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ArticleOncotarget2017

Grape seed extracts modify the outcome of oxaliplatin in colon cancer cells by interfering with cellular mechanisms of drug cytotoxicity.

Letizia Porcelli, Rosa Maria Iacobazzi, Anna Elisa Quatrale, Carlo Bergamini, Nunzio Denora, Pasquale Crupi, Donato Antonacci, Anita Mangia, Giovanni Simone, Nicola Silvestris and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Letizia PorcelliExperimental Pharmacology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Rosa Maria IacobazziExperimental Pharmacology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Anna Elisa QuatraleExperimental Pharmacology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Carlo BergaminiCRA-UTV Research Unit for Viticulture and Enology in Southern Italy, Turi, Italy.
Nunzio DenoraDepartment of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Pasquale CrupiCRA-UTV Research Unit for Viticulture and Enology in Southern Italy, Turi, Italy.
Donato AntonacciCRA-UTV Research Unit for Viticulture and Enology in Southern Italy, Turi, Italy.
Anita MangiaBiomorphology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni SimonePathological Anatomy, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Nicola SilvestrisMedical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Amalia AzzaritiExperimental Pharmacology Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II, Bari, Italy.
Istituto Tumori Bari · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grape seed extracts are commonly utilized as dietary supplements for their antioxidant properties, even from cancer patients. However, whether these natural extracts interfere with chemotherapeutics utilized in colon cancer treatment is still poorly investigated. The cytotoxicity of extracts from Italia and Palieri cultivars either alone or in combination with oxaliplatin was evaluated in colon cancer cells. Grape seed extracts displayed anti-proliferative activity depending on the concentration utilized through apoptosis induction. In combination, they affected the activation of Erk1/2 and counteracted the intrinsic and the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis, the DNA damage and the generation of ROS induced by oxaliplatin. Noteworthy grape seed extracts strongly enhanced the uptake of oxaliplatin into all cells, by affecting the cell transport system of platinum. The addition of these natural extracts to oxaliplatin strongly reduced the cellular response to oxaliplatin and allowed a huge accumulation of platinum into cells. Here, we shed light on the chemical biology underlying the combination of grape seed extracts and oxaliplatin, demonstrating that they might be detrimental to oxaliplatin effectiveness in colon cancer therapy.

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apoptosiscolon cancer cellsgrape seed extractsoxaliplatintransport systems

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PMID28881609
PMCPMC5584210
OpenAlexW2587247707

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