Jasonia montana Extracts Stimulate Cell Differentiation in HCT-116 and Caco-2 Cell Lines | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||
| Article 18, Volume 65, Issue 12, December 2022, Pages 165-174 PDF (733.65 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2022.113827.5252 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa A. Aidy* 1; Zeinab Fathy2; Wafaa Abdullah Ahmed3; Saad El-Gendy3; Amany Abou-Bakr4; Mervat Omran5; Tamer A. Al-Shafie6 | ||
| 1Biochemistry Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 2Virology and Immunology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| 3Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 4Pathology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 5Department of Cancer Biology, Pharmacology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt | ||
| 6Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Pharos University in Alexandria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Unlike differentiated cells, cancer stem cells (CSCs) can generate malignancy. Conventional chemotherapy results in CSCs spreading causing metastasis and relapse. Differentiation is an emerging approach providing a safer strategy to eradicate CSCs. Jasonia montana is a medicinal plant that occurs in Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Here, we used two human colorectal cancer cell lines; HCT-116 and Caco-2 to investigate the ability of methanolic and petroleum ether extracts of Jasonia montana to differentiate colon CSCs. Tandem Mass–Spectrometry (MS/MS) revealed that quercitrin and 5-Hydroxycostic acid represent the major extracts ingredients. Cytotoxicity assay (SRB) illustrated that petroleum ether extract inhibited Caco-2 cells (IC50=10 μg/ml), whereas, methanolic extract inhibited HCT-116 cells (IC50=20 μg/ml). On treating HCT-116 and Caco-2 cells with methanolic and petroleum ether extract respectively in diluted doses to alleviate their cytotoxicity, qRT-PCR showed a significant increase in CK20 expression and a significant decrease in CD44 expression, a significant decrease in Sox-2 and NOTCH-1 expression and a significant increase in PTEN expression. Furthermore, qRT–PCR showed a significant decrease in miR-21-5P and miR-10b-5P expression and significant increase in miR-34a-5P and miR-145 expression. Our results suggest, for the first time, that Jasonia montana methanolic and petroleum ether extracts can induce colorectal CSCs differentiation. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Jasonia montana extracts; colorectal cancer cells; differentiation; microRNAs | ||
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