Planta Med 1999; 65(3): 227-229
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-13985
Original Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Inhibitory Effects of Tetragalloylglucose and Digalloylhamamelose on Adhesion and in vitro Invasion of Mouse Lung Carcinoma Cells

  Kouichi Saeki1 , Yutaka  Shoji1 , Tadataka Noro2 , Toshio Miyase3 , Yoshiyuki  Nakamura3 , Masataka Funayama4 , Mamoru Isemura1
  • 1School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University -of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 2Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental -Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Ja
  • 3School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University -of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
  • 4Technical Research Laboratory, Kurabo Industries -Ltd., Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan
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Publication History

June 2, 1998

September 13, 1998

Publication Date:
31 December 1999 (online)

Abstract:

Tetragalloylglucose (TgG) and digalloylhamamelose (DgH) were found to inhibit adhesion to and invasion through Matrigel of mouse Lewis lung carcinoma LL2-Lu3 cells, which are highly metastatic. TgG inhibited matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) from the tumor cells like (-)-epigallocatechin gallate, whereas DgH did not. These results suggest that TgG and DgH inhibit tumor cell invasion by inhibiting MMPs and/or cell adhesion of the tumor cells.