Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells
Natural compounds are emerging as agents for the treatment of malignant diseases. We previously showed that extracts from in vitro cell suspension cultures of strawberry reduced murine melanoma cell proliferation, as shown for fruit extracts. In this work, chromatographic, mass spectrometric, and sp...
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| author | Simona Lucioli Fabio Pastorino Paolo Nota Giulia Ballan Andrea Frattarelli Alessia Fabbri Cinzia Forni Emilia Caboni |
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| description | Natural compounds are emerging as agents for the treatment of malignant diseases. We previously showed that extracts from in vitro cell suspension cultures of strawberry reduced murine melanoma cell proliferation, as shown for fruit extracts. In this work, chromatographic, mass spectrometric, and spectrophotometric analyses were carried out to identify the bioactive compound exerting the detected cytotoxic activity. Moreover, aiming to confirm the anti-proliferative activity of the extracts against both paediatric and adult human tumors, cytotoxic experiments were performed on neuroblastoma, colon, and cervix carcinoma cell lines. Extracts from in vitro cell suspension cultures of strawberry induced a statistically significant reduction of cell growth in all the tumor cell lines tested. Interestingly, human fibroblasts from healthy donors were not subjected to this cytotoxic effect, highlighting the importance of further preclinical investigations. The accurate mass measurement, fragmentation patterns, and characteristic mass spectra and mass losses, together with the differences in chromatographic retention times and absorbance spectra, led us to hypothesize that the compound acting as an anti-proliferative agent could be a novel acetal dihydrofurofuran derivative (C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, molecular mass 154.0630 amu) |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af130f0b476d4ff38cdb9fafb89be1682022-12-22T02:06:50ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492019-05-01249173810.3390/molecules24091738molecules24091738Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer CellsSimona Lucioli0Fabio Pastorino1Paolo Nota2Giulia Ballan3Andrea Frattarelli4Alessia Fabbri5Cinzia Forni6Emilia Caboni7Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (CREA-OFA), Via di Fioranello 52, 00134 Rome, ItalyLaboratorio di Terapie Sperimentali in Oncologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147 Genoa, ItalyConsiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (CREA-OFA), Via di Fioranello 52, 00134 Rome, ItalyCentro Nazionale per la Salute Globale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, ItalyConsiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (CREA-OFA), Via di Fioranello 52, 00134 Rome, ItalyCentro Nazionale per la Salute Globale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, ItalyDipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, ItalyConsiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Centro di ricerca Olivicoltura, Frutticoltura e Agrumicoltura (CREA-OFA), Via di Fioranello 52, 00134 Rome, ItalyNatural compounds are emerging as agents for the treatment of malignant diseases. We previously showed that extracts from in vitro cell suspension cultures of strawberry reduced murine melanoma cell proliferation, as shown for fruit extracts. In this work, chromatographic, mass spectrometric, and spectrophotometric analyses were carried out to identify the bioactive compound exerting the detected cytotoxic activity. Moreover, aiming to confirm the anti-proliferative activity of the extracts against both paediatric and adult human tumors, cytotoxic experiments were performed on neuroblastoma, colon, and cervix carcinoma cell lines. Extracts from in vitro cell suspension cultures of strawberry induced a statistically significant reduction of cell growth in all the tumor cell lines tested. Interestingly, human fibroblasts from healthy donors were not subjected to this cytotoxic effect, highlighting the importance of further preclinical investigations. The accurate mass measurement, fragmentation patterns, and characteristic mass spectra and mass losses, together with the differences in chromatographic retention times and absorbance spectra, led us to hypothesize that the compound acting as an anti-proliferative agent could be a novel acetal dihydrofurofuran derivative (C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, molecular mass 154.0630 amu)https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/9/1738plant in vitro culturestrawberryfurofuraneanticancer drugs |
| spellingShingle | Simona Lucioli Fabio Pastorino Paolo Nota Giulia Ballan Andrea Frattarelli Alessia Fabbri Cinzia Forni Emilia Caboni Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells Molecules plant in vitro culture strawberry furofurane anticancer drugs |
| title | Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells |
| title_full | Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells |
| title_fullStr | Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells |
| title_short | Extracts from Cell Suspension Cultures of Strawberry (<i>Fragaria x ananassa</i> Duch): Cytotoxic Effects on Human Cancer Cells |
| title_sort | extracts from cell suspension cultures of strawberry i fragaria x ananassa i duch cytotoxic effects on human cancer cells |
| topic | plant in vitro culture strawberry furofurane anticancer drugs |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/9/1738 |
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