Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences & Arts, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh 21911, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Molecules. 2023 Feb 22;28(5):2041. doi: 10.3390/molecules28052041.
Medicinal plants provide a wide range of active compounds that can be exploited to create novel medicines with minimal side effects. The current study aimed to identify the anticancer properties of () leaves. Here, we demonstrate that leaves' methanolic extract suppresses cancer cells in colon (HCT), liver (HepG2), breast (MCF-7), and erythroid (JK-1) cell lines. By applying GC/MS, we were able to determine the components of the extract that might contribute to cytotoxicity. Molecular docking modules were created that used active components against cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) in colon cancer, aromatase cytochrome P450 in the breast cancer receptor protein, the -N terminal domain in the erythroid cancer receptor of the erythroid spectrin, and topoisomerase in liver cancer. The results demonstrate that, out of the 12 bioactive compounds generated by GC/MS analysis, the active ingredient 2-imino-6-nitro-2-1-benzopyran-3-carbothiamide proved to be the best-docked chemical with the chosen proteins impacted by DNA conformational changes, cell membrane integrity, and proliferation in molecular docking studies. Notably, we uncovered the capacity of to induce apoptosis and inhibit cell growth in the HCT cell line. Collectively, our data propose that leaves' methanolic extract has an anticancer role with the potential to guide future mechanistic studies.
药用植物提供了广泛的具有活性的化合物，可用于开发副作用最小的新型药物。本研究旨在确定（）叶的抗癌特性。在这里，我们证明了（）叶的甲醇提取物能抑制结肠（HCT）、肝脏（HepG2）、乳腺（MCF-7）和红细胞（JK-1）细胞系中的癌细胞。通过应用 GC/MS，我们能够确定可能导致细胞毒性的提取物成分。创建了分子对接模块，这些模块使用针对结肠癌中环细胞依赖性激酶 5（Cdk5）、乳腺癌受体蛋白中的芳香酶细胞色素 P450、红细胞 spectrin 中的红细胞癌受体-N 末端结构域和肝癌中的拓扑异构酶的活性成分。结果表明，在 GC/MS 分析生成的 12 种生物活性化合物中，活性成分 2-亚氨基-6-硝基-2-1-苯并吡喃-3-硫代甲酰胺被证明是与所选蛋白结合最好的化学物质，这些蛋白受到 DNA 构象变化、细胞膜完整性和增殖的影响，在分子对接研究中。值得注意的是，我们发现（）能够诱导 HCT 细胞系中的细胞凋亡和抑制细胞生长。总的来说，我们的数据表明，（）叶的甲醇提取物具有抗癌作用，有可能指导未来的机制研究。
