Laboratório de Bioquímica Experimental, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Laboratório de Termodinâmica e Extração Supercrítica, Departamento de Engenharia Química e Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2019 Oct;132:110644. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110644. Epub 2019 Jun 26.
Supercritical fluid technologies offer an innovative method for food industry and drug discovery from natural sources. The aim of the study is to investigate the anti-tumor activity of piperine rich extract by supercritical fluid (SFE) from black pepper (Piper nigrum). In silico docking simulations predicted anti-tumor molecular mechanism and protein-piperine hydrophobic interactions, showing hydrogen bonds between piperine and residue Ser5 inside the ATP binding site in CDK2. Moreover, piperine interacts with peptide substrate residue Lys8 inside its binding site in Cyclin A molecule. Other predicted interaction showed piperine inside the hydrophobic groove of Bcl-xL. Confirming the docking simulation, in vitro assays with SFE (40 °C/30 MPa) showed cytotoxicity to MCF-7 cells (IC50 = 27.8 ± 6.8 μg/ml) correlated to increased apoptosis. Balb/c mice-bearing Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma (EAC) group that received the SFE (100 mg/kg/day) showed tumor growth inhibition (60%) and increased mice survival (50%), probably related to cell cycle arrest (G2/M) and increased apoptosis. In vivo treatments with SFE increased the expression of pro-apoptotic proteins (p53 and Bax), inhibited cell cycle proteins (CDK2, Cyclin A) and anti-apoptotic protein (Bcl-xL). Thus, confirming in silico predicted inhibitory interactions. These results clearly showed promising performance of the piperine-rich fraction recovered from black pepper, drawing attention to its use as complementary therapy for cancer.
超临界流体技术为食品工业和天然药物发现提供了一种创新方法。本研究旨在探讨从黑胡椒(Piper nigrum)中提取的富含胡椒碱的超临界流体(SFE)提取物的抗肿瘤活性。计算机对接模拟预测了抗肿瘤的分子机制和蛋白-胡椒碱疏水性相互作用,显示胡椒碱与 CDK2 中 ATP 结合位点内的残基 Ser5 之间形成氢键。此外,胡椒碱与 Cyclin A 分子中其结合位点内的肽底物残基 Lys8 相互作用。其他预测的相互作用显示胡椒碱位于 Bcl-xL 的疏水性凹槽内。体外实验结果与对接模拟结果一致,SFE(40°C/30 MPa)的体外实验显示对 MCF-7 细胞的细胞毒性(IC50=27.8±6.8μg/ml)与细胞凋亡增加相关。接受 SFE(100mg/kg/天)治疗的荷 Ehrlich 腹水癌(EAC)Balb/c 小鼠显示肿瘤生长抑制(60%)和小鼠存活率提高(50%),可能与细胞周期停滞(G2/M)和细胞凋亡增加有关。体内治疗用 SFE 增加了促凋亡蛋白(p53 和 Bax)的表达,抑制了细胞周期蛋白(CDK2、Cyclin A)和抗凋亡蛋白(Bcl-xL)的表达。因此,证实了计算机预测的抑制性相互作用。这些结果清楚地表明了从黑胡椒中回收的富含胡椒碱的部分具有有前景的性能,引起了人们对其作为癌症补充疗法的关注。
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