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- Title
Narrow Leafed Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) β-Conglutin Seed Proteins as a New Natural Cytotoxic Agents against Breast Cancer Cells.
- Authors
Escudero-Feliu, Julia; García-Costela, María; Moreno-SanJuan, Sara; Puentes-Pardo, Jose D.; Arrabal, Sandra Ríos; González-Novoa, Paula; Núñez, María Isabel; Carazo, Ángel; Jimenez-Lopez, Jose C.; León, Josefa
- Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is the most widespread tumor in women and the second type of most common cancer worldwide. Despite all the technical and medical advances in existing therapies, between 30 and 50% of patients with BC will develop metastasis, which contributes to the failure of existing treatments. This situation urges the need to find more effective prevention and treatment strategies like the use of plant-based nutraceutical compounds. In this context, we purified three Narrow Leafed Lupin (NLL) β-conglutins isoforms using affinity-chromatography and evaluated their effectiveness in terms of viability, proliferation, apoptosis, stemness properties, and mechanism of action on both BC cell lines and a healthy one. NLL β-conglutins proteins have very promising effects at the molecular level on BC cells at very low concentrations, emerging as a potential natural cytotoxic agent and preserving the viability of healthy cells. These proteins could act through a dual mechanism involving tumorigenic and stemness-related genes such as SIRT1 and FoxO1, depending on the state of p53. More studies must be carried out to completely understand the underlying mechanisms of action of these nutraceutical compounds in BC in vitro and in vivo, and their potential use for the inhibition of other cancer cell types.
- Subjects
MEDICINAL plants; APOPTOSIS; CELL survival; CELL proliferation; RESEARCH funding; PLANT extracts; CELL lines; CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis; BREAST tumors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p523
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15030523