EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY
EL-FIKY, A., ELDOUSOUKY, A., ELKHASHAB, D. (2019). EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY. EKB Journal Management System, 49(3), 589-598. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68062
ABIR A. EL-FIKY; AHMED ELDOUSOUKY; DINA M. ELKHASHAB. "EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY". EKB Journal Management System, 49, 3, 2019, 589-598. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68062
EL-FIKY, A., ELDOUSOUKY, A., ELKHASHAB, D. (2019). 'EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY', EKB Journal Management System, 49(3), pp. 589-598. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68062
EL-FIKY, A., ELDOUSOUKY, A., ELKHASHAB, D. EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 49(3): 589-598. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68062

EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN SAHARA SAND VIPER VENOM ON HUMAN BREAST CANCER: AN IN VITRO STUDY

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 13, Volume 49, Issue 3, December 2019, Page 589-598  XML PDF (542.7 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2019.68062
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Authors
ABIR A. EL-FIKY1; AHMED ELDOUSOUKY2; DINA M. ELKHASHAB3
1Anti-venom Research, (VACSERA), Dokki, Egypt.
2Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Science and Arts University, 6th of October, Egypt.
3Department of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt.
Abstract
Cancer is a major health problem which is considered as one of the most reasons of death worldwide. Breast cancer is a second cause of women death and estimated to have 2.1 million new cases. Traditional treatment of cancer based on different clinical approaches is included surgery, chemotherapy, radio therapy, hormone therapy and combination therapy which affect both cancer and normal cells. The present study investigated the anticancer potential of Cerastes vipera venom in comparison with Cisplatin drug on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. Cytotoxicity activity of tested material was evaluated using MTT assay. Cell cycle arrest was performed using propidium iodine DNA staining. Apoptotic detection was determined using annexin V-FTIC and for the detection of the genes Caspase 3, Caspase 8 & Caspase 9 were
determined by ELISA. The C. vipera venom, Cisplatin and PLA2 had IC50 as 3.4, 10.3, 35.1 μg/mL with MDA-MB-231 cell line respectively. Cell cycle has arrest of cells in G2/M of C. vipera venom and PLA2. Tested venoms have apoptotic effect against MDA-MB-231 cell line through elevation of Caspase 3, Caspase 8 & Caspase 9 genes.
Keywords
breast cancer; Snake venom; MDA-MB-231; Cerastes vipera venom; Phospholipase A2 (PLA2); and Cisplatin
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