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Heterofucan from Sargassum filipendula induces apoptosis in HeLa cells

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Silva Costa, Leandro, Silva Telles, Cinthia Beatrice, Medeiros Oliveira, Ruth, Duarte Barreto Nobre, Leonardo Thiago, Dantas-Santos, Nednaldo, Barros Gomes Camara, Rafael, Santana Santos Pereira Costa, Mariana, Almeida-Lima, Jailma +4 more·2011·Marine Drugs

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Fucan is a term used to denominate a family of sulfated polysaccharides rich in sulfated l-fucose. Heterofucan SF-1.5v was extracted from the brown seaweed Sargassum filipendula by proteolytic digestion followed by sequential acetone precipitation. This fucan showed antiproliferative activity on Hela cells and induced apoptosis. However, SF-1.5v was not able to activate caspases. Moreover, SF-1.5v induced glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) activation, but this protein is not involved in the heterofucan SF-1.5v induced apoptosis mechanism. In addition, ERK, p38, p53, pAKT and NFκB were not affected by the presence of SF-1.5v. We determined that SF-1.5v induces apoptosis in HeLa mainly by mitochondrial release of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) into cytosol. In addition, SF-1.5v decreases the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 and increased expression of apoptogenic protein Bax. These results are significant in that they provide a mechanistic framework for further exploring the use of SF-1.5v as a novel chemotherapeutics against human cervical cancer.

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Silva Costa, L., Silva Telles, C. B., Medeiros Oliveira, R., Duarte Barreto Nobre, L. T., Dantas-Santos, N., Barros Gomes Camara, R., Santana Santos Pereira Costa, M., Almeida-Lima, J., Melo-Silveira, R. F., Lopes Albuquerque, I. R., Leite, E. L., & Oliveira Rocha, H. A.
Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN, Brazil
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
Venue
Marine Drugs
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2011-04-14
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
603-614
ISSN
1660-3397 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2033365400
Cited by
51
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 5
FWCI
5.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Marine Drugs (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
Keywords
Sargassum filipendula, sulfated polysaccharides, apoptosis, HeLa cells, cervical cancer, apoptosis-inducing factor, mitochondrial release, Bcl-2, Bax, antiproliferative activity, caspase-independent apoptosis, glycogen synthase kinase
MeSH terms
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Cytosol, Female, Fucose, HeLa Cells, Humans, Mitochondria, Polysaccharides, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Apoptosis, Sargassum, Cell Proliferation, Apoptosis Inducing Factor

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