DBQ - Departamento de Bioquímica
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Artigo A fucan of a brown seaweed and its antitumoral property on HT-29 and immunomodulatory activity in murine RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line(Springer, 2017-02-19) Pinheiro, Thuane de Sousa; Santos, Marilia da S. Nascimento; Castro, Luiza Sheyla E. P. Will; Paiva, Almino Afonso de O.; Alves, Luciana G.; Cruz, Ana Katarina M.; Nobre, Leonardo Thiago Duarte Barreto; Alves, Monique Gabriela das Chagas Faustino; Leite, Edda LisboaPolysaccharides from algae are also proper candidates with therapeutic properties and immunomodulatory and antitumor effects. The brown seaweed Lobophora variegata synthesizes different groups of anionic polysaccharides with several biological properties. Sulfated polysaccharides were obtained by delipidation of seaweed, proteolysis, and fractionation with different volumes of acetone. A fraction of sulfated polysaccharides, fucans or fucoidans, was extracted with 0.8 v acetone and named L. variegata (LV). This fucan was assessed in the inflammatory process in rats, antitumor action on human colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29 cells), apoptosis, and its effect on the cell cycle. LV fraction, a galactofucan, exhibited a high ratio of total sugar/sulfate (1.5) and a very low level of proteins. This polysaccharide showed an antiinflammatory effect on two models of inflammation induced by croton oil and oxazolone in rats. LV was analyzed in cellular proliferation of HT-29. We also demonstrated the cytotoxic action against this cell line and induction in the apoptosis and decreased the cell cycle in phases S and G2/M and the accumulation of cells in the G1 phase. Our studies with LV showed a marked immunomodulatory action without and with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on RAW 264.7 cells. Comparative studies of two fucans, LV and FV (Fucus vesiculosus), with different structures were assessed on viability in macrophages, RAW 264.7 cells. Both showed cytotoxicity in these cells. We observed high levels of nitric oxide (NO) production, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) when treated at 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 mg mL−1 of LV. Data also suggest that LV has potential antitumor effects on HT-29 and antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory effects on RAW 264.7 cellsArtigo Libidibia ferrea presents antiproliferative, apoptotic and antioxidant effects in a colorectal cancer cell line(Elsevier, 2017-08) Araújo, Aurigena Antunes de; Guerra, Andreza Conceição Véras de Aguiar; Soares, Luiz Alberto Lira; Ferreira, Magda Rhayanny Assunção; Rocha, Hugo Alexandre de Oliveira; Medeirose, Juliana Silva de; Cavalcante, Rômulo dos Santos; Araújo Júnior, Raimundo Fernandes deColorectal cancer is noted for being one of the most frequent of tumors, with expressive morbidity and mortality rates. In new drug discovery, plants stand out as a source capable of yielding safe and highefficiency products. Well known in Brazilian popular medicine, Libidibia ferrea (Mart. Ex Tul.) L.P. Queiroz var. ferrea (better known as “ironwood” or “jucá”), has been used to treat a wide spectrum of conditions and to prevent cancer. Using methodologies that involved flow cytometry, spectrophotometry and RT-qPCR assays, crude extracts of the fruits of L. ferrea (20T, 40T, 60T and 80T) were evaluated at 24 h and/or 48 h for: their ability to inhibit cell proliferation; induce apoptosis through Bcl-2, caspase-3 and Apaf-1; their antioxidant activity and effects on important targets related to cell proliferation (EGFR and AKT) in the HT-29 human colorectal cancer lineage. The results revealed high antiproliferative potential as compared to the controls, induction of apoptosis through the intrinsic pathway, and probable tumor inhibition activity under the mediation of important targets in tumorigenesis. In addition, L. ferrea revealed antioxidant, lipid peroxidation and chemoprotective effects in healthy cells. Thus, L. ferrea derivatives have important anticancer effects, and may be considered promising candidate for colorectal cancer therapy.