In vitro chemopreventive and cytotoxic effects of Amazon mosses Leucobryum martianum (Hornsch.) and Leucobryum laevifolium (Broth) extracts

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Several bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, demonstrate low toxicity and prominent effects on cancer cells with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor activities. Such compounds can be found in Amazon mosses Leucobryum martianum (Hornsch.) Hampe ex Müll. Hal. (Hornsch.) and Leucobryum laevifolium (Broth). Antimutagenic assay with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and cytotoxicity with different eukaryotic cell lines were carried out to screen aqueous, hydroalcoholic, and ethanolic extracts of those Amazon mosses for anticancer potential. The results indicate the capacity of all extracts of both mosses to exert chemopreventive effects against 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (4NQO) and 2-aminoanthracene (2-AA), which are direct or indirect mutagens. In particular, the ethanolic and aqueous extract from L. martianum. The ethanolic extract from L. martianum induces significant cytotoxicity by mitochondrial metabolism and cell membrane disruption pathways to tumor or non-tumor cells. The aqueous extract from L. martianum showed a mainly cytotoxic response in the HepG2 cells, a human liver carcinoma, reaching ~90% cytotoxicity. The same extract did not induce significant damage to normal liver cells (F C3H cells) by membrane interaction pathway. The selective cytotoxicity in the aqueous extract of L. martianum makes it a candidate against liver cancer. Further studies, including in vivo models, are necessary to validate the efficacy and safety of the aqueous extract of L. martianum.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Mutagenesis - 39(2024), 1 vom: 08. Feb., Seite 56-68

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernandes, Andreia da Silva [VerfasserIn]
de Oliveira, Carine Gonçalves [VerfasserIn]
Evangelista, Heitor [VerfasserIn]
Sulamita D S, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Araujo-Lima, Carlos Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Felzenszwalb, Israel [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antimutagenic Agents
Antimutagenicity
Antineoplastic Agents
Antioxidants
Chemopreventive
Cytotoxicity
Journal Article
Leucobryum laevifolium
Leucobryum martianum
Mutagens
Plant Extracts

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/mutage/gead028

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NLM362720916