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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages 383-392Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.01.015
Keywords
Pleurotus sajor-caju; Sterols; Cytotoxicity; Apoptosis
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- Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) [UID/AGR/00690/2013]
- FEDER [UID/AGR/00690/2013]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS)
- CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil [88881.134581/2016-01]
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Pleurotus sajor-caju (PSC) is an edible mushroom used in food supplements, presenting antitumor properties through induction of cell death pathways. The PSC potential against colorectal cancer was analyzed by exposing HCT116(wt) cells to different PSC extracts. The PSC n-hexane extract (PSC-hex) showed the highest cytotoxicity effect (IC50 value 0.05 mg/mL). The observed cytotoxicity was then associated to apoptosis-promoting and cell cycle-arrest pathways. PSC-hex was able to induce apoptosis related to breakdown of mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS generation. The absence of cytotoxicity in HTC116(-Ps3) and HTC116(-Bax) cells, alongside with an increase in p53, Box and Caspase-3 expression, and decrease in Bcl-2 expression, supports that the proapoptotic effect is probably induced through a p53 associated pathway. PSC-hex induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M in HCT116(wt) without cytotoxicity in HTC116(-P21) cells. These findings suggest that a p21/p53 cell cycle regulation pathway is probably disrupted by compounds present on PSC-hex. Identification of the major components was then performed with ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3 beta-ol representing 30.6% of total weight. In silico docking studies of ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3 beta against Bcl-2 were performed and results show a credible interaction with the Bcl-2 hydrophobic cleft. The results show that PSC-hex can be used as supplementary food for adjuvant therapy in colorectal carcinoma.
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