論文

査読有り 国際誌
2021年6月14日

Toxicity of Jegosaponins A and B from Styrax japonica Siebold et al. Zuccarini in Prostate Cancer Cells and Zebrafish Embryos Resulting from Increased Membrane Permeability

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Moe Nishimura
  • ,
  • Hiroyuki Fuchino
  • ,
  • Kaoru Takayanagi
  • ,
  • Hitomi Kawakami
  • ,
  • Hiroko Nakayama
  • ,
  • Nobuo Kawahara
  • ,
  • Yasuhito Shimada

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/ijms22126354

(1) Background: Screening of medicinal herbs is one of the most powerful approaches to identifying novel therapeutic molecules against many human diseases. To avoid potential harmful effects during medicinal use, toxicity testing is necessary in the early stages of drug discovery. The objective of this study was to identify the cytotoxic mechanisms of jegosaponin A and B from Styrax japonica Siebold et al. Zuccarini; (2) Methods: We screened Japanese medicinal herb extracts using PC-3 prostate cancer cells and found that a methanol extract isolated from the unripe fruit of Styrax japonica Siebold et al. Zuccarini (SJSZ) had an inhibitory effect on cell viability. We further performed fractionation assays with PC-3 cells and identified the bioactive compounds using LC/MS and NMR analysis. We clarified the toxic mechanisms of these compounds using PC-3 cells and zebrafish embryos; (3) Results: We identified two active molecules, jegosaponin A and jegosaponin B, in the inhibitory fractions of the methanol extract. These jegosaponins are toxic to zebrafish embryos during the early developmental stage. Jegosaponin A and B showed strong haemolytic activity in sheep defibrinated blood (EC50 = 2.1 μM, and 20.2 μM, respectively) and increased the cell membrane permeability in PC-3 cells and zebrafish embryos, which were identified using a membrane non-permeable DRAQ7, a fluorescent nucleus staining dye; (4) We identified the cytotoxic compounds jegosaponin A and B from SJSZ, which we showed to exhibit cell membrane disruptive properties using cell- and zebrafish-based testing.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22126354
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34198577
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246325
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/ijms22126354
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 95470925
  • PubMed ID : 34198577
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8246325

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