Análise da citotoxicidade do extrato do fruto de juçara (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) do Maranhão em células malignas humanas

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Dulcelena Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/12625
• topic: Euterpe oleracea Mart.; Juçara; Polyphenols; MCF - 7; Cytotoxicity; Autophagy; Euterpe oleracea Mart.; Juçara; Polifenóis; MCF - 7; Citotoxicidade; Autofagia; Juçara - Extrato; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Juçara, Euterpe oleracea Mart., an indigenous fruit from Amazon, is rich in phytochemicals with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity. This study aims to analyze the effects of the hydroalcoholic extract of the bark, seed and total fruit of juçara in different human malignant cell lines. Fruits were collected at the Maracana Ecological Park, in São Luís, followed by excicata manufacturing that remains registered in the Herbarium Rosa Mochel from the Nucleus of Biological Studies at the State University of Maranhão. The hydroalcoholic extracts of bark, seed and fruit were all obtained in the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Psychobiology UERJ. The cell lines used in the tests were MCF-7 and MDA-MB-468 (breast adenocarcinoma) and CACO-2 and HT-20 (colorectal adenocarcinoma). Strains were treated with 10, 20 and 40μg/mL of extracts for 24 and 48 hours. Control MCF-7 cells showed prominent nucleus with evident nucleoli. After treatment with the hydroalcoholic extract from the bark of juçara, the cells showed rounded morphology with retraction of the cytoplasm. The MTT viability assay showed a reduction in cell viability. After 48 hours, treatment of cells with 20μg/mL of bark extract reduced cell viability and the cytotoxic effect of treatment with 40μg/mL extract of the bark was potentiated. Cells treated with 10μg/mL of the bark extract were rounded with consequent reduction in cell volume. The concentration of 20μg/mL of bark extract caused severe reduction in volume of the cells and caused the appearance of intracellular vacuoles. The same was observed after treatment with 40μg/mL. Treatment with 40μg/mL of the hydroalcoholic extract of total fruit dramatically changed the morphology of the MCF-7 cells causing vacuolization and lysis with apparent loss of cytoplasmic contents. MTT assay showed a reduction in viability of MCF-7 cells treated with 20 and 40μg/mL after 24 hours of treatment. Analysis by electron microscopy showed the appearance of autophagic vacuoles. Autophagosome protein LC3BII was identified by Western Blotting technique. It is confirmed that the isolated fractions of the bark extract from juçara promotes cellular changes indicative of autophagy from 10μg/mL in 24 hours. The nuclei remained intact, showing no apoptotic features. The data are conclusive for the occurrence of autophagy in carcinoma cell line MCF-7 breast treated with hydroalcoholic bark, seed and fruit from juçara.