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ArticleMarine drugs2012

Antiproliferative activity of fucan nanogel.

Nednaldo Dantas-Santos, Jailma Almeida-Lima, Arthur Anthunes Jacome Vidal, Dayanne Lopes Gomes, Ruth Medeiros Oliveira, Silvia Santos Pedrosa, Paula Pereira, Francisco Miguel Gama, Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha

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Article in Marine drugs, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nednaldo Dantas-SantosLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.
Jailma Almeida-LimaLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.
Arthur Anthunes Jacome VidalLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.
Dayanne Lopes GomesLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.
Ruth Medeiros OliveiraLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.
Silvia Santos PedrosaIBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Minho University, Braga 4704-553, Portugal.
Paula PereiraIBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Minho University, Braga 4704-553, Portugal.
Francisco Miguel GamaIBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Minho University, Braga 4704-553, Portugal.
Hugo Alexandre Oliveira RochaLaboratory of Biotechnology of Natural Polymers (BIOPOL), Departament of Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN 59078-970, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2252-1221
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BRInstitute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sulfated fucans comprise families of polydisperse natural polysaccharides based on sulfated L-fucose. Our aim was to investigate whether fucan nanogel induces cell-specific responses. To that end, a non toxic fucan extracted from Spatoglossum schröederi was chemically modified by grafting hexadecylamine to the polymer hydrophilic backbone. The resulting modified material (SNFuc) formed nanosized particles. The degree of substitution with hydrophobic chains was close to 100%, as estimated by elemental analysis. SNFfuc in aqueous media had a mean diameter of 123 nm and zeta potential of -38.3 ± 0.74 mV, as measured by dynamic light scattering. Nanoparticles conserved their size for up to 70 days. SNFuc cytotoxicity was determined using the MTT assay after culturing different cell lines for 24 h. Tumor-cell (HepG2, 786, H-S5) proliferation was inhibited by 2.0%-43.7% at nanogel concentrations of 0.05-0.5 mg/mL and rabbit aorta endothelial cells (RAEC) non-tumor cell line proliferation displayed inhibition of 8.0%-22.0%. On the other hand, nanogel improved Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and monocyte macrophage cell (RAW) non-tumor cell line proliferation in the same concentration range. The antiproliferative effect against tumor cells was also confirmed using the BrdU test. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that the fucan nanogel inhibited 786 cell proliferation through caspase and caspase-independent mechanisms. In addition, SNFuc blocks 786 cell passages in the S and G2-M phases of the cell cycle.

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AminesAnimalsAortaCell LineCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEndothelial CellsG2 PhaseHep G2 CellsHumansHydrocarbonsNanogelsNanoparticlesParticle SizePlant ExtractsPolyethylene GlycolsAminesfucoidanhexadecylamineHydrocarbonsNanogelsPlant Extractspolyethylene glycol polyethyleneimine nanogelPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneiminePolymersPolysaccharidescancer cellsnanogelsSpatoglossum schröederisulfated polysaccharides

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PMID23118717
PMCPMC3475269
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