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Onosma bracteata Wall. induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in MG-63 human osteosarcoma cells via ROS generation and AKT/GSK3β/cyclin E pathway

Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 14983-15004

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11466-9

Keywords

Onosma bracteata; Antiproliferative; Antioxidant; Cell cycle arrest; Apoptosis; Osteosarcoma; ROS

Funding

  1. University Grants Commission (UGC) - Basic Scientific Research (BSR), DST-FIST program [SR/FST/LSI-691/2016 (C)]
  2. UGC, New Delhi [F4-13/2015/DRS-II]

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The study found that the Obea fraction extracted from O. bracteata exhibits strong antioxidant properties and cytotoxicity, showing significant antiproliferative activity against human osteosarcoma MG-63, human neuroblastoma IMR-32, and human lung cancer A549 cell lines. Antioxidant and cytotoxic potential were attributed to the presence of catechin, kaempferol, onosmin A, and epicatechin in the Obea fraction.
Onosma bracteata Wall. (Boraginaceae), commonly known as gaozaban is a highly valuable medicinal herb, useful in the treatment of body swellings, abdominal pain, eye-related problems, fever, and urinary calculi. The present study was performed to investigate the antioxidant properties of extract/fractions, viz. ethanol (Obeth) extract, hexane (Obhex) fraction, chloroform (Obcl) fraction, ethyl acetate (Obea) fraction, butanol (Obbu) fraction, and aqueous (Obaq) fraction isolated from O. bracteata. Obea fraction showed stronger free radical quenching ability in various antioxidant assays, as compared to the other fractions. Obea fraction with effective free radical-scavenging properties was further evaluated for the antiproliferative activity against human osteosarcoma MG-63, human neuroblastoma IMR-32, and human lung cancer A549 cell lines using MTT assay. Obea fraction showed strong cytotoxicity with GI(50) value of 88.56, 101.61, and 112.7 mu g/ml towards MG-63, IMR-32, and A549 cells respectively. Mechanistic studies revealed that Obea fraction in osteosarcoma MG-63 cells increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) level and reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. In the presence of Obea, the cells were found to be arrested in the G(0)/G(1) phase in a dose-dependent manner which is also confirmed by the enhancement in the early apoptotic cell population in flow cytometer analysis. Western blotting demonstrated the decrease in expression of p-NF kappa B, COX-2, p-Akt, and Bcl-xL, whereas upregulation was observed in the expression of GSK-3 beta, p53, caspase-3, and caspase-9 proteins. RT-qPCR studies revealed downregulation of Bcl-2, cyclin E, CDK2, and mortalin gene expression and upregulation in the expression of p53 genes. The antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of Obea was attributed to the presence of catechin, kaempferol, onosmin A, and epicatechin, as revealed by HPLC analysis. This is the first report regarding the antiproliferative potential of O. bracteata against osteosarcoma.

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