Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro
Despite progressive research being done on drug therapy to treat breast cancer, the number of patients succumbing to the disease is still a major issue. Combinatorial treatment using different drugs and herbs to treat cancer patients is of major interest in scientists nowadays. Doxorubicin is one of...
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| author | Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Yusran Abu, Nadiah Yeap, Swee Keong Ho, Wan Yong Omar, Abdul Rahman Ismail, Nor Hadiani Ahmad, Syahida Pirozyan, Mehdi Rasoli Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu |
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| description | Despite progressive research being done on drug therapy to treat breast cancer, the number of patients succumbing to the disease is still a major issue. Combinatorial treatment using different drugs and herbs to treat cancer patients is of major interest in scientists nowadays. Doxorubicin is one of the most used drugs to treat breast cancer patients. The combination of doxorubicin to other drugs such as tamoxifen has been reported. Nevertheless, the combination of doxorubicin with a natural product-derived agent has not been studied yet. Morinda citrifolia has always been sought out for its remarkable remedies. Damnacanthal, an anthraquinone that can be extracted from the roots of Morinda citrifolia is a promising compound that possesses a variety of biological properties. This study aimed to study the therapeutic effects of damnacanthal in combination with doxorubicin in breast cancer cells. Collectively, the combination of both these molecules enhanced the efficacy of induced cell death in MCF-7 as evidenced by the MTT assay, cell cycle, annexin V and expression of apoptosis-related genes and proteins. The effectiveness of doxorubicin as an anti-cancer drug was increased upon addition of damnacanthal. These results could provide a promising approach to treat breast cancer patients. |
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| spelling | my.upm.eprints-520032017-05-04T08:40:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52003/ Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Yusran Abu, Nadiah Yeap, Swee Keong Ho, Wan Yong Omar, Abdul Rahman Ismail, Nor Hadiani Ahmad, Syahida Pirozyan, Mehdi Rasoli Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu Despite progressive research being done on drug therapy to treat breast cancer, the number of patients succumbing to the disease is still a major issue. Combinatorial treatment using different drugs and herbs to treat cancer patients is of major interest in scientists nowadays. Doxorubicin is one of the most used drugs to treat breast cancer patients. The combination of doxorubicin to other drugs such as tamoxifen has been reported. Nevertheless, the combination of doxorubicin with a natural product-derived agent has not been studied yet. Morinda citrifolia has always been sought out for its remarkable remedies. Damnacanthal, an anthraquinone that can be extracted from the roots of Morinda citrifolia is a promising compound that possesses a variety of biological properties. This study aimed to study the therapeutic effects of damnacanthal in combination with doxorubicin in breast cancer cells. Collectively, the combination of both these molecules enhanced the efficacy of induced cell death in MCF-7 as evidenced by the MTT assay, cell cycle, annexin V and expression of apoptosis-related genes and proteins. The effectiveness of doxorubicin as an anti-cancer drug was increased upon addition of damnacanthal. These results could provide a promising approach to treat breast cancer patients. MDPI 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/52003/1/52003.pdf Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Yusran and Abu, Nadiah and Yeap, Swee Keong and Ho, Wan Yong and Omar, Abdul Rahman and Ismail, Nor Hadiani and Ahmad, Syahida and Pirozyan, Mehdi Rasoli and Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem and Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu (2016) Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro. Molecules, 21 (9). art. no. 1228. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1420-3049 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/21/9/1228 10.3390/molecules21091228 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Yusran Abu, Nadiah Yeap, Swee Keong Ho, Wan Yong Omar, Abdul Rahman Ismail, Nor Hadiani Ahmad, Syahida Pirozyan, Mehdi Rasoli Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem Mohammed Alitheen, Noorjahan Banu Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title | Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title_full | Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title_fullStr | Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title_short | Combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer MCF-7 cells in vitro |
| title_sort | combinatorial cytotoxic effects of damnacanthal and doxorubicin against human breast cancer mcf-7 cells in vitro |
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