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Melissa officinalis L. ethanolic extract inhibits the growth of a lung cancer cell line by interfering with the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis

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dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Daniela B.
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Inês
dc.contributor.authorLopes-Rodrigues, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Joana M.
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Lillian
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Isabel C.F.R.
dc.contributor.authorXavier, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorVasconcelos, M. Helena
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T15:23:00Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T15:23:00Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMelissa officinalis is a plant from the family Lamiaceae, native in Europe particularly in the Mediterranean region. Given our interest in identifying extracts and compounds capable of inhibiting tumor cell growth, and given the antioxidant content and the high consumption of Melissa officinalis in Portugal, this study aimed to test the tumor cell growth inhibitory activity of five different extracts of this plant (aqueous, methanolic, ethanolic, hydromethanolic and hydroethanolic) in three human tumor cell lines: MCF-7, AGS and NCI-H460. All extracts decreased cell growth in all cell lines in a concentration-dependent manner. The ethanolic extract was the most potent one, presenting a GI50 concentration of approximately 100.9 μg mL−1 in the NCI-H460 lung cancer cells. This extract was characterized by LC-DAD-ESI/MS regarding its phenolic composition, revealing rosmarinic acid as the most abundant compound. The GI75 concentration of this extract affected the cell cycle profile of these cells. In addition, both the GI50 and the GI75 concentrations of the extract induced cellular apoptosis. Moreover, treatment of NCI-H460 cells with this extract caused a decrease in pro-caspase 3 and an increase in p53 levels. This study emphasizes the relevance of the study of natural products as inhibitors of tumor cell growth.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was financed by the FEDER - Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional through the COMPETE 2020 – Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI), Portugal 2020, and by Portuguese funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/ Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação in the framework of the project “Institute for Research and Innovation in Health Sciences” (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007274). The authors are also grateful to FCT and FEDER under Programme PT2020 for financial support to CIMO (UID/AGR/00690/2013) and L. Barros contract; and to FEDER-Interreg España-Portugal programme for financial support through the project 0377_Iberphenol_6_E.
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dc.identifier.citationMagalhães, D. B.; Castro, I.; Lopes-Rodrigues, V.; Pereira, J. M.; Barros, L.; Ferreira, I. C.F.R.; Xavier, C. P.R.; Vasconcelos, M. H. (2018). Melissa officinalis L. ethanolic extract inhibits the growth of a lung cancer cell line by interfering with the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis. Food and Function. ISSN 2042-6496. 9, p. 3134-3142en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c8fo00446cen_EN
dc.identifier.issn2042-6496
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/16939
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.titleMelissa officinalis L. ethanolic extract inhibits the growth of a lung cancer cell line by interfering with the cell cycle and inducing apoptosisen_EN
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