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This study aimed to evaluate Attalea funifera seed oil with or without resveratrol entrapped in organogel nanoparticles in vitro against A375 human melanoma tumor cells. Organogel nanoparticles with seed oil (SON) or with resveratrol entrapped in the seed oil (RSON) formed functional organogel nanoparticles that showed a particle size <100 nm, polydispersity index <0.3, negative zeta potential, and maintenance of electrical conductivity. The resveratrol entrapment efficiency in RSON was 99 ± 1%. The seed oil and SON showed no cytotoxicity against human non-tumor cells or tumor cells. Resveratrol at 50 µg/mL was cytotoxic for non-tumor cells, and was cytotoxic for tumor cells at 25 µg/mL. Resveratrol entrapped in RSON showed a decrease in cytotoxicity against non-tumor cells and cytotoxic against tumor cells at 50 µg/mL. Thus, SON is a potential new platform for the delivery of resveratrol with selective cytotoxic activity in the treatment of melanoma.
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Antineoplásicos , Arecaceae , Melanoma , Nanogéis , Sistemas de Liberação de Fármacos por Nanopartículas , Óleo de Palmeira , Resveratrol , Resveratrol/administração & dosagem , Melanoma/terapia , Humanos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Nanogéis/administração & dosagem , Nanogéis/química , Arecaceae/química , Óleo de Palmeira/química , Sementes/química , Tamanho da Partícula , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/químicaRESUMO
Myrcia bella is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of diabetes, hemorrhages, and hypertension in Brazilian folk medicine. Considering that plant extracts are attractive sources of new drugs, the aim of the present study was to verify the influence of incorporating 70% hydroalcoholic of M. bella leaves in nanostructured lipid systems on the mutagenic and antifungal activities of the extract. In this work, we evaluated the antifungal potential of M. bella loaded on the microemulsion against Candida sp for minimum inhibitory concentration, using the microdilution technique. The system was composed of polyoxyethylene 20 cetyl ether and soybean phosphatidylcholine (10%), grape seed oil, cholesterol (10%: proportion 5/1), and purified water (80%). To investigate the mutagenic activity, the Ames test was used with the Salmonella Typhimurium tester strains. M. bella, either incorporated or free, showed an important antifungal effect against all tested strains. Moreover, the incorporation surprisingly inhibited the mutagenicity presented by the extract. The present study attests the antimicrobial properties of M. bella extract, contributing to the search for new natural products with biological activities and suggesting caution in its use for medicinal purposes. In addition, the results emphasize the importance of the use of nanotechnology associated with natural products as a strategy for the control of infections caused mainly by the genus Candida sp.
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Myrtaceae , Plantas Medicinais , Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Mutagênicos , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologiaRESUMO
Lapachol is a well-studied natural product that has been receiving great interest due to its anticancer properties that target oxidative stress. In the present work, two novel lapachol-containing ruthenium(II) complexes [Ru(Lap)(dppm)(bipy)]PF6 (1) and [Ru(Lap)(dppm)(phen)]PF6 (2) [Lap = lapachol, dppm = 1,1'-bis(diphosphino)methane, bipy = 2,2'-bipyridine, phen = 1,10-phenantroline] were synthesized, fully characterized, and investigated for their cellular and molecular responses on cancer cell lines. We found that both complexes exhibited a potent cytotoxic effect in a panel of cancer cell lines in monolayer cultures, as well as in a 3D model of multicellular spheroids formed from DU-145 human prostate adenocarcinoma cells. Furthermore, the complex (2) suppressed the colony formation, induced G2/M-phase arrest, and downregulated Aurora-B. The mechanism studies suggest that complex (2) stimulate the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and triggers caspase-dependent apoptosis as a result of changes in expression of several genes related to cell proliferation and caspase-3 and -9 activation. Interestingly, we found that N-acetyl-L-cysteine, a ROS scavenger, suppressed the generation of intracellular ROS induced by complex (2), and decreased its cytotoxicity, indicating that ROS-mediated DNA damage leads the DU-145 cells into apoptosis. Overall, we highlighted that coordination of lapachol to phosphinic ruthenium(II) compounds considerably improves the antiproliferative activities of resulting complexes granting attractive selectivity to human prostate adenocarcinoma cells. The DNA damage response to ROS seems to be involved in the induction of caspase-mediated cell death that plays an important role in the complexes' cytotoxicity. Upon further investigations, this novel class of lapachol-containing ruthenium(II) complexes might indicate promising chemotherapeutic agents for prostate cancer therapy.
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Oxidative stress is a critical factor in the pathogenesis of several gastrointestinal diseases. Sulforaphane (SFN), a bioactive compound found in cruciferous vegetables, activates the redox-sensitive nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2). In addition to its protective role, SFN exerts cytotoxic effects on cancer cells. However, there is a lack of information concerning the toxicity of SFN in normal cells. We investigated the effects of SFN on cell viability, antioxidant defenses, and gene expression in human stomach mucosa cells (MNP01). SFN reduced ROS formation and protected the cells against induced oxidative stress but high concentrations increased apoptosis. An intermediate SFN concentration (8 µM) was chosen for RNA sequencing studies. We observed upregulation of genes of the NRF2 (antioxidant) pathway, the DNA damage response, and apoptosis signaling; whereas SFN downregulated cell cycle and DNA repair pathway genes. SFN may be cytoprotective at low concentrations and cytotoxic at high concentrations.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Isotiocianatos/farmacologia , Mucosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Estômago/efeitos dos fármacos , Transcrição Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Anticarcinógenos/farmacologia , Antioxidantes/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Mucosa/metabolismo , Fator 2 Relacionado a NF-E2/metabolismo , Oxirredução/efeitos dos fármacos , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Sulfóxidos , Regulação para Cima/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
Considering the promising previous results of Cu (II) complexes with isoniazid active ligand against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the main causative agent of tuberculosis, novel biological assays evaluating its toxicogenic potential were performed to ensure the safe use. The genotoxicity/mutagenicity of the complexes CuCl2(INH)2.H2O (I1), Cu(NCS)2(INH)2.5H2O (I2) and Cu(NCO)2(INH)2.4H2O (I3) was evaluated by the Comet, Micronucleus-cytome and Salmonella microsome (Ames test) assays. The cell viability using resazurin assay indicated that I1, I2 e I3 had moderate to low capacity to reduce the viability of colorectal cells (Caco-2), liver cells (HepG2), lung cells (GM 07492-A and A549) and endothelial cells (HU-VE-C). On genotoxicity/mutagenicity, I1 complex did not induce sizable levels of DNA damage in HepG2 cells (Comet assay), and gene (Ames test) and chromosomal (Micronucleus-cytome assay) mutations. Already, I2 and I3 complexes were considered mutagenic in the highest concentrations used. In light of the above, these results contribute to valuable data on the safe use of Cu(II) complexes. Considering the absence of mutagenicity and cytotoxicity of I1, this complex is a potential candidate for the development of a new drug to the treatment tuberculosis, while I2 and I3 require caution in its use.
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Antituberculosos/farmacologia , Complexos de Coordenação/farmacologia , Cobre/farmacologia , Isoniazida/farmacologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Células A549 , Antituberculosos/química , Células CACO-2 , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Complexos de Coordenação/química , Cobre/química , Células Hep G2 , Humanos , Isoniazida/química , Ligantes , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Conformação Molecular , Testes de Mutagenicidade , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/citologiaRESUMO
Copaifera langsdorffii L. is one of the most known medicinal species in Brazil. Its leaves are rich in phenolic compounds with potential biological activities as an antioxidant and chelating agent. This paper reports the isolation of four compounds from the hydroalcoholic extract of the leaves of C. langsdorffii and the investigation of their possible cytoprotective effects against heavy metal poisoning. Quercitrin (1), afzelin (2), 3,5-di-O-(3-O-methyl galloyl) quinic acid (3) and 4,5-di-O-(3-O-methyl galloyl) quinic acid (4), were associated with toxic doses of methylmercury and lead and evaluated by Alamar blue cell viability assays in HepG2 and PC12. The compounds displayed significant cytoprotective effect for the HepG2 cell line against both metals. Compounds 1-4 did not protect PC12 cells against methylmercury induced-cytotoxicity, but at lower concentrations, they protected against lead induced-cytotoxicity. The evaluated compounds showed a promising cytoprotection effect against exposure to heavy metals and should be further investigated as protective agents.
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Fabaceae/química , Intoxicação por Metais Pesados/tratamento farmacológico , Compostos de Metilmercúrio/antagonistas & inibidores , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Substâncias Protetoras/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Antioxidantes , Brasil , Linhagem Celular , Intoxicação por Metais Pesados/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Chumbo/toxicidade , Intoxicação por Chumbo/tratamento farmacológico , Intoxicação por Chumbo/prevenção & controle , Manosídeos , Intoxicação por Mercúrio/tratamento farmacológico , Intoxicação por Mercúrio/prevenção & controle , Compostos de Metilmercúrio/toxicidade , Fenóis , Folhas de Planta/química , Proantocianidinas , Substâncias Protetoras/farmacologia , Quercetina/análogos & derivados , Ácido Quínico , RatosRESUMO
Due to their unique and versatile biochemical properties, ruthenium-based compounds have emerged as promising anticancer agents. Previous studies showed that three ruthenium(II) compounds: [Ru(pySH)(bipy)(dppb)]PF6 (1), [Ru(HSpym)(bipy)(dppb)]PF6 (2) and Ru[(SpymMe2)(bipy)(dppb)]PF6 (3) presented anticancer properties higher than doxorubicin and cisplatin and acted as human topoisomerase IB (Topo I) inhibitors. Here, we focused our studies on in vitro intestinal permeability and anticancer mechanisms of these three complexes. Caco-2 permeation studies showed that 1 did not permeate the monolayer of intestinal cells, suggesting a lack of absorption on oral administration, while 2 and 3 permeated the cells after 60 and 120 min, respectively. Complexes 2 and 3 fully inhibited Topo II relaxation activity at 125 µM. In previously studies, 3 was the most potent inhibitor of Topo I, here, we concluded that it is a dual topoisomerase inhibitor. Moreover, it presented selectivity to cancer cells when evaluated by clonogenic assay. Thus, 3 was selected to gene expression assay front MDA-MB-231 cells from triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), which represents the highly aggressive subgroup of breast cancers with poor prognosis. The analyses revealed changes of 27 out of 84 sought target genes. PARP1 and PARP2 were 5.29 and 1.83 times down-regulated after treatment with 3, respectively. PARPs have been attractive antitumor drug targets, considering PARP inhibition could suppress DNA damage repair and sensitize tumor cells to DNA damage agents. Recent advances in DNA repair studies have shown that an approach that causes cell lethality using synthetic PARP-inhibiting drugs has produced promising results in TNBC.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Complexos de Coordenação/farmacologia , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/farmacologia , Rutênio/farmacologia , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/química , Células CACO-2 , Linhagem Celular , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Complexos de Coordenação/química , DNA Topoisomerases Tipo II/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/química , Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/metabolismo , Rutênio/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/químicaRESUMO
Three ruthenium(II) phosphine/diimine/picolinate complexes were selected aimed at investigating anticancer activity against several cancer cell lines and the capacity of inhibiting the supercoiled DNA relaxation mediated by human topoisomerase IB (Top 1). The structure-lipophilicity relationship in membrane permeability using the Caco-2 cells have also been evaluated in this study. SCAR 5 was found to present 45 times more cytotoxicity against breast cancer cell when compared to cisplatin. SCAR 4 and 5 were both found to be capable of inhibiting the supercoiled DNA relaxation mediated by Top 1. Interaction studies showed that SCAR 4 and 5 can bind to DNA through electrostatic interactions while SCAR 6 is able to bind covalently to DNA. The complexes SCAR were found to interact differently with bovine serum albumin (BSA) suggesting hydrophobic interactions with albumin. The permeability of all complexes was seen to be dependent on their lipophilicity. SCAR 4 and 5 exhibited high membrane permeability (P app > 10 × 10-6 cm·s-1) in the presence of BSA. The complexes may pass through Caco-2 monolayer via passive diffusion mechanism and our results suggest that lipophilicity and interaction with BSA may influence the complexes permeation. In conclusion, we demonstrated that complexes have powerful pharmacological activity, with different results for each complex depending on the combination of their ligands.
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Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , DNA Topoisomerases Tipo I/metabolismo , Compostos Organometálicos/farmacologia , Rutênio/farmacologia , Inibidores da Topoisomerase/administração & dosagem , Inibidores da Topoisomerase/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Sítios de Ligação/efeitos dos fármacos , Bovinos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , DNA/antagonistas & inibidores , DNA/química , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Estrutura Molecular , Compostos Organometálicos/administração & dosagem , Compostos Organometálicos/síntese química , Compostos Organometálicos/química , Rutênio/administração & dosagem , Rutênio/química , Soroalbumina Bovina/antagonistas & inibidores , Soroalbumina Bovina/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Inibidores da Topoisomerase/síntese química , Inibidores da Topoisomerase/químicaRESUMO
Copaifera trapezifolia Hayne occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest, which is considered one of the most important and endangered tropical forests on the planet. Although literature works have described many Copaifera spp., their biological activities remain little known. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate (1) the potential of the hydroalcoholic extract from C. trapezifolia leaves (CTE) to act against the causative agents of tooth decay and apical periodontitis and (2) the cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of CTE to ensure that it is safe for subsequent application. Concerning the tested bacteria, the MIC and the minimum bactericidal concentration of CTE varied between 100 and 400 µg ml-1. The time-kill assay conducted at a CTE concentration of 100 µg ml-1 evidenced bactericidal activity against Porphyromonas gingivalis (ATCC 33277) and Peptostreptococcus micros (clinical isolate) within 72 h. CTE at 200 µg ml-1 inhibited Porphyromonas gingivalis and Peptostreptococcus micros biofilm formation by at least 50 %. A combination of CTE with chlorhexidine dichlorohydrate did not prompt any synergistic effects. The colony-forming assay conducted on V79 cells showed that CTE was cytotoxic at concentrations above 156 µg ml-1. CTE exerted mutagenic effect on V79 cells, but the micronucleus test conducted on Swiss mice and the Ames test did not reveal any mutagenicity. Therefore, the use of standardized and safe extracts could be an important strategy to develop novel oral care products with antibacterial action. These extracts could also serve as a source of compounds for the discovery of new promising biomolecules.
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Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/toxicidade , Produtos Biológicos/farmacologia , Produtos Biológicos/toxicidade , Fabaceae/química , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/toxicidade , Animais , Antibacterianos/isolamento & purificação , Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Cricetinae , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Viabilidade Microbiana/efeitos dos fármacos , Testes de Mutagenicidade , Peptostreptococcus/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptostreptococcus/fisiologia , Extratos Vegetais/isolamento & purificação , Folhas de Planta/química , Porphyromonas gingivalis/efeitos dos fármacos , Porphyromonas gingivalis/fisiologiaRESUMO
Tuberculosis is a top infectious disease killer worldwide, caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Increasing incidences of multiple drug-resistance (MDR) strains are emerging as one of the major public health threats. However, the drugs in use are still incapable of controlling the appalling upsurge of MDR. In recent years a marked number of research groups have devoted their attention toward the development of specific and cost-effective antimicrobial agents against targeted MDR-Tuberculosis. In previous studies, ruthenium(II) complexes (SCAR) have shown a promising activity against MDR-Tuberculosis although few studies have indeed considered ruthenium toxicity. Therefore, within the preclinical requirements, we have sought to determine the cyto-genotoxicity of three SCAR complexes in this present study. The treatment with the SCARs induced a concentration-dependent decrease in cell viability in CHO-K1 and HepG2 cells. Based on the clonogenic survival, SCAR 5 was found to be more cytotoxic while SCAR 6 exhibited selectivity action on tumor cells. Although SCAR 4 and 5 did not indicate any mutagenic activity as evidenced by the Ames and Cytokinesis block micronucleus cytome assays, the complex SCAR 6 was found to engender a frameshift mutation detected by Salmonella typhimurium in the presence of S9. Similarly, we observed a chromosomal damage in HepG2 cells with significant increases of micronuclei and nucleoplasmic bridges. These data indicate that SCAR 4 and 5 complexes did not show genotoxicity in our models while SCAR 6 was considered mutagenic. This study presented a comprehensive genotoxic evaluation of SCAR complexes were shown to be genotoxic in vitro. All in all, further studies are required to fully elucidate how the properties can affect human health.