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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2014

Cytotoxic and antiproliferative effect of tepary bean lectins on C33-A, MCF-7, SKNSH, and SW480 cell lines.

Carmen Valadez-Vega, José A Morales-González, María Teresa Sumaya-Martínez, Luis Delgado-Olivares, Areli Cruz-Castañeda, Mirandeli Bautista, Manuel Sánchez-Gutiérrez, Clara Zuñiga-Pérez

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carmen Valadez-VegaInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. m.valadezvega@lycos.com.
José A Morales-GonzálezLaboratorio Medicina de Conservación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Unidad Casco de Santo Tomas, México D.F. 11340, Mexico. jmorales101@yahoo.com.mx.
María Teresa Sumaya-MartínezSecretary of Research and Graduate Studies, Autonomous University of Nayarit, Ciudad de la Cultura "Amado Nervo", Boulevard Tepic-Xalisco S/N. Tepic, Nayarit, 63190 Mexico. teresumaya@hotmail.com.
Luis Delgado-OlivaresInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. ldelgado@uaeh.edu.mx.
Areli Cruz-CastañedaInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. arely_cc@hotmail.com.
Mirandeli BautistaInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. mirandeli@hotmail.com.
Manuel Sánchez-GutiérrezInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. spmtz68@yahoo.com.mx.
Clara Zuñiga-PérezInstituto de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Ex Hacienda la Concepción s/n. Carr. Pachuca-Tilcuautla C.P. 42060 Tilcuautla, Hidalgo, Mexico. zupecl@yahoo.com.mx.
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo · MXInstituto Politécnico Nacional · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Nayarit · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For many years, several studies have been employing lectin from vegetables in order to prove its toxic effect on various cell lines. In this work, we analyzed the cytotoxic, antiproliferative, and post-incubatory effect of pure tepary bean lectins on four lines of malignant cells: C33-A; MCF-7; SKNSH, and SW480. The tests were carried out employing MTT and 3[H]-thymidine assays. The results showed that after 24 h of lectin exposure, the cells lines showed a dose-dependent cytotoxic effect, the effect being higher on MCF-7, while C33-A showed the highest resistance. Cell proliferation studies showed that the toxic effect induced by lectins is higher even when lectins are removed, and in fact, the inhibition of proliferation continues after 48 h. Due to the use of two techniques to analyze the cytotoxic and antiproliferative effect, differences were observed in the results, which can be explained by the fact that one technique is based on metabolic reactions, while the other is based on the 3[H]-thymidine incorporated in DNA by cells under division. These results allow concluding that lectins exert a cytotoxic effect after 24 h of exposure, exhibiting a dose-dependent effect. In some cases, the cytotoxic effect is higher even when the lectins are eliminated, however, in other cases, the cells showed a proliferative effect.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugHumansPhaseolusPlant LectinsTime FactorsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicPlant Lectins

Identifiers

PMID25004071
PMCPMC6271045
OpenAlexW2092705547

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