1. Bullfrog oil (Rana catesbeiana Shaw) induces apoptosis, in A2058 human melanoma cells by mitochondrial dysfunction triggered by oxidative stress
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Éverton N. Alencar, Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha, Lucas Amaral-Machado, Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa do Egito, Ana Katarina Menezes da Cruz, Kareem Ebeid, Aliasger K. Salem, and Wógenes N. Oliveira
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0301 basic medicine ,Programmed cell death ,Cytotoxicity ,Apoptosis ,RM1-950 ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bullfrog ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Animals ,Humans ,MTT assay ,Cell Lineage ,Propidium iodide ,Viability assay ,Melanoma ,Pharmacology ,Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial ,Natural products ,Rana catesbeiana ,Cell Cycle ,General Medicine ,Cell biology ,Mitochondria ,Oxidative Stress ,Bullfrog oil ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,DNA fragmentation ,Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,Reactive Oxygen Species ,Oils ,Intracellular - Abstract
Bullfrog oil, an animal oil extracted from the adipose tissue of Rana catesbeiana Shaw, showed promising cytotoxic activity against melanoma cells and, therefore, has the potential to become a pharmaceutical active compound. However, there is a lack of information regarding the pathways involved in its pharmacological activity. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate and elucidate the cytotoxic effect of this oil against A2058 human melanoma cells. The cytotoxic potential was evaluated by the MTT assay, the cell cycle analysis and the cell death assay. In addition, the apoptotic potential was investigated by (i) the DNA fragmentation using propidium iodide staining analysis, (ii) the evaluation of mitochondrial membrane potential and (iii) the determination of intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) level. The results showed that the bullfrog oil was able to promote a time-dependent cytotoxic effect, decreasing cell viability to 38% after 72 h of treatment without affecting the cell cycle. Additionally, the bullfrog oil induced the apoptosis in A2058 cells, increasing up to 50 ± 13% of the intracellular ROS level, maintaining the DNA integrity and promoting an approximate decrease of 35 ± 5% in the mitochondrial membrane potential. It can be concluded that the in vitro cytotoxic effect of the bullfrog oil in A2058 human melanoma cells is mediated by oxidative stress that induces mitochondrial dysfunction, triggering the apoptosis. These unprecedented results highlight the pharmacological potential of bullfrog oil and provide important information to support studies on the development of new pharmaceutical products for complementary and alternative treatments for melanoma.
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- 2019