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ArticleBMC complementary medicine and therapies2021

Vochysia tucanorum Mart. butanol fraction presents antitumoral activity in vivo and prevents the installation of cachexia in solid Ehrlich tumor model.

Henrique Jorge Novaes Morgan, Aislan Quintiliano Delgado, Luiz Leonardo Saldanha, Nathalia Aparecida De Paula Camaforte, Anne Lígia Dokkedal, José Roberto Bosqueiro

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Article in BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  3. Features and applications of Ehrlich tumor model in cancer studies: a literature review.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2023
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henrique Jorge Novaes MorganLaboratory of Metabolism Control, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, Department of Physiology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Aislan Quintiliano DelgadoLaboratory of Endocrine Pancreas Physiology, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Education, São Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube 14-01, Bauru, São Paulo, Postal Code: 17033-360, Brazil.
Luiz Leonardo SaldanhaLaboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University, Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Nathalia Aparecida De Paula CamaforteLaboratory of Endocrine Pancreas Physiology, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Education, São Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube 14-01, Bauru, São Paulo, Postal Code: 17033-360, Brazil.
Anne Lígia DokkedalLaboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, São Paulo State University, Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
José Roberto BosqueiroLaboratory of Endocrine Pancreas Physiology, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Education, São Paulo State University, Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube 14-01, Bauru, São Paulo, Postal Code: 17033-360, Brazil. jose.bosqueiro@unesp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-7427
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

São Paulo Research Foundation 2016/07866-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer is a multifactorial disease caused by uncontrolled proliferation of cells. About 50-80% of cancer patients develop cachexia, a complex metabolic syndrome associated with an increase of mortality and morbidity. However, there are no effective therapies in medical clinic for cancer cachexia. Vochysia tucanorum Mart. is a common three of the Brazilian "Cerrado". The butanolic fraction of V. tucanorum (Fr-BuVt), very rich in triterpenes with various biological activities, might be interesting in being tested in cancer cachexia syndrome. Hence, the present study was undertaken to investigate the antitumoral activity of Fr-BuVt and its potential against cachexia development.

methodsEhrlich tumor was used as model of cancer cachexia. Ascitic Ehrlich tumor cells were collected, processed and inoculated subcutaneously in saline solution (1 × 10

resultsThe treatment with the Fr-BuVt (200 mg/kg, 14 days) decreased the solid Ehrlich tumor volume and weight besides increased the expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins caspase-3 and BAX, but also decreased the expression of the proteins involved in proliferation NFκB, mTOR and ERK. In addition, our data shows that the administration of Fr-BuVt was able to prevent the installation of cancer cachexia in Ehrlich carcinoma-bearing mice, since prevented the loss of body weight, as well as the loss of muscle and adipose tissue. Moreover, an improvement in some blood parameters such as decrease in cytokines TNF-α and IL-6 levels is observed.

conclusionsThe study revealed that Fr-BuVt has antitumoral activity and prevent installation of cancer cachexia in Ehrlich model. Therefore, Fr-BuVt may represent an alternative treatment for cancer cachexia.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosisBody WeightBrazilButanolsCachexiaCarcinoma, Ehrlich TumorCell ProliferationCytokinesMaleMiceMyrtalesPlant ExtractsXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicButanolsCytokinesPlant ExtractsAnti-apoptoticAnti-proliferationCancer cachexiaMetabolic syndromeTriterpenes

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