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Al-Shafie TA, Mahrous EA, Shukry M, Alshahrani MY, Ibrahim SF, Fericean L, Abdelkader A, Ali MA. A Proposed Association between Improving Energy Metabolism of HepG2 Cells by Plant Extracts and Increasing Their Sensitivity to Doxorubicin. Toxics 2023; 11:182. [PMID: 36851057 PMCID: PMC9967676 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11020182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Increasing cancer cell sensitivity to chemotherapy by amending aberrant metabolism using plant extracts represents a promising strategy to lower chemotherapy doses while retaining the same therapeutic outcome. Here, we incubated HepG2 cells with four plant extracts that were selected based on an earlier assessment of their cytotoxicity, viz asparagus, green tea, rue, and avocado, separately, before treatment with doxorubicin. MTT assays elucidated a significant decrease in doxorubicin-IC50 following HepG2 incubation with each extract, albeit to a variable extent. The investigated extract's ultra-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPLC/MS and GC/MS) revealed several constituents with anticancer activity. Biochemical investigation displayed several favorable effects, including the inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor1α (HIF1α), c-Myc, pyruvate kinase-M2 (PKM2), lactate dehydrogenase-A (LDH-A), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), and glutaminase by asparagus and rue extracts. To less extent, HIF1α, c-Myc, PKM2, and LDH-A were partially inhibited by green tea extract, and HIF1α and glutaminase activity was inhibited by avocado oil. Undesirably, green tea extract increased glutaminase; avocado oil rose c-Myc, and both increased G6PD. In conclusion, our study confirms the potential cytotoxic effects of these plant extracts. It highlights a strong association between the ability of asparagus, green tea, rue, and avocado to sensitize HepG2 cells to doxorubicin and their power to amend cell metabolism, suggesting their use as add-on agents that might aid in clinically lowering the doxorubicin dose.
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- Tamer A. Al-Shafie
- Faculty of Dentistry, Biochemistry Department, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria 21532, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy Department, Cairo University, Cairo 11435, Egypt
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
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- Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 61413, Abha 9088, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biology and Plant Protection, University of Life Sciences “King Michael I” from Timișoara, Calea Aradului 119, CUI 3487181, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Therapeutics Department, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria 21532, Egypt
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Goyal J, Verma PK. An Overview of Biosynthetic Pathway and Therapeutic Potential of Rutin. Mini Rev Med Chem 2023; 23:1451-1460. [PMID: 36698235 DOI: 10.2174/1389557523666230125104101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Flavonoids are compounds abundantly found in nature and known as a polyphenolic group of compounds having flavancore and show the utmost abundant collection of complexes and are found in fiber-rich root vegetables, fruits, and their eatable items. Due to the presence of hydroxyl groups, flavonoids show various therapeutic activities like antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, and antiinflammatory. Substituent groups are responsible for the onset of biochemical actions of flavonoids, which affect the metabolism. The major example of flavonol is rutin, which is constituted of rutinose and quercetin. It is a glycosidic type of flavonoid, similarly identified as purple quercitrin and Vitamin P with over 70 plant species and plant-derived foods, exclusively grapefruit, buckwheat seeds, cherries, apricots, grapes, onions, plums, and oranges. Another name forrutin is a citrus flavonoid known as rutoside, and sophorin. Rutin is a polyphenolic compound having a low molecular weight.
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- Jugnu Goyal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, 124001, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, 124001, India
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Faria JMS, Rodrigues AM, Sena I, Moiteiro C, Bennett RN, Mota M, Figueiredo AC. Bioactivity of Ruta graveolens and Satureja montana Essential Oils on Solanum tuberosum Hairy Roots and Solanum tuberosum Hairy Roots with Meloidogyne chitwoodi Co-cultures. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:7452-7458. [PMID: 27653470 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
As a nematotoxics screening biotechnological system, Solanum tuberosum hairy roots (StHR) and S. tuberosum hairy roots with Meloidogyne chitwoodi co-cultures (StHR/CRKN) were evaluated, with and without the addition of the essential oils (EOs) of Satureja montana and Ruta graveolens. EOs nematotoxic and phytotoxic effects were followed weekly by evaluating nematode population density in the co-cultures as well as growth and volatile profiles of both in vitro cultures types. Growth, measured by the dissimilation method and by fresh and dry weight determination, was inhibited after EO addition. Nematode population increased in control cultures, while in EO-added cultures numbers were kept stable. In addition to each of the EOs main components, and in vitro cultures constitutive volatiles, new volatiles were detected by gas chromatography and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry in both culture types. StHR with CRKN co-cultures showed to be suitable for preliminary assessment of nematotoxic EOs.
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- Jorge M S Faria
- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, CBV , C2, Piso 1, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, CBV , C2, Piso 1, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, CBV , C2, Piso 1, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa , Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro , Quinta dos Prados, Apartado 1013, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal
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- NemaLab, ICAAM-Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora , Núcleo da Mitra, Apartado 94, 7002-554 Évora, Portugal
- Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, EPCV , Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, CBV , C2, Piso 1, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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