Cruciferous vegetables as a treasure of functional foods bioactive compounds: Targeting p53 family in gastrointestinal tract and associated cancers

In the past few years, phytochemicals from natural products have gotten the boundless praise in treating cancer. The promising role of cruciferous vegetables and active components contained in these vegetables, such as isothiocyanates, indole-3-carbinol, and isothiocyanates, has been widely research...

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Published in:Frontiers in nutrition (Lausanne) 2022-08, Vol.9, p.951935-951935
Main Authors: Mitra, Saikat, Emran, Talha Bin, Chandran, Deepak, Zidan, B. M. Redwan Matin, Das, Rajib, Mamada, Sukamto S., Masyita, Ayu, Salampe, Mirnawati, Nainu, Firzan, Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin, Idris, Abubakr M., Simal-Gandara, Jesus
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Language:English
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apoptosis
cruciferous vegetables
foods bioactive compounds
gastrointestinal cancer
Nutrition
p53 family
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Summary:In the past few years, phytochemicals from natural products have gotten the boundless praise in treating cancer. The promising role of cruciferous vegetables and active components contained in these vegetables, such as isothiocyanates, indole-3-carbinol, and isothiocyanates, has been widely researched in experimental in vitro and in vivo carcinogenesis models. The chemopreventive agents produced from the cruciferous vegetables were recurrently proven to affect carcinogenesis throughout the onset and developmental phases of cancer formation. Likewise, findings from clinical investigations and epidemiological research supported this statement. The anticancer activities of these functional foods bioactive compounds are closely related to their ability to upregulate p53 and its related target genes, e.g., p21. As the “guardian of the genome,” the p53 family (p53, p63, and p73) plays a pivotal role in preventing the cancer progression associated with DNA damage. This review discusses the functional foods bioactive compounds derived from several cruciferous vegetables and their use in altering the tumor-suppressive effect of p53 proteins. The association between the mutation of p53 and the incidence of gastrointestinal malignancies (gastric, small intestine, colon, liver, and pancreatic cancers) is also discussed. This review contains crucial information about the use of cruciferous vegetables in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract malignancies.
ISSN:2296-861X
2296-861X
DOI:10.3389/fnut.2022.951935