Título : Actividad antitumoral de un extracto de romero (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) en modelos in vitro e in vivo de cáncer de colon |
Autor : Pérez Sánchez, Almudena |
Tutor: Ferragut Rodríguez, José Antonio Micol Molina, Vicente Barrajón-Catalán, Enrique |
Departamento: Departamentos de la UMH::Bioquímica y Biología Molecular |
Fecha de publicación: 2017-04-28 |
URI : http://hdl.handle.net/11000/3619 |
Resumen :
Los compuestos bioactivos naturales han suscitado un gran interés científico por sus
potenciales beneficios en la salud humana, particularmente en la prevención del cáncer, las
enfermedades cardiovasculares y neurodegenerativas. Algunos de estos compuestos han
mostrado propiedades antitumorales inh... Ver más
Bioactive compounds have attracted much scientific interest since they exert various
beneficial effects on health, including cancer prevention, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative
diseases. Some of these compounds have shown anti-cancer activity by inhibiting the cell
proliferation in in vitro and in vivo models. The aim of this study was to determine the
antiproliferative effect of a terpenoid-enriched rosemary extract (RE) in in vitro and in vivo models
of human colorectal cancer. In addition, the mechanism of the antiproliferative/cytotoxic activity
was addressed through cell viability and cytotoxicity assays cell cycle analysis, clonogenic
survival assay, real time cell growth analysis and migration assay. The role of pathways related to
mitochondrial viability and oxidative stress response was also studied. Afterwards, RE activity has
been studied in a model animal and the intestinal permeability of the extract compounds has
been analyzed through a Caco-2 cell monolayer assay. The results indicate that RE shows a similar and/or higher antiproliferative activity than
their individually active compounds, such as carnosic acid. The main death mechanism of RE is
the necrosis and, to a lesser degree, a cytostatic effect by blocking cell cycle in G2/M phase. The
exacerbated increase of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, possibly generated
by RE terpenoids, could trigger necrosis. Nrf2 pathway was also activated as a part of a cellular
protection event against RE action. The anti-tumor effect of the extract was also corroborated in
an animal model (human colon cancer xenotransplantation) and no toxicity was found after an
acute oral toxicity test in rats. Carnosic acid, carnosol and some triterpenes such as betulinic acid are postulated as the
putative candidates for the observed antiproliferative activity. The results also show that carnosic
acid exhibited the highest permeability values followed by epiisorosmanol and epirosmanol in the
intestinal cell monolayers. The liposome encapsulation of RE has not improved the intestinal
absorption any of the identified compounds. Finally, the results justify further research to verify
the efficacy of the RE in preclinical trials and to deeply study its action mechanism through a
global approach based on omics techniques.
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Palabras clave/Materias: Cultivo celular |
Área de conocimiento : CDU: Ciencias puras y naturales: Biología: Bioquímica. Biología molecular. Biofísica |
Tipo de documento : info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
Derechos de acceso: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Aparece en las colecciones: Tesis doctorales - Ciencias e Ingenierías
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