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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015

Fallopia japonica, a Natural Modulator, Can Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells.

Safaa Yehia Eid, Mahmoud Zaki El-Readi, Mohamed Lotfy Ashour, Michael Wink

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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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Invasive SpeciesFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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  2. Crosstalk between Myopia and Inflammation: A Mini Review.International journal of medical sciences · 2024
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  3. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  5. Combating Drug Resistance in Colorectal Cancer Using Herbal Medicines.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Safaa Yehia EidDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia ; Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Mahmoud Zaki El-ReadiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia ; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt.
Mohamed Lotfy AshourDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Michael WinkInstitute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Ain Shams University · EGAl-Azhar University · EGHeidelberg University · DEUmm al-Qura University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapy is controlled by the decrease of intracellular drug accumulation, increase of detoxification, and diminished propensity of cancer cells to undergo apoptosis. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) membrane transporters with intracellular metabolic enzymes contribute to the complex and unresolved phenomenon of multidrug resistance (MDR). Natural products as alternative medicine have great potential to discover new MDR inhibitors with diverse modes of action. In this study, we characterized several extracts of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) plants (N = 16) for their interaction with ABC transporters, cytochrome P3A4 (CYP3A4), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activities and their cytotoxic effect on different cancer cell lines. Fallopia japonica (FJ) (Polygonaceae) shows potent inhibitory effect on CYP3A4 P-glycoprotein activity about 1.8-fold when compared to verapamil as positive control. FJ shows significant inhibitory effect (39.81%) compared with the known inhibitor ketoconazole and 100 μg/mL inhibited GST activity to 14 μmol/min/mL. FJ shows moderate cytotoxicity in human Caco-2, HepG-2, and HeLa cell lines; IC50 values were 630.98, 198.80, and 317.37 µg/mL, respectively. LC-ESI-MS were used to identify and quantify the most abundant compounds, emodin, polydatin, and resveratrol, in the most active extract of FJ. Here, we present the prospect of using Fallopia japonica as natural products to modulate the function of ABC drug transporters. We are conducting future study to evaluate the ability of the major active secondary metabolites of Fallopia japonica to modulate MDR and their impact in case of failure of chemotherapy.

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