Anticancer potential of Thevetia peruviana fruit methanolic extract

Ramos Silva, José Alberto y Tavares Carreón, Faviola y Figueroa, Mario y De la Torre Zavala, Susana y Gastelum Arellanez, Argel y Rodríguez García, Aída y Galán Wong, Luis Jesús y Avilés Arnaut, Hamlet (2017) Anticancer potential of Thevetia peruviana fruit methanolic extract. BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 17 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1472-6882

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Abstract Background: Thevetia peruviana (Pers.) K. Schum or Cascabela peruviana (L.) Lippold (commonly known as ayoyote, codo de fraile, lucky nut, or yellow oleander), native to Mexico and Central America, is a medicinal plant used traditionally to cure diseases like ulcers, scabies, hemorrhoids and dissolve tumors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxic, antiproliferative and apoptotic activity of methanolic extract of T. peruviana fruits on human cancer cell lines. Methods: The cytotoxic activity of T. peruviana methanolic extract was carried out on human breast, colorectal, prostate and lung cancer cell lines and non-tumorigenic control cells (fibroblast and Vero), using the MTT assay. For proliferation and motility, clonogenic and wound-healing assays were performed. Morphological alterations were monitored by trypan blue exclusion, as well as DNA fragmentation and AO/EB double staining was performed to evaluate apoptosis. The extract was separated using flash chromatography, and the resulting fractions were evaluated on colorectal cancer cells for their cytotoxic activity. The active fractions were further analyzed through mass spectrometry. Results: The T. peruviana methanolic extract exhibited cytotoxic activity on four human cancer cell lines: prostate, breast, colorectal and lung, with values of IC50 1.91 ± 0.76, 5.78 ± 2.12, 6.30 ± 4.45 and 12.04 ± 3.43 μg/mL, respectively. The extract caused a significant reduction of cell motility and colony formation on all evaluated cancer cell lines. In addition, morphological examination displayed cell size reduction, membrane blebbing and detachment of cells, compared to non-treated cancer cell lines. The T. peruviana extract induced apoptotic cell death, which was confirmed by DNA fragmentation and AO/EB double staining. Fractions 4 and 5 showed the most effective cytotoxic activity and their MS analysis revealed the presence of the secondary metabolites: thevetiaflavone and cardiac glycosides. Conclusion: T. peruviana extract has potential as natural anti-cancer product with critical effects in the proliferation, motility, and adhesion of human breast and colorectal cancer cells, and apoptosis induction in human prostate and lung cancer cell lines, with minimal effects on non-tumorigenic cell lines. Keywords: Cytotoxic activity, Anti-proliferative activity, Motility, Apoptosis, Human cancer cells, Flavonoid, Cardiac glycosides

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Divisiones: Ciencias Biológicas
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Ramos Silva, José AlbertoNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Tavares Carreón, FaviolaNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Figueroa, MarioNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
De la Torre Zavala, SusanaNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Gastelum Arellanez, ArgelNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Rodríguez García, AídaNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Galán Wong, Luis JesúsNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Avilés Arnaut, HamletNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Fecha del depósito: 24 Abr 2020 19:09
Última modificación: 27 Mar 2022 15:49
URI: http://eprints.uanl.mx/id/eprint/18045

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