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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 863, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172678
Keywords
alpha-Mangostin; Glioblastoma multiforme; Squamous carcinoma; Caenorhabditis elegans; Biological activity
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- National Science Centre, Poland [2014/13/D/NZ3/02825, 2016/21/B/NZ1/00288]
- [CM1407]
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alpha-Mangostin, one of the major xanthones isolated from pericarp of mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn), exhibits a wide range of pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial as well as anticancer, both in in vitro and in vivo studies. In the present study, alpha-mangostin' anti-cancer and antiparasitic properties were tested in vitro against three human cell lines, including squamous carcinoma (SCC-15) and glioblastoma multiforme (U-118 MG), compared to normal skin fibroblasts (BJ), and in vivo against Caenorhabditis elegans. The drug showed cytotoxic activity, manifested by decrease of cell viability, inhibition of proliferation, induction of apoptosis and reduction of adhesion at concentrations lower than 10 mu M (the IC50 values were 6.43, 9.59 and 8.97 mu M for SCC-15, U-118 MG and BJ, respectively). The toxicity, causing cell membrane disruption and mitochondria impairment, was selective against squamous carcinoma with regard to normal cells. Moreover, for the first time anti-nematode activity of a-mangostin toward C. elegans was described (the LC50 = 3.8 +/- 0.5 mu M), with similar effect exerted by mebendazole, a well-known anthelmintic drug.
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