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Acta cient. venez ; 56(1): 32-36, 2005. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-537191

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En el presente estudio, se investigaron los posibles efectos de extractos acuosos de tres plantas amazónicas, Uncaria tomentosa (UT), Petiveria alliacea (PA) y Phyllantus niruri (PN), sobre el crecimiento y la metástasis de células de melanoma B16/BL6 en ratones C57BL/6, y sobre los niveles séricos del factor de necrosis tumoral alfa (TNF-iÀ), la interleucina-6 (IL-6) y el componente amiloide P (SAP). Ninguno de los tres extractos inhibió el crecimiento de las células B16/BL6, ni de las líneas celulares tumorales humanas, HT 29 y Caco-2, in vitro. Los niveles séricos de IL-6 y SAP, y la respuesta de TNF-¡À sérico a LPS resultaron elevados en los animales inoculados i.v. con las células de melanoma. Sólo el UT, inyectado i.p., redujo significativamente la metástasis a pulmón de un inóculo i.v. de células B16/BL6, y produjo un retardo en el crecimiento de un tumor primario. Además, sólo el extracto de UT produjo disminución de la respuesta sérica de las dos citocinas proinflamatorias, TNF-¡À e IL-6. UT amerita futuros estudios como potencial agente anticáncer.


Several useful anticancer drugs have been derived from plants. The growth and metastasis of tumours in the mousemay be used to study plant extracts with therapeutic potential. In the present study we investigated the possible effects of aqueous extracts of three Amazonian plants (Uncaria tomentosa [UT], Petiveria alliacea [PA] and Phyllantus niruri [PN]) on the growth and metastasis of B16/BL6 melanoma cells in the C57BL/6 mouse, and on the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and serum amyloid P component (SAP). None of the three extracts inhibited the growth of the B16/BL6 cells in vitro, or of two other tumor cell lines, HT-29 and Caco-2. Serum levels of IL-6 and SAP, and the TNF-¦Á serum response to LPS rose in the animals inoculated i.v. with melanoma cells. Only UT, when injected i.p. every other day for 14 days, was able to significantly reduce lung metastases after an i.v. inoculation of melanoma cells or to delay the appearance and growth of solid tumors after s.c. inoculation. In addition, only UT was able to reduce the serum response of the two proinflammatory cytokines, TNF-a and IL-6. No effect on SAP levels was observed. UT merits further study as an anticancer agent.


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Animais , Camundongos , Biomarcadores/análise , Melanoma/química , Metástase Neoplásica , Plantas/efeitos adversos , Unha-de-Gato/química , Biologia , Oncologia , Microbiologia
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