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- Title
Bcl<sub>2</sub>-dependent antineoplastic effects of Calotropis proceraroot extract against canine mammary tumor cells.
- Authors
Vahidi, Reza; Abbasloo, Elham; Safi, Shahabeddin; Bolourchian, Mahshid
- Abstract
There has been a prevailing trend in the application of herbal medicine as cancer therapeutics. Calotropis procera is an ayurvedic plant applied to ameliorate various illnesses. There is no report on the anti-tumor effects of the root of the plant on canine tumors, although it has been used for the treatment of various diseases in human medicine. The objective of the present study was to investigate the antitumor potential of ethanolic root extract of C. procera against canine mammary tumor cell line (CF41-Mg). MTT, western blot, and flow cytometry assays were carried out to evaluate the possible cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction of the extract. MTT results showed that the extract had a potent cytotoxic activity in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 9.00 μg mL-1. Based on the results of flow cytometry and western blotting, IC50 concentration of the extract induced significant apoptosis in the studied cell line, possibly through down-regulation of Bcl-2 expression. The results of the present study clearly indicated that the root extract of C. procera had promising anti-cancer activity and could be considered as a candidate for the treatment of mammary tumors.
- Subjects
CALOTROPIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; TUMORS in animals; HERBAL medicine; PLANT extracts; BCL-2 proteins
- Publication
Veterinary Research Forum, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 2, p197
- ISSN
2008-8140
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30466/vrf.2019.101114.2418