Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
J Ovarian Res. 2024 Sep 7;17(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s13048-024-01500-6.
Ovarian cancer is the second most common and lethal gynecologic malignancy. Among natural product-based therapy, the honeybee products, particularly propolis, serve a valuable source contributing directly to human nutrition and health.In the present study, we determined the chemical composition of different types of propolis originating from Egypt, Germany and France using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The compounds identified belong to different metabolite classes, including flavonoids, cinnamic acid, chalcones, terpenoids, phenolic lipids, stilbenes, phenolic compounds, carbohydrates, vitamins, coumarins, polyprenylated benzophenone, benzoic acids, fatty acid methyl ester, and coumaric acid, and their derivatives. The most active extract is from France then Egypt and Germany.Afterwards, we treated the human ovarian cancer cells, OVCAR4, with different concentrations (1-400 μg/mL) of variable propolis types supplemented or not with vitamin D (0.0015-0.15 μg/mL) in order to evaluate the efficacy and the cytotoxic activities of our local P as compared to other types collected from different geographic regions. Importantly, the combinatorial treatment of OVCAR4 cancer cells with propolis and vitamin D in the same concentration ranges resulted in enhanced cell viability inhibition. Furthermore, such co-supplementation with vitamin D inhibits predominately the proliferative activity of cell population with the French propolis type as manifested by Ki67 expression, while it reduces considerably its expression, particularly with the German type, followed by the Egyptian one.Nowadays, scientists are interested by natural products which have risen to the forefront of drug discovery. Chemically characterized propolis showing cell viability inhibition and antiproliferative potential seems a valuable extract for further consideration as anti-carcinogenic agent.
卵巢癌是第二常见和最致命的妇科恶性肿瘤。在天然产物为基础的治疗中,蜜蜂产品,特别是蜂胶,是直接为人类营养和健康做出贡献的有价值的来源。在本研究中,我们使用液相色谱-串联质谱法确定了来自埃及、德国和法国的不同类型蜂胶的化学成分。鉴定的化合物属于不同的代谢物类别,包括类黄酮、肉桂酸、查尔酮、萜类、酚类脂质、芪类、酚类化合物、碳水化合物、维生素、香豆素、多聚异戊二烯苯并二氢吡喃酮、苯甲酸、脂肪酸甲酯和阿魏酸及其衍生物。最活跃的提取物来自法国,其次是埃及和德国。
随后,我们用不同浓度(1-400μg/ml)的不同类型的蜂胶(补充或不补充维生素 D(0.0015-0.15μg/ml))处理人卵巢癌细胞 OVCAR4,以评估我们当地 P 与从不同地理区域收集的其他类型的蜂胶的功效和细胞毒性活性。重要的是,蜂胶和维生素 D 以相同浓度范围联合处理 OVCAR4 癌细胞会增强细胞活力抑制。此外,这种与维生素 D 的联合补充以 Ki67 表达的形式主要抑制法国蜂胶类型的细胞群体的增殖活性,而它会大大降低其表达,特别是德国类型,其次是埃及类型。
如今,科学家对具有药物发现前沿地位的天然产物感兴趣。具有细胞活力抑制和抗增殖潜力的化学特征明确的蜂胶似乎是作为抗癌剂进一步考虑的有价值的提取物。
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