Cancer Molecular Pathology Research Center, Department of Hematology and Blood Bank, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2022 Dec 31;68(12):17-20. doi: 10.14715/cmb/2022.68.12.4.
Natural coumarins are valuable agents that induce anticancer effects and/or enhance sensitivity to therapeutic modalities. Galbanic acid (GBA), auraptene (AUR) and umbelliprenin (UMB) are coumarins derived from Ferula species with various pharmaceutical activities. The aim of the current research was to compare toxic effects of GBA, AUR, and UMB on human lymphoma cells in normoxia and hypoxia. In this regard, GBA and AUR were extracted from the roots of F. szowitsiana and UMB was derived from the roots of F. persica, all by thin-layer chromatography. MT-2 cells were treated with each agent for 3 consequent periods, while exposed to different O2 contents (21% and 2%). By the end of each treatment, the viability of MT-2 cells was determined by resazurin dye-based colorimetric assay. Obtained results revealed that low doses of GBA (10 and 20 µM) induced significant (p < 0.0001) toxic effects in hypoxia. However, similar toxicity was observed when cells were treated with 40 µM AUR in normoxia and hypoxia. Notably, UMB was the only coumarin that exerted cytotoxic effects in all time points (48, 72 and 96 h) in normoxia and hypoxia, although its concentration was highest (80 µM). In conclusion, this is the first report indicating GBA was the most toxic coumarin against ATL cells in hypoxia, AUR induced similar effects in normoxia and hypoxia, and low toxicity of UMB was stable during the time and different O2 contents. Future studies on other ATL cell lines are recommended to better evaluate the toxic effects of GBA, AUR and UMB in vitro.
天然香豆素是具有诱导抗癌作用和/或增强治疗方式敏感性的有价值的药物。格尔巴酸(GBA)、白芷素(AUR)和 Umbelliprenin(UMB)是从 Ferula 属植物中提取的香豆素,具有多种药物活性。本研究旨在比较 GBA、AUR 和 UMB 在常氧和缺氧条件下对人淋巴瘤细胞的毒性作用。为此,GBA 和 AUR 从 F. szowitsiana 的根部提取,UMB 从 F. persica 的根部提取,均采用薄层层析法。MT-2 细胞分别用三种药物处理 3 个连续周期,同时暴露于不同的 O2 含量(21%和 2%)。在每个处理周期结束时,通过 Resazurin 染料比色法测定 MT-2 细胞的活力。结果表明,低剂量 GBA(10 和 20 µM)在缺氧条件下可显著诱导(p<0.0001)毒性作用。然而,当细胞在常氧和缺氧条件下用 40 µM AUR 处理时,也观察到类似的毒性。值得注意的是,UMB 是唯一一种在常氧和缺氧条件下所有时间点(48、72 和 96 h)均具有细胞毒性作用的香豆素,尽管其浓度最高(80 µM)。综上所述,这是首次报道表明 GBA 是缺氧条件下对 ATL 细胞毒性最强的香豆素,AUR 在常氧和缺氧条件下诱导相似的作用,而 UMB 的低毒性在时间和不同 O2 含量下保持稳定。建议对其他 ATL 细胞系进行进一步研究,以更好地评估 GBA、AUR 和 UMB 的体外毒性作用。
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