scholarly journals Alpha-tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) influences cell vitality and enzyme activity in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Karmen Stankov ◽  
Katica Bajin-Katic ◽  
Bojan Stanimirov ◽  
Dunja Karadzic ◽  
Zoran Kovacevic

Background: One of the most important strategies in research and development of new anticancer agents is the tumor-specific induction of apoptosis. The effects of semisynthetic derivative of vitamin E, (?-TOS, D-?-tocopheryl succinate), appear to be largely restricted to malignant cells. Methods: We investigated the in vivo effects of intraperitoneally administered ?-TOS on vitality of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells (EAC) in mice, as well as the influence of ?-TOS on specific activity of enzymes involved in antioxidative mechanisms in EAC cells. Results: According to our results, the intraperitoneal application of ?-TOS induces the decrease of the EAC vitality, and the statistically significant alteration of the glutathione-dependent enzyme activity in EAC cells. Conclusion: We may conclude that ?-TOS is an important micronutrient, with significant impact on vitality and metabolism of malignant cells.

Author(s):  
Shaikh Shohidul Islam ◽  
Md. Rezaul Karim ◽  
A. K. M. Asaduzzaman ◽  
A. H. M. Khurshid Alam ◽  
Zahid Hayat Mahmud ◽  
...  

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian C. Caldwell ◽  
J. Frank Henderson ◽  
A. R. P. Paterson

6-(Methylmercapto)purine ribonucleoside (Me6MPR) is efficiently phosphorylated in mouse tissues and in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells in vivo; tumor cells in vitro and cell-free extracts of the tumor also phosphorylate this analogue ribonucleoside. The product of this reaction has been identified by chemical and enzymatic methods and by its chromatographic behaviour as Me6MPR 5′-phosphate. The evidence presented in this report indicates that no other major metabolites of Me6MPR are formed.The phosphorylation of Me6MPR by cell-free tumor extracts requires ATP and Mn2+ (or Mg2+), and evidence is presented that the reaction is probably mediated by adenosine kinase.Me-14C-6MPR is rapidly taken up by most mouse tissues following its intraperitoneal injection. Forty minutes after injection of the labeled drug, the highest levels of radioactivity were found in intestine, liver, blood cells, lung, and spleen, in descending order; virtually no radioactivity was found in brain tissue or in blood plasma.


1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (12) ◽  
pp. 1717-1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. Scaife

The effect of 800–1000 rads of X-irradiation on the thiol content of thymocytes and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells has been compared. Four hours after irradiation there was a decrease in the non-protein thiol (NP.SH) content of thymus and thymocytes but no change in ascites cells. In both cells the main NP.SH compound was glutathione. There was no significant effect of irradiation on the protein thiol (P.SH) content of thymus or ascites cells, but there was a slight decrease in P.SH in thymocytes after 4 hours incubation. Isolated thymus nuclei showed an immediate small decrease in P.SH content following 800 rads in vitro. Nuclei isolated from rat thymus 1 hour after 1000 rads in vivo showed an increase in the SH content of the globulin fraction and a decrease in the SH content of the nucleohistones. The total SH content of thymocytes and ascites cells was reduced by slow diffusion of H2O2into the cell suspension, but no effect of prior irradiation on this decrease of SH was found. Inhibition of catalase in vivo and in vitro did not produce any of the morphological signs of irradiation damage in thymocytes. There was no effect of irradiation on the copper content of thymus, thymocytes, or ascites cells. The ratio of NP.SH/P.SH is higher in thymocytes than in ascites cells, but, allowing for the difference in cell size, the overall total thiol concentration was the same. Anoxia produced only a small increase in NP.SH content in both cells and a small and doubtful increase in P.SH. It is concluded that, if thiol groups are involved in cell sensitivity to radiation, only a small fraction of the total SH groups are involved at critical sites.


BioMetals ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avishek Ganguly ◽  
Paramita Chakraborty ◽  
Kaushik Banerjee ◽  
Shilpak Chatterjee ◽  
Soumya Basu ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Ahmed Badary ◽  
Sahar Moustafa Sharaby ◽  
Sanaa Abd El-Baky Kenawy ◽  
Ezz El-Deen El-Denshary ◽  
Farid Mohamed Ahmed Hamada

Aims and background Nausea and vomiting occur in the majority of patients receiving cisplatin (CDDP) chemotherapy. Ondansetron, a new 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, has been used effectively to control CDDP-induced nausea and vomiting. This study examined the potential of ondansetron to interfere with CDDP antitumor activity and toxicity in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC). Methods The influence of ondansetron on CDDP cytotoxicity was evaluated using EAC cells in culture. In addition, the influence of ondansetron pretreatment on CDDP-induced antitumor activity and host tissue toxicity was studied in EAC-bearing mice. Results Ondansetron (0.25 μM) enhanced CDDP (0–32 μM) cytotoxicity against EAC cells in vitro. In EAC-bearing mice ondansetron (0.2 mg/kg, ip) administered 1 h before CDDP (7 mg/kg, ip) did not modify the antitumor activity of CDDP. CDDP (7 mg/kg, ip) single treatment induced significant increases in blood urea nitrogen (2-fold) and serum creatinine (2.5-fold) and significant decreases in hematocrit (25%) and white blood cell count (39%) compared to saline treatment. Mice receiving ondansetron 1 h before CDDP showed no significant enhancement of CDDP-induced nephrotoxicity or myelosuppression compared to those pretreated with saline receiving the same dose of CDDP. Conclusions This study suggests that the use of ondansetron to control CDDP-induced nausea and vomiting does not affect CDDP antitumor efficacy.


1995 ◽  
Vol 165 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Kabakov ◽  
A. O. Molotkov ◽  
K. R. Budagova ◽  
Yu M. Makarova ◽  
A. F. Mosin ◽  
...  

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1532
Author(s):  
Jelena Vladić ◽  
Tatjana Ćebović ◽  
Senka Vidović ◽  
Stela Jokić

Satureja montana herbal species belongs to aromatic medicinal plants with a significant place in traditional medicine. However, products produced with conventional procedures do not meet the requirements of the modern market which include environmentally-safe processes that provide quality, safe, and standardized products. In this study, the antiproliferative activity of S. montana extracts obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide and solid–liquid extraction followed by spray drying was investigated using the in vivo model of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) in mice. The impact of two concentrations of extracts on the growth of tumor and the redox status of malignant cells was monitored. It was determined that the extracts induced oxidative stress in the malignant cells which was confirmed by the changes in activity of biochemical indicators of oxidative stress. The posttreatment was not an efficient approach, while the extracts applied as pretreatment and treatment resulted in an increase in the xanthine oxidase (XOD) activity, a decrease in catalase (CAT) activity, and an increase in the intensity of lipid peroxidation (LPx). Furthermore, a decrease in the values of reduced glutathione (GSH) and an increase in glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) in EAC cells were recorded.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Md Jakir Hossain ◽  
Shashwata Biswas ◽  
Mohammad Shahriar ◽  
Sohidul Islam ◽  
Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan

This study was performed to evaluate the in vivo anticancer activity against ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells and in vitro antimicrobial activity of Psidium guajava bark extracts. By soxhlet apparatus, the P. guajava bark extracts were obtained using four solvents (n-hexane, petroleum benzene, chloroform, and methanol) according to their increasing solubility. In case of in vivo anticancer activity of the sample extracts, mice were seeded with approximately 1x105 ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells. After seven days of consecutive treatment, the negative and positive control groups (n=8 each group) showed an average EAC cell count of 2.4x108 and 1.8x108 respectively, and the experimental groups showed the cell count of 2.2x 108, 2.1x108, 1.9x108, and 1.41x108 when mice received h-hexane, petroleum benzene, chloroform, and methanol extract respectively. Experimental group that received methanol extract showed percent increase of life span (% ILS) of 33.3 when compared with the negative control. However, treatment in a cyclic manner of the mice showed % ILS of 52.15 for experimental group when compared negative control. In antimicrobial activity experiment, an intermediate zone of sensitivity of the crude methanol extract was found against Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri, and Staphylococcus aureus when compared with amoxicillin. All these results indicated the anticancer activity and antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract of P. guajava barks on different experimental models. Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 35 Number 1 June 2018, pp 79-81


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