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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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ContribuiÃÃo das espÃcies reativas de oxigÃnio na atividade anti-leucÃmica da cordiaquinona J / Reactive oxygene species contribuition to the antileukemic activity of cordiaquinone J

Josà Delano Barreto Marinho Filho 18 May 2009 (has links)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Cordiaquinona J à uma 1,4-naftoquinona isolada das raÃzes de Cordia leucocephala, que apresenta atividade antifÃngica e larvicida. No entanto, nÃo hà relatos quanto a sua atividade citotÃxica. No presente estudo, foi investigado os efeitos citotÃxicos da cordiaquinona J sobre a viabilidade de cÃlulas tumorais, cujo valores de CI50 variaram de 2,7 a 6,6 μM em cÃlulas de HL-60 e SF-295 respectivamente. Estudos realizados em cÃlulas leucÃmicas de HL-60 indicaram que a cordiaquinona J (1,5 e 3,0 μM) reduziu a viabilidade celular e a incorporaÃÃo do BrdU apÃs 24 horas de incubaÃÃo. AlÃm disso, a cordiaquinona J mostrou rÃpida induÃÃo de apoptose, como indicado pela externalizaÃÃo da fosfatidilserina, ativaÃÃo de caspases, fragmentaÃÃo do DNA e mudanÃas morfolÃgicas, alÃm de uma rÃpida induÃÃo de necrose, como indicado pela perda da integridade de membrana e mudanÃas morfolÃgicas. Cordiaquinona J altera o potencial redox de cÃlulas tumorais por induzir geraÃÃo de espÃcies reativas de oxigÃnio e perda do potencial da membrana mitocondrial como eventos iniciais. AlÃm disso, o prÃ-tratamento das cÃlulas com N-acetil-L-cisteÃna (NAC) aboliu a maioria dos efeitos observados relacionados ao tratamento com a cordiaquinona J, incluindo os efeitos relacionados a induÃÃo de apoptose e de necrose, sugerindo que a citotoxidade dessa molÃcula està relacionada a geraÃÃo de EROs. Assim, o presente estudo ressalta o potencial antitumoral da Cordiaquinona J. / Cordiaquinone J is a 1,4-naphthoquinone isolated from the roots of C. leucocephala, with antifungal and larvicidal activities. Nonetheless the cytotoxic effects of cordiaquinone J have never being explored. In the present study, it was investigated the effect of cordiaquinone J on tumor cells viability, showing IC50 values in the range of 2.7 to 6.6 μM in HL-60 and SF-295, respectively. Studies performed in HL-60 leukemia cells indicated that cordiaquinone J (1.5 and 3 μM) reduced cell viability and BrdU incorporation after 24 hours of incubation. Cordiaquinone J showed rapid induction of apoptosis, as indicated by phosphatidylserine externalization, caspase activation, DNA fragmentation and morphologic changes and, rapid induction of necrosis, as indicated by the loss of membrane integrity and morphologic changes. Cordiaquinone J altered the redox potential of tumor cells by inducing generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential as initial events. The pretreatment of the cells with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) abolished most of the observed effects related to cordiaquinone J treatment, including those related to apoptosis and necrosis induction. Thus, present results highlight the antitumor potential of cordiaquinona J.

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