Efeito quimiopreventivo e modulador de HLA-G (Human Leukocyte Antigen - G) de Morelloflavona

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Tarsia Giabardo Alves [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/124078; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/28-05-2015/000832261.pdf
• topic: Antigenos de histocompatibilidade HLA; Quinona; Cancer - Quimioprevenção; Antioxidantes; Antioxidants

The biological and pharmacological activities of biflavonoids are diverse, including their immunosuppressive, anticancer, antioxidant, antiangiogenic, antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties. In the present study we assessed the potential ability of morelloflavone, a biflavonoid isolated from Garcinia xanthochymus in modulating the expression of HLA-G (Human Leukocyte Antigen-G), as well as their potential chemopreventive effect. First, we measured the rate of cell death by morelloflavone using Annexin V - Propidium iodide assay in PBMC (peripheral blood mononuclear cells), which showed significant levels of cell death. By flow cytometry was observed the increased expression of HLA-G membrane bound in melanoma cells line (FON) (p < 0.001). Also, was observed the induction of HLA-G soluble in transfected melanoma cells line (M8-HLA-G1) (p < 0.001), with no change to other cell types studied by Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay - ELISA. The expression of HLA-G mRNA was also induced by morelloflavone, observed by RT-PCR, in melanoma cells (M8) that do not express HLA-G constitutively. Still, we evaluated the chemopreventive activity of morelloflavone. We observed a doubling of quinone reductase enzyme activity in hepatocellular carcinoma cells line (Hepa1c1c7) by quinone reductase assay. By comet assay we were able to verify the genotoxic and antigenotoxic capacity. Regarding antigenotoxicity, morelloflavone caused DNA damage pre treatment. In the posttreatment was observed that morelloflavone may be capable of reversing DNA damage caused by hydrogen peroxide. Thus, the data show that morelloflavone induces the expression of HLA-G and has chemopreventive effect.