Braciuliene Aurita, Janulis Valdimaras, Petrikaite Vilma
Department of Pharmacognosy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Sukileliu Av. 13, LT-50162 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Laboratory of Drug Targets Histopathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Sukileliu Av. 13, LT-50162 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Pharmaceutics. 2022 Nov 24;14(12):2593. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122593.
Cancer cells' resistance to anticancer drugs represents a major clinical problem and the most important failure of treatment. Combination chemotherapy is more effective than monotherapy due to additive or synergistic effects. The aim of our research was to assess the effects of the combinations of apple extract's triterpenic compounds, individual triterpenic acids, and doxorubicin (DOX) on human colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29) and human glioblastoma (U-87) cell lines in 2D and 3D cultures. The effect of the combination of apple extracts, the triterpenic standards, and DOX against HT-29 and U-87 cell viability was tested by the MTT and spheroid growth assays. Cell line HT-29 was more sensitive to DOX when incubated with all tested apple extracts than DOX alone. Cell line HT-29 was the most strongly sensitive to DOX when it was treated with 5 µM oleanolic acid (change of EC = -64.6% ± 4.4%) and with 5 µM ursolic acid (change of EC = -61.9% ± 8.8%) in 2D culture. Meanwhile, cell line U-87 was the most strongly sensitive to DOX when treated with 2 µM betulinic acid (change of EC = -45.1% ± 4.5%) in 2D culture. The combination of apple extract (E3) and DOX reduced the viability of HT-29 spheroids the most (spheroid viability reduced from -19.9% to -10.9%, compared to spheroids treated with DOX alone). Our study in 2D and 3D cultures showed that combining apple extract's triterpenic complexes or individual triterpenic acids with DOX may sensitize chemotherapeutic drugs and increase the cytotoxicity effects in HT-29 and U-87 cell lines.
癌细胞对抗癌药物的耐药性是一个主要的临床问题,也是治疗中最重要的失败原因。由于具有相加或协同作用,联合化疗比单一疗法更有效。我们研究的目的是评估苹果提取物的三萜类化合物、单个三萜酸与多柔比星(DOX)的组合在二维和三维培养中对人结肠腺癌(HT-29)和人胶质母细胞瘤(U-87)细胞系的影响。通过MTT和球体生长试验测试了苹果提取物、三萜标准品与DOX的组合对HT-29和U-87细胞活力的影响。与单独使用DOX相比,HT-29细胞系在与所有测试的苹果提取物一起孵育时对DOX更敏感。在二维培养中,当HT-29细胞系用5μM齐墩果酸(EC变化=-64.6%±4.4%)和5μM熊果酸(EC变化=-61.9%±8.8%)处理时,对DOX最为敏感。同时,在二维培养中,当U-87细胞系用2μM桦木酸(EC变化=-45.1%±4.5%)处理时,对DOX最为敏感。苹果提取物(E3)与DOX的组合对HT-29球体活力的降低最为显著(与单独用DOX处理的球体相比,球体活力从-19.9%降至-10.9%)。我们在二维和三维培养中的研究表明,将苹果提取物的三萜复合物或单个三萜酸与DOX联合使用可能会使化疗药物敏感,并增加对HT-29和U-87细胞系的细胞毒性作用。