Annona senegalensis extract demonstrates anticancer properties in N-diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinoma in male Wistar rats

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BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common and leading cancer around the globe. This study investigated the anticancer properties of extract of Annona senegalensis in N-diethylnitrosamine (DEN) - induced hepatocellular carcinoma in male Wistar rats.

METHODS: Rats were simultaneously induced with a combination of 100 mg/kg b.wt of DEN and 0.5 mL/kg of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) intraperitoneally once a week for three weeks in a row. Thereafter, animals were treated with 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg b.wt of A. senegalensis extract daily for 21days. Analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was carried out to discover the phytoconstituents contained in the n-hexane extract of A. senegelensis. The levels of liver function parameters and antioxidant enzyme activities were determined via spectrophotometric analysis. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction technique was used to assess the gene expression patterns of BCL-2, P53, P21, IL-6, FNTA, VEGF, HIF, AFP, XIAP, and EGFR mRNAs.

RESULTS: Treatment of DEN-induced hepatocellular carcinoma Wistar rats with the extract caused significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the activities of ALT and AST. It also resulted in a reduction of the concentration of MDA and a significant increase (p < 0.05) in SOD and GSH activities. IL-6, BCL-2, VEGF, EGFR, XIAP, FNTA, and P21 mRNAs expressions were significantly (p < 0.05) downregulated after treatment. Histopathological analysis revealed that the extract improved the liver architecture.

CONCLUSION: A. senegelensis n-hexane extract demonstrates its anticancer properties by improving the liver architecture, increasing the antioxidant defense systems, downregulating the pro-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, angiogenic, alpha-fetoprotein and farnesyl transferase mRNAs expression and hitherto up-regulate the expression of tumor suppressor (P21 and P53) mRNAs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 131(2020) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 110786

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yakubu, Omolara F [VerfasserIn]
Metibemu, Damilohun S [VerfasserIn]
Adelani, Isaacson B [VerfasserIn]
Adesina, Gbolahan O [VerfasserIn]
Edokwe, Chidera B [VerfasserIn]
Oseha, Oyinkansola E [VerfasserIn]
Adebayo, Abiodun H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3IQ78TTX1A
Annona senegalensis
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antioxidants
CL2T97X0V0
Carbon Tetrachloride
Diethylnitrosamine
Gene expression
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
N-Diethylnitrosamine
Plant Extracts

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Date Completed 19.02.2021

Date Revised 19.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110786

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317210785