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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015

Anti-Inflammatory and Cytostatic Activities of a Parthenolide-Like Sesquiterpene Lactone from Cota palaestina subsp. syriaca.

Rabih S Talhouk, Bilal Nasr, Mohamed-Bilal Fares, Bushra Ajeeb, Rana Nahhas, Lamis Al Aaraj, Salma N Talhouk, Tarek H Ghaddar, Najat A Saliba

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rabih S TalhoukDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Nature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Bilal NasrDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Nature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Mohamed-Bilal FaresDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bushra AjeebNature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Rana NahhasNature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Lamis Al AarajNature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Salma N TalhoukNature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0002-4797-4342
Tarek H GhaddarDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Najat A SalibaNature Conservation Center (NCC), American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut · LBÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A sesquiterpene lactone 1-β,10-Epoxy-6-hydroxy-1,10H-inunolide (K100) was isolated through "bioassay-guided fractionation" from Cota palaestina subsp. syriaca, an Eastern Mediterranean endemic plant. K100 inhibited endotoxin- (ET-) induced proinflammatory markers: IL-6, MMP-9, and NO in normal mouse mammary SCp2 Cells. Molecular docking in silico suggested that K100, having highly analogous structure as parthenolide (PTL), an anticancer compound, could bind PTL target proteins at similar positions and with comparable binding affinities. Both compounds, K100 and PTL, inhibited the proliferation and prolonged the S-phase of the cell cycle of breast adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells grown in 2D cultures. Noncytotoxic concentrations of K100 and PTL decreased the proliferation rate of MDA-MB-231 and shifted their morphology from stellate to spherical colonies in 3D cultures. This was accompanied with a significant increase in the amount of small colonies and a decrease in the amount of large colonies. Moreover, K100 and PTL decreased cellular motility and invasiveness of MDA-MB-231 cells. In summary, these results suggest that K100 exhibits PTL-analogous anti-inflammatory, cytostatic, and antimetastatic effects.

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