ArticleResearch in pharmaceutical sciences2022
Pomegranate seed extract enhances the inhibitory effect of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells on breast cancer cell line in co-culture conditions.
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- Pomegranate Extracts as Dual Regulators of Angiogenesis: A Systematic Review of Preclinical Evidence in Cancer and Chronic Wound Healing.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2025Pooled it
- Pomegranate in Cancer Therapy: A Review of Anticancer Potential, Mechanisms and Clinical Challenges in Breast, Colon and Prostate Cancers.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2026Review
- Effects of pomegranate seed extract and ellagic acid on miR-16-5p and miR-34a-5p expression, cell cycle, and apoptosis in MCF-7 cells.Research in pharmaceutical sciences · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds from pomegranate peel and seed: A comprehensive review of key parameters and optimization strategies.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2026Review
- In Vitro Effects ofAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Chinese Medicine Combined with Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A New Promising Aspect of Integrative Medicine.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2025Review
- Cancer stem cell specificity as new targets in breast tumor treatment.Oncology research · 2025Review
- Antiangiogenic Potential of Pomegranate Extracts.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Honokiol inhibits the growth of hormone-resistant breast cancer cells: its promising effect in combination with metformin.Research in pharmaceutical sciencesArticle
- PCL/Agarose 3D-printed scaffold for tissue engineering applications: fabrication, characterization, and cellular activities.Research in pharmaceutical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Background and purpose: Pomegranate seed extract (PSE) possesses anticancer activities and healing effects. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are being considered a new candidate for cancer treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of PSE on the cell cycle and apoptosis of the MCF-7 cell line in the co-culture condition with ADSCs. Experimental approach: MCF-7 and ADSC cells (ratio 1/1) were cultured in a transwell plate with and without PSE (PSE-co-culture and co-culture groups). MCF-7 cells were cultured in monolayer without and with PSE (mono-culture and PSE-mono-culture groups). MCF-7 cell line was harvested on day 5 and cell viability, apoptotic activity, cell cycle, and gene expression were evaluated. Findings / Results: The results of the MTT assay indicated that PSE at 100 μg/mL has the highest cytotoxicity on the MCF-7 in the PSE-co-culture group. The cell cycle analysis revealed that ADSCs in combination with PSE significantly increased the population of MCF-7 cells in the G1 phase, resulting in the arrest of MCF-7 cells cycle in the G0/G1 transition. In addition, the most apoptotic MCF-7 cells (41.5%) were detected in the same group. Expression of BAX and caspase3 genes were upregulated while anti-apoptotic (BCL-2) and angiogenesis inducer (VEGF) genes were downregulated in the PSE-co-culture group compared with the other groups. Conclusion and implications: ADSCs reduced cell viability and proliferation of MCF-7 cells in co-culture conditions and adding PSE to the medium increased the apoptosis of cancer cells. This study suggests that ADSCs with PSE can suppress tumor cells.
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