI:

10.1021/jf101192k

PubMed ID:

20499918

Web of Science ID:

000278704000021

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/782 (FactScience: 200834)

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