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Drug Dev Res ; 85(4): e22199, 2024 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38812443

RESUMO

It has been reported that lipophilic statins such as atorvastatin can more readily penetrate into ß-cells and reach the mitochondria, resulting in mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, decrease in insulin release. Many studies have shown that natural products can protect mitochondrial dysfunction induced by drug in different tissue. We aimed to explore mitochondrial protection potency of hesperidin, vanillic acid, and sinapic acid as natural compounds against mitochondrial dysfunction induced by atorvastatin in pancreas isolated mitochondria. Mitochondria were isolated form rat pancreas and directly treated with toxic concentration of atorvastatin (500 µM) in presence of various concentrations hesperidin, vanillic acid, and sinapic acid (1, 10, and 100 µM) separately. Mitochondrial toxicity parameters such as the reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, succinate dehydrogenases (SDH) activity, mitochondrial swelling, depletion of glutathione (GSH), mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) collapse, and malondialdehyde (MDA) production were measured. Our findings demonstrated that atorvastatin directly induced mitochondrial toxicity at concentration of 500 µM and higher in pancreatic mitochondria. Except MDA, atorvastatin caused significantly reduction in SDH activity, mitochondrial swelling, ROS formation, depletion of GSH, and collapse of MMP. While, our data showed that all three protective compounds at low concentrations ameliorated atorvastatin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction with the increase of SDH activity, improvement of mitochondrial swelling, MMP collapse and mitochondrial GSH, and reduction of ROS formation. We can conclude that hesperidin, vanillic acid, and sinapic acid can directly reverse the toxic of atorvastatin in rat pancreas isolated mitochondria, which may be beneficial for protection against diabetogenic-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in pancreatic ß-cells.


Assuntos
Atorvastatina , Ácidos Cumáricos , Hesperidina , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial , Mitocôndrias , Dilatação Mitocondrial , Pâncreas , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio , Ácido Vanílico , Animais , Atorvastatina/farmacologia , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Pâncreas/efeitos dos fármacos , Pâncreas/patologia , Pâncreas/metabolismo , Ácidos Cumáricos/farmacologia , Ratos , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Masculino , Dilatação Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Ácido Vanílico/farmacologia , Hesperidina/farmacologia , Glutationa/metabolismo , Ratos Wistar , Succinato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Malondialdeído/metabolismo
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Daru ; 31(2): 205-219, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37610559

RESUMO

The present study aimed at developing an injectable hydrogel based on acacia gum (AG) for wound healing acceleration. The hydrogels were synthetized through metal-ligand coordination mediated by Fe3+ and characterized in terms of gelation time, gel content, initial water content, swelling capacity, water retention ratio, and porosity. Moreover, FTIR, XRD and TGA analyses were performed for the hydrogels and allantoin (Alla) loaded ones. Furthermore, bioadhessiveness, and self-healing as well as antibacterial, toxicity and wound healing potentials of the hydrogels were evaluated. The hydrogels displayed fast gelation time, high swelling, porosity, and bioadhessiveness, as well as antioxidant, self-healing, antibacterial, blood clotting, and injectability properties. FTIR, XRD and TGA analyses confirmed hydrogel synthesis and drug loading. The Alla-loaded hydrogels accelerated wound healing by decreasing the inflammation and increasing the cell proliferation as well as collagen deposition. Hemocompatibility, cell cytotoxicity, and in vivo toxicity experiments were indicative of a high biocompatibility level for the hydrogels. Given the advantages of fast gelation, injectability and beneficial biological properties, the use of Alla-loaded hydrogels could be considered a new remedy for efficient wound healing.


Assuntos
Goma Arábica , Hidrogéis , Cicatrização , Polissacarídeos , Água , Antibacterianos/farmacologia
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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev ; 23(7): 2309-2316, 2022 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35901336

RESUMO

From ancient times to the present-day animal venoms had been used as medicinal and therapeutic agents. Recently it has been reported that the scorpion venom is a potential source of active and therapeutic compounds to design potent drugs against variety of cancerous cells and other diseases. The current study aimed to evaluate the selective toxicity of Iranian Mesobuthus eupeus (IMe) crude venom as a potential source of anticancer compounds on cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes and normal lymphocytes. For this purpose, we isolated cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes and normal lymphocytes from chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients and healthy volunteers. Cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes and normal lymphocytes were treated with different concentration (0, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 µg/ml) of IMe crude venom for 12 hours and cytotoxicity, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and lysosomal membrane integrity were determined. The data demonstrated the significant cytotoxic effect of IMe crude venom on cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes, with a concentration value (IC50) that inhibits 50% of the cell viability of 60 µg/ ml after 12 h of incubation. MTT assay proved that the IMe crude venom is selectively toxic to cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes, and IMe crude venom induced selective cell death via activation of ROS formation and mitochondrial/lysosomal dysfunction. These finding showed that IMe crude venom has a selective mitochondrial/lysosomal-mediated cell death effect on cancerous CLL B-lymphocytes. Therefore, the IMe crude venom and its fractions may be promising in the future anticancer drug development for treatment of CLL and variety of cancers.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B , Venenos de Escorpião , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Humanos , Irã (Geográfico) , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/metabolismo , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Venenos de Escorpião/metabolismo , Venenos de Escorpião/farmacologia , Venenos de Escorpião/uso terapêutico , Escorpiões
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Res Pharm Sci ; 17(2): 189-208, 2022 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35280831

RESUMO

Background and purpose: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is known as the main reason for cervical cancer. According to carcinogenic risk, HPV can be located into two classes, counting the low-risk virus, which is the main cause of genital warts and low-grade cervical epithelial lesions. HPV-16 is one of the high-risk HPV subtypes in the spectrum of cervical diseases. Experimental approach: The PubChem database was screened in order to identify potential anti-HPV hits followed by ADMET predictions. Then, molecular docking was performed to improve the accuracy of screening and also to find the details of the interactions of the hit compounds with the active site. Finally, molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and free binding energy on top-ranked structures CID_73212812, CID_91059286, CID_69838075, cidofovir, and jaceosidin were carried out with protein to compute the interaction energies and stability of the top-ranked compounds at the active site. Findings/Results: Based on molecular docking studies, three compounds including CID_73212812, CID_91059286, and CID_69838075 exhibited the best results among compounds against the E6 protein of HPV-16. Furthermore, RMSD, RMSF, hydrogen binds, Rg, and energy analysis during MD simulation certainly indicated the stable binding of selected compounds with E6 protein of HPV-16 active site. Conclusion and implications: Docking and MD results revealed that hydrophobic contacts and optimum hydrogen bonds were determinant factors in the interactions of hits and the E6 protein of HPV-16. In addition, the binding energy portions exposed that Van der Waals and non-polar interactions were fundamental factors in the molecule binding.

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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev ; 22(5): 1523-1529, 2021 05 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34048181

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Marine animals have been considered by many researchers due to their various pharmacological effects. One group of marine animals that have been studied is cone snails. The conotoxin obtained from these marine animals has various therapeutic effects. METHODS: This study was designed to investigate the apoptotic effects of crude venom of Conus textile and its fractions (A and B) on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells. Accordingly, parameters such as cell viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, collapse in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), lysosomal membrane damage and caspase-3 activation were evaluated. RESULTS: The results showed that the crude venom (50, 100 and 200 µg/ml) from Conus textile and its fraction B (50, 100 and 200 µg/ml) significantly reduced viability in CLL B-lymphocyte. In addition, exposure of CLL B-lymphocyte to fraction B (50, 100 and 200 µg/ml) was associated with an increase in the level of ROS, the collapse of the MMP, damage to the lysosomal membrane, and activation of caspase-3. CONCLUSION: According to results, it was concluded that fraction B from crude venom of Conus textile causes selective toxicity on CLL B-lymphocyte with almost no effect on a normal lymphocyte. Furthermore, this venom fraction could be a promising candidate for induction of apoptosis in patients with CLL through the mitochondrial pathway.


Assuntos
Caspase 3/metabolismo , Caramujo Conus/química , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/patologia , Linfócitos/patologia , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Peçonhas/farmacologia , Animais , Apoptose , Sobrevivência Celular , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/tratamento farmacológico , Leucemia Linfocítica Crônica de Células B/metabolismo , Linfócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo
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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev ; 22(S1): 49-57, 2021 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33576212

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Research on animal toxins have shown toxicity potential on cancerous cell and tissues in the cultures. Conotoxins obtained from marine cone snails show the highest toxicity potential, so that several human deaths have been attributed to this species of snail. These toxins have proven to be valuable agents to inhibit enzymes, channels and proteins, in the nervous systems of humans. METHODS: We have studied the effects of Conus textile crude venom on U87MG human glioma cells and their mitochondria as main inducers of apoptosis and human embryonic kidney 293 cells (HEK293) as non-cancerous normal control cells. Cellular toxicity assessments including MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay and measurement of caspase-3 activation as well as mitochondrial toxicity assays including measurement of the activity of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) enzyme, mitochondrial swelling, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and cytochrome c release were performed in U87MG human glioma cells and HEK293 cells (as non-cancerous normal cells). RESULTS: The results illustrated the significant cytotoxic effect of Conus textile crude venom on U87MG human glioma cells, that inhibits 50% (IC50=10µg/mL) of the cell growth after 12 h of exposure. Viability measurement showed which the Conus textile crude venom is selectively cytotoxic to U87MG human glioma cells, and induced activation of caspase-3 and induction of cell apoptosis via through mitochondrial signaling. Conus textile crude venom also selectively increased mitochondria swelling, ROS formation, cytochrome c release and MMP decrease in cancerous mitochondria but not normal mitochondria. Conclusion; Based on the obtained results from this investigation, it is concluded that the Conus textile crude venom contains promising natural compounds to fight U87MG human glioma cells through activation of apoptosis intrinsic pathways.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Glioblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Venenos de Moluscos/farmacologia , Animais , Proliferação de Células , Glioblastoma/metabolismo , Glioblastoma/patologia , Humanos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias/patologia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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