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El Seedy GM, El-Shafey ES, Elsherbiny ES. Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) fortified with Camellia sinensis mediates apoptosis, Notch-1 signaling, and mitigates obesity-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver. J Food Biochem 2021; 45:e13849. [PMID: 34245170 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The habit of drinking tea is highly prevalent and could be utilized to introduce more health benefits through fortification with medicinal plants. The purpose of this analysis was to assess the nutritional quality and health benefits of fortified Ziziphus tea (ZT) with green tea (GT) against obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Proximate analysis and sensory evaluation were carried out on the fortified tea. In the in vivo study, 15 SD rats were used for each group. Flow cytometry was utilized for caspase 3 analysis. ELISA was used for the detection of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and adiponectin levels. Real-time PCR was used to detect Notch-1 and Hes-1 gene expression. The composition of fortified (GT+ZT) showed a significant improvement in the nutritional value represented by the increase in overall protein, crude fat, crude fiber, ash, carbohydrate, mineral contents, and antioxidant capacity. Treatment with GT+ZT restored the disturbance in body weight, lipid profile, liver function, glucose, insulin sensitivity index, and oxidative status. It reversed the changes in TNF-α and adiponectin levels. Their protective effects against NAFLD were indicated by the inhibition of hepatic caspase-3 activity, suppression of Notch-1, and Hes-1 gene expression and amelioration of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced histological alterations. Collectively, our findings, elucidate the precise mechanism of fortified ZT+GT for the attenuation of obesity-induced metabolic disorders and NAFLD via regulating lipolysis, TNF-α, adiponectin, apoptosis, and Notch-1 signaling pathways, and provide a foundation for an easily implemented healthy habit of drinking. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: The incorporation of bioactive compounds into functional foods is a growing market. Consumer attention in well-being has increased rapidly toward a fortified diet that provides additional health effects. The fortified (GT+ZT) tea may potentially serve as an easily implemented healthy drinking habit to prevent and manage obesity and NAFLD and reduce the risk of other diseases. Fortification with ZT improved the health-promoting functionality of GT through the enhancement of total protein, carbohydrates, antioxidant, and mineral contents. This was reflected by their synergetic therapeutic activity in ameliorating the disturbance in obesity-related disorders and NAFLD via regulating lipolysis, inflammation, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and Notch-1 signaling pathways. Therefore, (GT+ZT) could be considered functional foods which attribute to functional improvement and reduction in disease risk.
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- Ghada Mosad El Seedy
- Home Economics Department, Faculty of Specific Education, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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El Seedy GM, El-Shafey ES, Elsherbiny ES. Fortification of biscuit with sidr leaf and flaxseed mitigates immunosuppression and nephrotoxicity induced by cyclosporine A. J Food Biochem 2021; 45:e13655. [PMID: 33616983 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.13655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The focus of consumers in healthy food turned to the possible health benefits of particular foods and food ingredients. This study aimed to evaluate the newly fortified biscuits supplemented with sidr leaves and flaxseed and to highlight their nutritional quality and health benefits against cyclosporine A-induced dexterous effects. Sidr leaves (SL), and flaxseed (FS) were used in the preparation of fortified biscuits. Proximate analysis and sensory evaluation were carried out on the biscuits. In in vivo study, 15 male albino mice were used for each group. Groups were divided into control, CsA, SL, FS, and SL+FS-treated groups. Hematological analysis, kidney function tests, oxidative stress, and anti-oxidant status were estimated. Flow cytometry was utilized to detect apoptosis and autophagy levels. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used for detection of interleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) levels. The composition of biscuits complemented by SL and FS demonstrated significant improvement in the nutritional value represented by the increase in overall protein, crude fat, crude fiber, ash, and carbohydrate contents. Treatment with SL and FS restored the disturbance in hematological, kidney function, oxidative, and antioxidant biomarkers. CsA-induced apoptotic and autophagic renal cell death was suppressed. Cytokines and pro-inflammatory markers were ameliorated. The use of SL and FS in dietary products can be recommended as a functional food. Moreover, they showed renal-protective, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune-enhancing activities. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Sidr leaves (SL) and flaxseed (FS) were used in the preparation of fortified biscuits. The composition of biscuits complemented by SL and FS demonstrated a significant improvement in the nutritional values represented by the increase in overall protein, crude fat, crude fiber, ash, and carbohydrate contents. SL and FS showed a potential therapeutic activity in reversing CsA-induced dexterous side effects by acting as an antioxidant, antiapoptotic, antiautophagic, anti-inflammatory, renal-protective, and immune-enhancing agents. The use of sidr leaves and flaxseed in dietary products can be recommended as a functional food. Supplementation of SL and/or FS to the diet is recommended to ensure a good health. Moreover, introducing awareness for the patients utilizing CsA to use SL and FS in their diets.
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- Ghada Mosad El Seedy
- Home Economics Department, Faculty of Specific Education, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt
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Krasnovskaya OO, Guk DA, Naumov AE, Nikitina VN, Semkina AS, Vlasova KY, Pokrovsky V, Ryabaya OO, Karshieva SS, Skvortsov DA, Zhirkina IV, Shafikov RR, Gorelkin PV, Vaneev AN, Erofeev AS, Mazur DM, Tafeenko VA, Pergushov VI, Melnikov MY, Soldatov MA, Shapovalov VV, Soldatov AV, Akasov RA, Gerasimov VM, Sakharov DA, Moiseeva AA, Zyk NV, Beloglazkina EK, Majouga AG. Novel Copper-Containing Cytotoxic Agents Based on 2-Thioxoimidazolones. J Med Chem 2020; 63:13031-13063. [PMID: 32985193 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of 73 ligands and 73 of their Cu+2 and Cu+1 copper complexes with different geometries, oxidation states of the metal, and redox activities were synthesized and characterized. The aim of the study was to establish the structure-activity relationship within a series of analogues with different substituents at the N(3) position, which govern the redox potentials of the Cu+2/Cu+1 redox couples, ROS generation ability, and intracellular accumulation. Possible cytotoxicity mechanisms, such as DNA damage, DNA intercalation, telomerase inhibition, and apoptosis induction, have been investigated. ROS formation in MCF-7 cells and three-dimensional (3D) spheroids was proven using the Pt-nanoelectrode. Drug accumulation and ROS formation at 40-60 μm spheroid depths were found to be the key factors for the drug efficacy in the 3D tumor model, governed by the Cu+2/Cu+1 redox potential. A nontoxic in vivo single-dose evaluation for two binuclear mixed-valence Cu+1/Cu+2 redox-active coordination compounds, 72k and 61k, was conducted.
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- Olga O Krasnovskaya
- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia.,Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Medical Nanobiotechnologies, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ostrovityanova 1, Moscow 117997, Russia.,Department of Basic and Applied Neurobiology, Serbsky National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, Kropotkinskiy 23, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kashirskoe Highway 23, Moscow 115478, Russia.,People's Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, Miklukho-Maklaya 6, Moscow 117198, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kashirskoe Highway 23, Moscow 115478, Russia
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- N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kashirskoe Highway 23, Moscow 115478, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia.,Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Higher School of Economics, Myasnitskaya 13, Moscow 101000, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia.,Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute Southern Federal University Sladkova, 178/24, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute Southern Federal University Sladkova, 178/24, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia
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- The Smart Materials Research Institute Southern Federal University Sladkova, 178/24, Rostov-on-Don 344090, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia.,I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya 8-2, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya Sq. 9, Moscow 125047, Russia
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- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya Sq. 9, Moscow 125047, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science of Semiconductors and Dielectrics, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninskiy Prospect 4, Moscow 101000, Russia.,Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1/3, Moscow 119991, Russia.,Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya Sq. 9, Moscow 125047, Russia
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Anwar MM, Shalaby M, Embaby AM, Saeed H, Agwa MM, Hussein A. Prodigiosin/PU-H71 as a novel potential combined therapy for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC): preclinical insights. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14706. [PMID: 32895397 PMCID: PMC7477571 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71157-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Prodigiosin, a secondary metabolite red pigment produced by Serratia marcescens, has an interesting apoptotic efficacy against cancer cell lines with low or no toxicity on normal cells. HSP90α is known as a crucial and multimodal target in the treatment of TNBC. Our research attempts to assess the therapeutic potential of prodigiosin/PU-H71 combination on MDA-MB-231 cell line. The transcription and protein expression levels of different signalling pathways were assessed. Treatment of TNBC cells with both drugs resulted in a decrease of the number of adherent cells with apoptotic effects. Prodigiosin/PU-H71 combination increased the levels of caspases 3,8 and 9 and decreased the levels of mTOR expression. Additionally, there was a remarkable decrease of HSP90α transcription and expression levels upon treatment with combined therapy. Also, EGFR and VEGF expression levels decreased. This is the first study to show that prodigiosin/PU-H71 combination had potent cytotoxicity on MDA-MB-231 cells; proving to play a paramount role in interfering with key signalling pathways in TNBC. Interestingly, prodigiosin might be a potential anticancer agent to increase the sensitivity of TNBC cells to apoptosis. This study provides a new basis for upcoming studies to overcome drug resistance in TNBC cells.
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- Mohammed Moustapha Anwar
- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Medical Biotechnology Department, Institute of Genetic Engineering, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Behooth St, Dokki, Giza 12311, Egypt
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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El-Shafey ES, Elsherbiny ES. The role of apoptosis and autophagy in the insulin-enhancing activity of oxovanadium(IV) bipyridine complex in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Biometals 2020; 33:123-135. [PMID: 32318895 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-020-00237-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Metal-based therapies (e.g. Vanadium) possess an attractive proposition in medicinal treatment of diabetes mellitus. Defective insulin secretion can result from impaired β-cell function which is mediated by many process including apoptosis and autophagy. In this study. diabetes was induced by administration of streptozotocin then treatment was performed by vanadyl sulfate and [VO(bpy)2 Cl] Cl.H2O complex. Blood glucose level, AST, ALT, BUN, CR, TCHO, TG and total protein were determined in serum. MDA, NO, erythrocyte GSH and SOD were estimated. LC3 and Caspase 3 levels in pancreatic cells were assessed by flow cytometer. Histopathological investigation of pancreatic tissue was performed. Results of Diabetic group showed a significant increase in transaminases activities, TCHO, TG, MDA, NO and Caspase 3 levels and significant decrease in TP, GSH, SOD and LC3 levels. Oral administration of vanadium complex resulted in normoglycemia, significant increase in blood GSH, SOD, TP and LC3 levels, significant decrease in ALT, AST, BUN, TCHO, TG, MDA and NO and Caspase 3 levels. In addition, proliferative effect of complex prevents islet atrophy. From previous results, the insulin-enhancing effect induced by this complex indicated that this new complex can be a valuable candidate as insulin-enhancing and antioxidant compound than inorganic vanadyl sulfate.
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- Eman Salah El-Shafey
- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt.
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt
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