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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR

Roles of Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide in Green Tea Polyphenol-Induced Chemopreventive Effects

Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan (T.Y., E.U., T.O); Department of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (J.L., J.W., D.D., B.S., G.S., S.H.); Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (W.B.); and Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York (M.A.)

The green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) possesses promising anticancer potential. Although in vivo studies unveiled the metabolic routes and pharmacokinetics of EGCG and showed no adverse effects, in vitro studies at high concentrations demonstrated oxidative stress. EGCG causes differential oxidative environments in tumor versus normal epithelial cells, but the roles that EGCG, hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂), and intracellular catalase play in the epithelial system are largely unknown. The current study employed enzyme activity assays, reactive oxygen species quantification, and immunoblotting to investigate whether EGCG-induced differential effects correlate with levels of key antioxidant enzymes and H₂O₂. It was found that normal human keratinocytes with high catalase activity are least susceptible to H₂O₂, whereas H₂O₂caused significant cytotoxicity in oral carcinoma cell lines. However, the EGCG-induced differential effects could not be duplicated by H₂O₂alone. The addition of exogenous catalase failed to completely prevent the EGCG-induced cytotoxicity and rescue the EGCG-induced growth arrest in the tumor cells. The antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine rescued the tumor cells from H₂O₂-induced damage only, but not from EGCG-induced mitochondrial damage. Finally, alterations in catalase or superoxide dismutase activities were not observed upon EGCG exposure. In conclusion, although endogenous catalase may play a role in response to H₂O₂-induced cytotoxicity, the EGCG-induced cytotoxic effects on tumor cells mainly result from sources other than H₂O₂.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Stephen Hsu, Department of Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, AD1443 School of Dentistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912. E-mail: shsu{at}mail.mcg.edu

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