ABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To examine the effects of Arrabidaa chica (Bignoniacea) extract, a native plant of the Amazon known as crajiru, on a 7,12-dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene (DMBA)-induced breast cancer model in Wistar rats. METHODS: We compared the response of breast cancer to the oral administration of A. chica extract (ACE) for 16 weeks, associated or not with vincristine. Groups: normal control; DMBA (50mg/kg v.o,) without treatment; DMBA+ACE (300 mg/kg); DMBA+vincristine. 500µg/kg injected i.p; DMBA+ACE+Vincristine 250µg/kg i.p. Imaging by microPET and fluorescence, biochemistry, oxidative stress, hematology and histopathology were used to validate the treatments. RESULTS: All animals survived. A gradual weight gain in all groups was observed, with no significant difference (p>0.05). The oral administration of ACE and ACE+vincristine 50% significantly reduced breast tumors incidence examined with PET-18FDG and fluorescence (p<0.001). Significant reduction of serum transaminases, oxidative stress and hematological toxicity were observed in these groups. Antioxidant enzyme levels in breast tissue were significantly higher compared to the DMBA and DMBA+vincristine groups. CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate for the first time that ACE positively influences the treatment of DMBA-induced breast cancer in animal model, inducing a reduction in oxidative stress and chemotherapy toxicity, meaning that ACE may have clinical implication in further studies.
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Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology , Bignoniaceae/chemistry , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Carcinoma/drug therapy , Neoplasms, Experimental/drug therapy , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene , Animals , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Breast Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Carcinogens , Carcinoma/diagnostic imaging , Carcinoma/pathology , Catalase/analysis , Female , Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 , Glutathione Peroxidase/analysis , Neoplasms, Experimental/diagnostic imaging , Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , Optical Imaging/methods , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Plant Extracts/therapeutic use , Positron-Emission Tomography/methods , Radiopharmaceuticals , Rats, Wistar , Reproducibility of Results , Superoxide Dismutase/analysis , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Vincristine/pharmacology , Vincristine/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Abstract Purpose: To examine the effects of Arrabidaa chica (Bignoniacea) extract, a native plant of the Amazon known as crajiru, on a 7,12-dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene (DMBA)-induced breast cancer model in Wistar rats. Methods: We compared the response of breast cancer to the oral administration of A. chica extract (ACE) for 16 weeks, associated or not with vincristine. Groups: normal control; DMBA (50mg/kg v.o,) without treatment; DMBA+ACE (300 mg/kg); DMBA+vincristine. 500μg/kg injected i.p; DMBA+ACE+Vincristine 250μg/kg i.p. Imaging by microPET and fluorescence, biochemistry, oxidative stress, hematology and histopathology were used to validate the treatments. Results: All animals survived. A gradual weight gain in all groups was observed, with no significant difference (p>0.05). The oral administration of ACE and ACE+vincristine 50% significantly reduced breast tumors incidence examined with PET-18FDG and fluorescence (p<0.001). Significant reduction of serum transaminases, oxidative stress and hematological toxicity were observed in these groups. Antioxidant enzyme levels in breast tissue were significantly higher compared to the DMBA and DMBA+vincristine groups. Conclusion: These results demonstrate for the first time that ACE positively influences the treatment of DMBA-induced breast cancer in animal model, inducing a reduction in oxidative stress and chemotherapy toxicity, meaning that ACE may have clinical implication in further studies.
