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- Title
Echeveria Pallida: Inhibiting Adhesion of Fibroblasts From Pterygium and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Production.
- Authors
de Jesús Rios-Rios, William; Pérez-Vásquez, Araceli; Isabel Manzanero-Medina, Gladys; Adelina Sosa-Luis, Sorely; Torres-Aguilar, Honorio
- Abstract
Context • Pterygium, meaty eyes, is a disease that produces a triangular, conjunctival-epithelial, neovascularized overgrowth covering the cornea, which can cause vision loss. Histological characterization of Pterygium reveals the presence of proliferating fibroblasts (FBs) that remodel the extracellular matrix, with infiltration of immune cells, causing chronic inflammation. The fresh juice of Echeveria pallida E. Walther (Crassulaceae), mechanically extracted from the leaves, can be used to lubricate the eyes and remove Pterygium, even in advanced, degenerative ocular disease. Objective • This study aimed to explore the healing mechanisms of an ethanolic extract of E. pallida on pterygium-derived FBs, lymphocytes, and neutrophils. Design • The research team designed an in-vitro study. Primary cultures of FBs were obtained from fresh, surgical pterygium tissues, and neutrophils and mononuclear cells were purified from the peripheral blood of healthy donors. Intervention • An ethanolic extract of E. pallida was evaluated at 30, 50, 80, 100, 200, and 300 μg/mL—the intervention groups—for viability and proliferation of FBs and lymphocytes. The study included a negative control with no extract, and a positive control, Mitomycin C (MMC), used as a FB proliferation inhibitor and antiinflammatory. Because some reports have suggested that DMSO at low concentrations can stimulate or inhibit lymphocyte proliferation depending on the cell type, the study also included a DMSO control. Outcome Measures • The measures included an analysis of E. pallida’s effects on the proliferation and viability of FBs, the proliferation of human lymphocytes, and human neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) production. NETs were induced using biochemical and microbiological stimuli—phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), hypochlorous acid (HOCl), Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans—through fluorescence microscopy. Results • The ethanolic extract didn’t affect the viability or proliferation of pterygium-derived FBs and human blood lymphocytes, but it showed significant inhibitory activity, from 100 μg/mL, on FB adhesion and the production of NETs. Conclusion • The study found scientific evidence that supports the effects of an extract of the medicinal plant E. pallida in inhibiting the adhesion of FBs derived from human pterygium and NET production.
- Subjects
PTERYGIUM; NEUTROPHILS; ECHEVERIA; FIBROBLASTS; CELL adhesion; PLANT extracts
- Publication
Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 6, p112
- ISSN
1078-6791
- Publication type
Article