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Cytotoxic potential of 14 Passiflora species against cancer cells.
(2019) Amaral, Ricardo Guimarães; Gomes, Silvana Vieira Floresta; Luciano, Maria Claudia dos Santos; Pessoa, Claudia do Ó; Andrade, Luciana Nalone; Severino, Patrícia; Brandão, Geraldo Célio; Bomfim, Larissa Mendes; Soares, Milena Botelho Pereira; Bezerra, Daniel Pereira; David, Jorge Mauricio; Carvalho, Adriana Andrade
This work aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic potential against cancer cells of Passiflora genus plant species cultivated in Brazil and identify the mechanism of cytotoxicity induced by the most promising extract. Ethanolic extracts from the leaves of 14 Passiflora species were obtained by accelerated solvent extraction and in vitro cytotoxicity evaluated against cancer cell lines using MTT assay at a single concentration of 50 μg/ml. Additionally, the IC50 of the Passiflora alata (ELPA) leaf extracts was determined against both cancer (HCT-116, SF-295, OVACAR-8, and HL-60), and non-cancer cells (PBMC). The ELPA flavonoids were identified by HPLC-DAD and UHPLC-MS/MS. The morphological analyses, using light and fluorescence microscopy, and cell cycle and DNA fragmentation analysis, using flow cytometry, were evaluated to study the mechanism of cell death induced by ELPA in HL-60 cells. Among the Passiflora leaf extracts evaluated; ELPA stood out with high cytotoxic activity, followed by Passiflora capsularis and Passiflora quadrangularis with varying high and low cytotoxic activity. ELPA presented high cytotoxic potency in HL-60 (IC50 19.37 μg/ml), and without cytotoxicity against PBMC, suggesting selectivity for cancer cells. The cytotoxic activity of ELPA may well be linked to the presence of ten identified flavonoids. Cells treated with ELPA presented the hallmarks typical of apoptosis and necrosis, with cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase. From among the studied species, ELPA presented greater cytotoxic activity, possibly a consequence of synergistic flavonoid action, which induces cell death by apoptosis and necrosis.
Cytotoxic, antitumor and toxicological profile of passiflora alata leaf extract.
(2020) Amaral, Ricardo Guimarães; Gomes, Silvana Vieira Floresta; Andrade, Luciana Nalone; Santos, Sara Albuquerque dos; Severino, Patrícia; Albuquerque Júnior, Ricardo Luiz Cavalcanti de; Souto, Eliana B.; Brandão, Geraldo Célio; Santos, Sandra Lauton; David, Jorge Mauricio; Carvalho, Adriana Andrade
Passiflora alata or passion fruit is a native flowering plant from Amazon, geographically spread from Peru to Brazil. The plant has long been used in folks medicine for its pharmacological properties and is included in the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia since 1929. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential cytotoxic and antitumor activities of Passiflora alata leaf extract (PaLE) in S180-tumor bearing mice. The percentage of cell proliferation inhibition (% CPI) and IC50 in relation to 4 tumor cell lines were determined in PC3, K-562, HepG2 and S180 cell lines using the MTT assay. PaLE showed a CPI > 75% and greater potency (IC50 < 30 µg/mL) against PC3 and S180 cell lines. PaLE showed antitumor activity in treatments intraperitoneally (36.75% and 44.99% at doses of 100 and 150 mg/kg/day, respectively). Toxicological changes were shown in the reduced body mass associated with reduced food consumption, increased spleen mass associated with histopathological increase in the white pulp of the spleen and increased number of total leukocytes with changes in the percentage relationship between lymphocytes and neutrophils. Our outcomes corroborate the conclusion that PaLE has antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo with low toxicity.