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Sargazi ML, Juybari KB, Tarzi ME, Amirkhosravi A, Nematollahi MH, Mirzamohammdi S, Mehrbani M, Mehrabani M, Mehrabani M. Naringenin attenuates cell viability and migration of C6 glioblastoma cell line: a possible role of hedgehog signaling pathway. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:6413-6421. [PMID: 34427888 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06641-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Gliomas are the most prevalent type of malignant primary brain tumors. Despite the availability of several treatment modalities, these tumors have poor prognostic features. Aberrant Hedgehog (Hh) signaling has been found to be implicated in the development of numerous malignancies including gliomas. Naringenin appears to have anti-proliferative and anti-cancer properties. However, there is no report describing its effects via the Hh signaling pathway on the C6 glioblastoma cell line. The current study was set to examine the anti-cancer effects of naringenin on C6 cells in order to determine the effect of this compound on the Hh signaling pathway. METHODS The anti-proliferative and apoptotic effects of naringenin against C6 and 3T3 fibroblast cells were measured by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and annexin-V/PI dual staining assay, respectively. The effect of naringenin on the migration of C6 cells was evaluated by the migration scratch assay. To assess the anti-cancer effect of naringenin on the Hh signaling pathway, the expression of Gli-1, Smo, and Sufu at protein levels in C6 cells was analyzed using western blotting. RESULTS The obtained data indicated that naringenin exerted higher cytotoxicity against C6 cells (IC50 value of 114 ± 3.4 µg/mL) than normal 3T3 fibroblasts (IC50 value of 290 ± 7 µg/mL). Naringenin (114 µg/mL) also induced stronger apoptotic effects on C6 cells than 3T3 cells after 24 h of incubation. Furthermore, naringenin at a concentration of 114 µg/mL and a lower concentration of 60 µg/mL inhibited the migration of the C6 cell line. In addition, naringenin at a concentration of 114 µg/mL significantly decreased the expression of Gli-1 and Smo and elevated the expression of Sufu at the protein level in the C6 cell line. CONCLUSION These data represent that naringenin may have a potential effect on the management of the proliferation and metastasis of malignant gliomas by inhibiting the Hh signaling pathway.
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- Marzieh Lotfian Sargazi
- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences and Cosmetic Products Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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Momeni-Moghaddam MA, Asadikaram G, Nematollahi MH, Esmaeili Tarzi M, Faramarz-Gaznagh S, Mohammadpour-Gharehbagh A, Kazemi Arababadi M. Effects of Cigarette Smoke and Opium on the Expression of CD9, CD36, and CD68 at mRNA and Protein Levels in Human Macrophage Cell Line THP-1. Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol 2020; 19:45-55. [PMID: 32245320 DOI: 10.18502/ijaai.v19i1.2417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cigarette smoking and opium use are risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). It has been known that scavenger receptors such as CD36 and CD68 play critical roles in the pathogenesis of CAD. CD9, as a member of the tetraspanin, has been shown to interact with scavenger receptors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of these risk factors on expression levels of CD9, CD36, and CD68 on the THP-1 cell line. The THP-1 cell line treated with cigarette smoke extract (CSE( and opium, both individually and combinatory, in 24 h incubation. The protein and mRNA levels of CD9, CD36, and CD68 were evaluated by flow cytometry and quantitative reverse transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) techniques, respectively. CD36 and CD68 mRNA and protein expression levels were significantly increased in the cells treated with cigarette smoke extract compared to the control (p<0.001 in mRNA expression levels and p=0.016 and p=0.012 in protein expression levels, respectively). The CSE increased the level of CD9 protein expression compared to the control group (p=0.041) on the human macrophage cell line THP-1. No significant differences were observed in the CD9, CD36, and CD68 gene expression and at the protein levels between opium-treated THP-1 cells and controls. In conclusion, cigarettes by increasing the levels of CD36, CD68, and CD9 can be a risk factor in the development of many inflammatory diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung carcinoma.
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- Mohammad Amin Momeni-Moghaddam
- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AND Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AND Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AND Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran AND Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Pathology and Stem Cell Research Center, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Immunology of Infectious Diseases Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran AND Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
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Saravani M, Rokni M, Mehrbani M, Amirkhosravi A, Faramarz S, Fatemi I, Esmaeili Tarzi M, Nematollahi MH. The evaluation of VEGF and HIF-1α gene polymorphisms and multiple sclerosis susceptibility. J Gene Med 2019; 21:e3132. [PMID: 31652374 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that leads to myelin sheath destruction. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) has several roles in cells, such as inducing inflammation and angiogenesis. Recently, several lines of evidence have indicated the role of the hypoxia response and the HIF-1 signaling pathway in an autoimmune disease such as MS. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of HIF-1α gene polymorphisms and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (as a major target gene of HIF-1α) gene polymorphism on MS susceptibility. METHODS In total, 150 MS patients and 150 healthy age- and gender-matched people as a control group participated in the present study. The polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method was used for genotyping. RESULTS The results obtained showed that the CC genotype of the VEGF rs699947 polymorphism was significantly higher in the case group than in the control group (p = 0.004). Also, we showed a significant relationship between the VEGF rs699947 polymorphism and MS in a dominant inheritance model (p = 0.005). Regarding the VEGF rs699947 polymorphism allelic distribution, the C allele frequency was significantly higher in the control group than in the case group (71.3% versus 61%, respectively, p = 0.009) and decreased the MS susceptibility by 1.6-fold (odds ratio = 1.6, 95% confidence interval = 1.2-2.2). There was no significant difference between the two groups with respect to HIF-1α rs11549465 genotypic distribution. The HIF-1α C111A polymorphism was non-polymorphic in our study population, except in the case group where nine subjects carried the CA genotype. CONCLUSIONS We show a significant association between VEGF rs60047 polymorphism and MS susceptibility. However, our results do not show a significant association between MS and HIF-1α polymorphisms.
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- Mohsen Saravani
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.,Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Persian Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Food, Drug and Cosmetic Safety Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Kerman Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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Neisi Z, Ansari-Asl Z, Jafarinejad-Farsangi S, Tarzi ME, Sedaghat T, Nobakht V. Synthesis, characterization and biocompatibility of polypyrrole/Cu(II) metal-organic framework nanocomposites. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2019; 178:365-376. [PMID: 30903975 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2019.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The main objective of composite science is to fabricate new materials with desired properties such as high chemical, mechanical, and/or biological performances. In this research, new conductive nanocomposites of copper metal-organic frameworks (Cu-MOF) and polypyrrole (PPy) were fabricated with the aim of exploiting the electrical conductivity of polypyrrole and the porosity of MOFs in the final products. The prepared compounds (PPy/x%Cu-MOF, x = 20, 50, and 80) were investigated by FTIR, PXRD, SEM, TEM, DLS, BET, EDS mapping, cyclic voltammetry (CV), and zeta potential (ξ) measurements. Spherical morphology was confirmed by SEM and TEM analysis. The PPy/80%Cu-MOF nanocomposite showed the highest ξ potential (-40 mV), demonstrating the stability of dispersed particles. The CV results revealed that the nanocomposites have higher capacitance in comparison to the pure materials. In vitro degradation of the as-prepared compounds in simulated body fluid (SBF) was studied by EIS (electrochemical impedance spectroscopy) and Tafel polarization tests. Furthermore, in vitro biocompatibility of the PPy/x%Cu-MOF composite was evaluated on a group of cells including 3T3 fibroblasts, MCF-7 breast cancer cells, J774.A1 macrophages and red blood cells (RBCs). Viability of 3T3 fibroblasts, MCF-7, and J774.A1 cells, by Methylthiazolyldiphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) method, was dependent on Cu-MOF percent and amount of composites. Hemolytic assay for RBCs exposed to different amounts of the PPy/x%Cu-MOF composites showed hematological toxicity less than 5% in most concentrations. In addition, to investigate pro-inflammatory activity, J774.A1 macrophages were exposed to non-toxic concentrations of the PPy/x%Cu-MOF and no significant change in the expression of two inflammatory genes COX-2 and iNOS was observed. Injection of the PPy/x%Cu-MOF (5 mg kg-1) into bloodstream of mice did not increase liver damage marker enzymes alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) level in serum 1 week post injection. Moreover, we observed slight but not significant increase in serum copper level in mice 1 week after injection. According to the results, the PPy/x%Cu-MOF nanocomposites exhibited a good in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility without inducing pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages and show promising potential for different biomedical applications such as biosensors and drug delivery. The release of curcumin from curcumin-loaded PPy/x%Cu-MOF nanocomposites was detectable in plasma of mice 4 days after administration.
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- Zeinab Neisi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
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- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical Physiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Karimi A, Bahrampour K, Momeni Moghaddam MA, Asadikaram G, Ebrahimi G, Torkzadeh-Mahani M, Esmaeili Tarzi M, Nematollahi MH. Evaluation of lithium serum level in multiple sclerosis patients: A neuroprotective element. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2017; 17:244-248. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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