The Lactobacillus brevis Prebiotic Pure Exo polysaccharide and its Nano crystalline Characterization, anti-colon cancer and cytotoxicity

Author(s):  
Amr A. El-Waseif ◽  
Rabea A. Abobaker ◽  
M. O. Abdel-Monem ◽  
Attia A. A. ◽  
Mervat G. Hassan

The present work established that the exopolysaccharide taken from Lactobacillus brevis and its Nano crystalline form are very efficient as an anti-colon cancer. The produced exopolysaccharide and its Nano crystalline were preliminarily conformed by UV spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy and TEM. The UV analysis revealed the peak at 258 nm which corresponds to exopolysaccharide and shifted to 270 for Nano crystalline. The uniform spherical shape and size was detected by TEM. The exopolysaccharide and nano prebiotic exopolysaccharide were evaluated for its cytotoxicity on CACO2 and WI-38 was tested by MTT assay. The result indicated decrease in cell viability. The present study highlighted the possibility of utilizing exopolysaccharide and its Nano crystalline form from Lactobacillus brevis for human applications as it enhanced anti-colon cancer.

Author(s):  
Imran Khan ◽  
Sadaf Mahfooz ◽  
Mohd Saeed ◽  
Irfan Ahmad ◽  
Irfan A. Ansari

Background: Recently Notch signaling pathway has gained attention as a potential therapeutic target for chemotherapeutic intervention. However, the efficacy of previously known Notch inhibitors in colon cancer is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of andrographolide on aberrantly activated Notch signaling in SW-480 cells in vitro. Methods: The cytostatic potential of andrographolide on SW-480 cells was evaluated by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, morphology assessment and colony formation assay. The apoptotic activity was evaluated by FITC Annexin V assay, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), Hoechst, Rhodamine 123 and Mito Tracker CMXRos staining. Scratch assay for migratory potential assessment. 7’-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein Diacetate (DCFH-DA) staining was used to evaluate the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation. Relative mRNA expression of Bax, Bcl2, NOTCH 1 and JAGGED 1 was estimated by Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). Cell cycle phase distribution was evaluated Annexin V-FITC/PI staining. Results: MTT assay demonstrated dose and time dependent cytoxicity of andrographolide on SW-480 cells. It also inhibited the migratory and colony forming potential of SW-480 cells. Furthermore, andrographolide also showed disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential and induced apoptosis through nuclear condensation. Flow cytometric evaluation showed andrographolide enhanced early and late apoptotic cells and induced upregulation of proapoptotic (Bax and Bad) and downregulation of antiapoptotic Bcl2 in treated SW-480 cells. Andrographolide augmented intracellular ROS generation and induced G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest in colon cancer SW480 cells. Furthermore, andrographolide repressed the Notch signaling by decreasing the expression of NOTCH 1 and JAGGED 1. Conclusion: Our findings suggested that andrographolide constraint the growth of SW-480 cells through the inhibition of Notch signaling pathway.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 930-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Khan ◽  
Sadaf Mahfooz ◽  
Irfan A. Ansari

Background: In recent years, natural products have received great attention for cancer prevention owing to their various health benefits, noticeable lack of toxicity and side effects, and the limitations of chemotherapeutic agents. Andrographolide, a labdane diterpenoid is a principal bioactive constituent of Andrographis paniculata Nees, exhibits significant anticancer activity. Objective: The efficacy of andrographolide on colon cancer cells is yet to be elucidated completely. Therefore, we investigated the anticancer efficiency of andrographolide in colon cancer DLD1 cell line. Methods: Antiproliferative activity of andrographolide on DLD1 cells was evaluated by MTT assay, LDH release assay, morphological analysis and colony formation assay. Induction of apoptosis was determined by DAPI staining, Annexin V-FITC staining assay, and caspase-3 activation assay. Role of andrographolide induced cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and its association with apoptosis induction in DLD1 cells was elucidated by DCFDA dye. Synergistic ability of andrographolide with 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) and paclitaxel (PTX) was evaluated by MTT assay. Results: Results of the present study indicated that andrographolide declined cell viability of DLD1 cells in a concentration and time-dependent manner. Andrographolide induced apoptosis via nuclear condensation, phosphatidylserine externalization and caspase-3 activation. It also augmented cellular ROS levels which were in turn associated with apoptosis induction in DLD1 cells. Moreover, andrographolide displayed synergistic activity with 5-FU and PTX against DLD1 cells. Conclusion: The present study showed that andrographolide demonstrated antiproliferative and apoptotic properties, moreover it also displayed synergistic effect with chemotherapeutic drugs in colon cancer DLD1 cells.


Author(s):  
Upasana Ray ◽  
Debarshi Roy ◽  
Ling Jin ◽  
Prabhu Thirusangu ◽  
Julie Staub ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Aberrant lipogenicity and deregulated autophagy are common in most advanced human cancer and therapeutic strategies to exploit these pathways are currently under consideration. Group III Phospholipase A2 (sPLA2-III/PLA2G3), an atypical secretory PLA2, is recognized as a regulator of lipid metabolism associated with oncogenesis. Though recent studies reveal that high PLA2G3 expression significantly correlates with poor prognosis in several cancers, however, role of PLA2G3 in ovarian cancer (OC) pathogenesis is still undetermined. Methods CRISPR-Cas9 and shRNA mediated knockout and knockdown of PLA2G3 in OC cells were used to evaluate lipid droplet (LD) biogenesis by confocal and Transmission electron microscopy analysis, and the cell viability and sensitization of the cells to platinum-mediated cytotoxicity by MTT assay. Regulation of primary ciliation by PLA2G3 downregulation both genetically and by metabolic inhibitor PFK-158 induced autophagy was assessed by immunofluorescence-based confocal analysis and immunoblot. Transient transfection with GFP-RFP-LC3B and confocal analysis was used to assess the autophagic flux in OC cells. PLA2G3 knockout OVCAR5 xenograft in combination with carboplatin on tumor growth and metastasis was assessed in vivo. Efficacy of PFK158 alone and with platinum drugs was determined in patient-derived primary ascites cultures expressing PLA2G3 by MTT assay and immunoblot analysis. Results Downregulation of PLA2G3 in OVCAR8 and 5 cells inhibited LD biogenesis, decreased growth and sensitized cells to platinum drug mediated cytotoxicity in vitro and in in vivo OVCAR5 xenograft. PLA2G3 knockdown in HeyA8MDR-resistant cells showed sensitivity to carboplatin treatment. We found that both PFK158 inhibitor-mediated and genetic downregulation of PLA2G3 resulted in increased number of percent ciliated cells and inhibited cancer progression. Mechanistically, we found that PFK158-induced autophagy targeted PLA2G3 to restore primary cilia in OC cells. Of clinical relevance, PFK158 also induces percent ciliated cells in human-derived primary ascites cells and reduces cell viability with sensitization to chemotherapy. Conclusions Taken together, our study for the first time emphasizes the role of PLA2G3 in regulating the OC metastasis. This study further suggests the therapeutic potential of targeting phospholipases and/or restoration of PC for future OC treatment and the critical role of PLA2G3 in regulating ciliary function by coordinating interface between lipogenesis and metastasis.


Author(s):  
Yuru Shang ◽  
Xianbin Zhang ◽  
Lili Lu ◽  
Ke Jiang ◽  
Mathias Krohn ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Recent evidence proves that intravenous human immunoglobulin G (IgG) can impair cancer cell viability. However, no study evaluated whether IgG application benefits cancer patients receiving chemotherapeutics. Methods Influence of pharmaceutical-grade human IgG on the viability of a series of patient-derived colon cancer cell lines with and without chemotherapeutic intervention was determined. Cell death was analysed flow cytometrically. In addition, the influence of oxaliplatin and IgG on the ERK1/2-signalling pathway was evaluated by western blots. Results We evaluated the effects of pharmaceutical IgG, such as PRIVIGEN® IgG and Tonglu® IgG, in combination with chemotherapeutics. We did not observe any significant effects of IgG on tumour cell viability directly; however, human IgG significantly impaired the anti-tumoral effects of oxaliplatin. Primary cancer cell lines express IgG receptors and accumulate human IgG intracellularly. Moreover, while oxaliplatin induced the activation of ERK1/2, the pharmaceutical IgG inhibited ERK1/2 activity. Conclusions The present study demonstrates that pharmaceutical IgG, such as PRIVIGEN® IgG and Tonglu® IgG, can impair the anti-carcinoma activity of oxaliplatin. These data strongly suggest that therapeutic IgG as co-medication might have harmful side effects in cancer patients. The clinical significance of these preclinical observations absolutely advises further preclinical, as well as epidemiological and clinical research.


Author(s):  
Gazanfar Ahmad ◽  
Reyaz Hassan ◽  
Neerupma Dhiman ◽  
Asif Ali

Background: Pentacyclic triterpenoids are a biologically active class of phytoconstituents with diverse pharmacological activity including anti-inflammatory action. Objective: In the current study, we isolated 3-Acetylmyricadiol, a pentacyclic triterpenoid, from the ethyl acetate bark-extract of Myrica esculenta and evaluated it for anti-inflammatory potential. Methods: The ethyl acetate bark-extract of the M. esculenta was subjected to column chromatography to isolate 3-Acetylmyricadiol. MTT assay was performed to check cell viability. The production of proinflammatory mediators like Nitric oxide, IL-6, TNF-α was observed after administration of 5, 10, 20 μM of 3-Acetylmyricadiol in LPS-activated Raw 246.7 macrophages by the reported methods. Results: MTT assay indicated more than 90% cell viability up to 20 μM of 3-Acetylmyricadiol. The administration of 3-Acetylmyricadiol inhibited the production of Nitric oxide, IL-6, TNF-α in a dose-dependent manner significantly in comparison to LPS treated cells. The maximum effect was observed at 20 μM of 3-Acetylmyricadiol which resulted in 52.37, 63.10, 55.37 % inhibition of Nitric oxide, IL-6, TNF-α respectively. Conclusion: Our study demonstrated the anti-inflammatory action of 3-Acetylmyricadiol and can serve as a potential candidate in the development of the clinically efficient anti-inflammatory molecule.


Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 2569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lana Rosa ◽  
Nathállia Jordão ◽  
Nathália da Costa Pereira Soares ◽  
Joelma deMesquita ◽  
Mariana Monteiro ◽  
...  

Colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the USA and Europe. Despite aggressive therapies, many tumors are resistant to current treatment protocols and epidemiological data suggest that diet is a major factor in the etiology of colon cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant activity and the influence of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic (3,4-DHPAA), p-coumaric (p-CoA), vanillic (VA) and ferulic (FA) acids on cell viability, cell cycle progression, and rate of apoptosis in human colon adenocarcinoma cells (HT-29). The results showed that all compounds tested reduce cell viability in human colon cancer cells. 3,4-DHPAA promoted the highest effect antiproliferative with an increase in the percentage of cells in G0/G1 phase, accompanied by a reduction of cells in G2/M phase. Cell cycle analysis of VA and FA showed a decrease in the proportion of cells in G0/G1 phase (10.0 µM and 100.0 µM). p-CoA and FA acids increased the percentage of apoptotic cells and non-apoptotic cells. 3,4-DHPAA seems to be the substance with the greatest potential for in vivo studies, opening thus a series of perspectives on the use of these compounds in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer.


Author(s):  
Manas Ranjan Mishra ◽  
Punam Agrawal ◽  
Surya Narayan Das

Capecitabine is a 'pro-drug' to the cytotoxic agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) intended to administered orally. Capecitabine is generally used as first line monotherapy for advanced colon cancer. Simple, rapid, accurate UV spectrophotometric methods were developed in the present study and validated for the estimation of Capecitabine in bulk and its formulations as per ICH guidelines. Three solvent systems viz., 0.1N NaOH, 0.1N HCl and Methanol: Water (1:3) was tried. The results suggest that the developed method shows linearity over the range of concentration 2-24μg/ml and a correlation coefficient of 0.9999. Accuracy, precision, linearity, robustness, and ruggedness were statistically validated as per ICH guidelines for all the developed methods. The % RSD values for validated methods were found to be less than 1.5 and methods will find application in routine analysis of drug formulations containing Capecitabine.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Heffler ◽  
Vita M. Golubovskaya ◽  
Jeffrey Conroy ◽  
Song Liu ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (23) ◽  
pp. 12827
Author(s):  
Mahshid Ghasemi ◽  
Tyron Turnbull ◽  
Sonia Sebastian ◽  
Ivan Kempson

The MTT assay for cellular metabolic activity is almost ubiquitous to studies of cell toxicity; however, it is commonly applied and interpreted erroneously. We investigated the applicability and limitations of the MTT assay in representing treatment toxicity, cell viability, and metabolic activity. We evaluated the effect of potential confounding variables on the MTT assay measurements on a prostate cancer cell line (PC-3) including cell seeding number, MTT concentration, MTT incubation time, serum starvation, cell culture media composition, released intracellular contents (cell lysate and secretome), and extrusion of formazan to the extracellular space. We also assessed the confounding effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-coated gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) as a tested treatment in PC-3 cells on the assay measurements. We additionally evaluated the applicability of microscopic image cytometry as a tool for measuring intracellular MTT reduction at the single-cell level. Our findings show that the assay measurements are a result of a complicated process dependant on many of the above-mentioned factors, and therefore, optimization of the assay and rational interpretation of the data is necessary to prevent misleading conclusions on variables such as cell viability, treatment toxicity, and/or cell metabolism. We conclude, with recommendations on how to apply the assay and a perspective on where the utility of the assay is a powerful tool, but likewise where it has limitations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. e200656
Author(s):  
Virgínia Angélica Silva ◽  
Sávio Morato de Lacerda Gontijo ◽  
Alexandre Gatti ◽  
Luiz Thadeu de Abreu Poletto ◽  
Hugo Henriques Alvim

Composites have been proven to have a cytotoxiceffect on a variety of tissues and cells. Aim: The aim of thisstudy was to analyse the degree of conversion of resinsand its correlation with the cell viability in primary gingivalfibroblasts. Methods: Resin-based silorane (Filtek P90)and conventional methacrylate resins (Filtek Z100, FiltekZ250 and Filtek Z350XT) were used to evaluate cell viabilityand the degree of conversion. The resins were light-cured bya LED for 20 and 40 seconds. The degree of conversion wasanalysed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Cellularmetabolism was evaluated after 24 hours by the MTT assay(n = 6) using the storage solution of composite resin foreither 24 hours or 12 days. Variance analysis (ANOVA) witha Bonferroni correction (p < 0.05) was performed to comparethe groups. Results: The composite Filtek P90 showed ahigher degree of conversion when polymerised for 40 or20 seconds, while the composites Filtek Z100, Filtek Z250 andFiltek Z350XT showed similar degree of conversion. Only theFiltek Z100 resin was cytotoxic. Conclusion: We found nostatistically significant correlation between cell viability andthe degree of conversion.


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