scholarly journals Antiproliferative effects of fresh water crab hemolymph and meat extract on breast cancer cell line

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Leila Rezakhani ◽  
Morteza Alizadeh ◽  
Esmaeel Sharifi ◽  
Mostafa Soleimannejad ◽  
Akram Alizadeh

Background and aims: Despite the advances in drugs, side effects of chemotherapy drugs continue to exist. Therefore, more attention has been paid to the compounds derived from medicinal herbs and aquatic organisms. This study aimed to investigate the effect of freshwater crab hemolymph and meat extract on breast cancer (BC) cell line (4T1). Methods: After isolation of freshwater crab hemolymph and meat extract, protein concentration and total antioxidant capacity were analyzed by bicinchoninic acid (BCA) and cupric reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC) methods. The 4T1 cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were treated with crab hemolymph (1, 2, 10 mg/mL) and meat extract (0.1, 0.2 and 1 mg/mL), and cell survival was analyzed using 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay (MTT) at 48 and 72 hours. Nitric oxide (NO) secretion was measured by Griess method. Data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: Protein concentration of 23.25 mg/mL was shown in crab hemolymph, and 2.3 mg/mL in meat extract. Total antioxidant capacity was reported as 1.036 µM/mL and 1.104 µM/mL in crab hemolymph and meat extract, respectively. Cell survival in the 4T1 cells was decreased in a dose- and time-dependent manner (P≤0.001). NO secretion of 4T1 cells was decreased after treatment with different concentrations of crab hemolymph and meat extract at 48 and 72 hours. Cellular growth was observed in BMSCs after treatment with different concentrations of crab hemolymph and meat extract at 48 and 72 hours. Conclusion: Since crab hemolymph and meat extract have protein and antioxidant activities, they can have anti-cancer effects on 4T1 cells.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bahareh Sasanfar ◽  
Fatemeh Toorang ◽  
Farzad Maleki ◽  
Ahmad Esmaillzadeh ◽  
Kazem Zendehdel

Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between dietary total antioxidant capacity (dTAC) and risk of breast cancer among Iranian women. Design: In this hospital-based case–control study, dietary intake of participants was collected using a 168-item validated FFQ. Dietary TAC was assessed using FRAP assay considering. Logistic regression was used to obtain ORs for breast cancer across quartiles of dTAC. Setting: Cancer Institute, Iran. Participants: We included 412 women with pathologically confirmed breast cancer and 456 apparently healthy controls. Results: Mean dTAC was 11·3 ± 5·8 for cases and 12·1 ± 7·9 for controls. A trend towards significant inverse association was seen between dTAC and odds of breast cancer in the whole population; such that after controlling for several potential confounders, individuals in the highest quartile of dTAC were 0·39 times less likely to have breast cancer than those in the lowest quartile (0·61; 95 % CI: 0·38, 0·99, P < 0·05). In the stratified analysis by menopausal status, we found that postmenopausal women with the greatest dTAC had lower odds for breast cancer, compared with those with the lowest dTAC (0·47; 95 % CI: 0·24, 0·93, P < 0·05). This association strengthened after additional adjustment for BMI (0·28; 95 % CI: 0·11, 0·72, P < 0·05). No significant association was seen between dTAC and odds of breast cancer in premenopausal women. Conclusions: We found that dietary TAC was inversely associated with risk of breast cancer, in particular among postmenopausal women. Prospective cohort studies are needed to confirm these findings.


2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (1) ◽  
pp. E103-E107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Kempster ◽  
Gusztav Belteki ◽  
Diana Licence ◽  
D. Stephen Charnock-Jones ◽  
Gordon C. S. Smith

We had shown previously that paraoxonase 3 (PON3), a putative circulating antioxidant, was systemically upregulated in late-gestation rat, sheep, and human fetuses. Our overarching hypothesis is that preterm human infants are delivered with low levels of PON3 and that this contributes to a state of oxidative stress. We sought to determine whether absence of Pon3 was associated with reduced neonatal viability in mice and studied the offspring from crosses between Pon3+/− mice. The number of Pon3−/− animals at E10.5 and E17.5 was significantly lower than the expected 25% (9.3 and 7.9% respectively, P < 0.001). On the first day of postnatal life, this was reduced further (2.4%, significantly less than the proportion in fetal life, P = 0.04). Pon3+/− animals had lower body and placental weights than wild-type littermates at E17.5, an effect that was independent of the parent of origin of the mutant allele. We then studied the effect of PON3 knockdown in a human cell line, A549. Stable knockdown of PON3 using short-hairpin RNA reduced cell proliferation in 21% oxygen. We then studied the effect of transient knockdown of PON3 using short interfering RNA (siRNA) in the same cell line in low (2%) or ambient (21%) oxygen. Knockdown of PON3 using siRNA reduced total antioxidant capacity in 21% ( P = 0.008) but not 2% oxygen. We conclude that the absence of Pon3 in mice resulted in increased rates of early fetal and neonatal death. Knockdown of PON3 in human cells reduced cell proliferation and total antioxidant capacity.


Author(s):  
Masoud Nasiri ◽  
Saja Ahmadizad ◽  
Mehdi Hedayati ◽  
Tayebe Zarekar ◽  
Mehdi Seydyousefi ◽  
...  

Abstract. Physical exercise increases free radicals production; antioxidant supplementation may improve the muscle fiber’s ability to scavenge ROS and protect muscles against exercise-induced oxidative damage. This study was designed to examine the effects of all-trans resveratrol supplementation as an antioxidant to mediate anti-oxidation and lipid per-oxidation responses to exercise in male Wistar rats. Sixty-four male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four equal number (n = 16) including training + supplement (TS), training (T), supplement (S) and control (C) group. The rats in TS and S groups received a dose of 10 mg/kg resveratrol per day via gavage. The training groups ran on a rodent treadmill 5 times per week at the speed of 10 m/min for 10 min; the speed gradually increased to 30 m/min for 60 minutes at the end of 12th week. The acute phase of exercise protocol included a speed of 25 m/min set to an inclination of 10° to the exhaustion point. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT) activity, non-enzymatic antioxidants bilirubin, uric acid, lipid peroxidation levels (MDA) and the total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were measured after the exercise termination. The data were analyzed by using one-way ANOVA. The result showed that endurance training caused a significant increase in MDA level [4.5 ± 0.75 (C group) vs. 5.9 ± 0.41 nmol/l (T group)] whereas it decreased the total antioxidant capacity [8.5 ± 1.35 (C group) vs. 7.1 ± 0.55 mmol/l (T group)] (p = 0.001). In addition, GPx and CAT decreased but not significantly (p > 0.05). The training and t-resveratrol supplementation had no significant effect on the acute response of all variables except MDA [4.3 ± 1.4 (C group) vs. 4.0 ± 0.90 nmol/l (TS group)] (p = 0.001) and TAC [8.5 ± 0.90 (C group) vs. 6.6 ± 0.80 mmol/l (TS group)] (p = 0.004). It was concluded that resveratrol supplementation may prevent exercise-induced oxidative stress by preventing lipid peroxidation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando L. Morera-Fumero ◽  
Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez ◽  
Lourdes Fernandez- Lopez ◽  
Estefanía Díaz-Mesa ◽  
Maria del Rosario Cejas-Mendez

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Nu Linh Giang Ton ◽  
Thi Hoai Nguyen ◽  
Quoc Hung Vo

Avocado peel has been considered as a potential source of natural antioxidants in which phenolics are among the most important compounds. Therefore, this study aims to optimize the extraction process of phenolics using response surface methodology and evaluate the corresponding antioxidant activity. From the quadratic model, the optimal condition was determined including the ethanol concentration 54.55% (v/v), the solvent/solute ratio 71.82/1 (mL/g), temperature 53.03 oC and extraction time 99.09 min. The total phenolic content and the total antioxidant capacity at this condition with minor modifications were 26,74 ± 0,04 (mg GAE/g DW) and 188.06 ± 1.41 (mg AAE/g DW), respectively. The significant correlation between total phenolic content and total antioxidant capacity was also confirmed. Key words: response surface methodology, central composite rotatable design, total phenolic content, total antioxidant capacity, avocado peel


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