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THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF RHIZOSTOME JELLYFISH VENOM ON CANCER CELL LINES AND ITS ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY IN EHRLICH ASCITES-BEARING MICE

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Animal Histology
Animal Physiology

Abstract

All of the drawbacks associated with the chemotherapy of cancer are the impetus for the search for newer and more efficacious drugs. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate the cytotoxic and antitumor efficacy of scyphozoan Rhizostoma octopus (rhizostome jellyfish) venom extract (RVE) against different tumor cell lines (in vitro) and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC)-bearing mice (in vivo), respectively. Four groups of female CD-1 mice (n=10) were allotted as follows: group-1 (Gp1) was served as control. Gp2-Gp4 were injected intraperitoneally (i.p) with 1×106 EAC cells/mouse. After 24 hours, Gp3 and Gp4 were injected (i.p) with cisplatin (2 mg/kg) or with 1/10 LD50 of RVE (180 mg/kg body weight, b.wt) daily for 6 consecutive days, respectively. On day 14, the b.wt change, tumor indices, hematological and biochemical parameters, as well as histological alterations of liver and kidneys tissues, were investigated. The results showed that RVE had high protein content with six bands ranging between 15-70 kDa, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The IC50 of RVE against human hepatocellular (HepG-2) and breast cancer (MCF-7) cell lines were 808.4 and 896.4 µg/mL, respectively. In EAC-bearing mice, RVE treatment modulated the b.wt change, and decreased the tumor volume and the tumor cells count. In addition, the liver and kidney functions were improved in EAC-bearing mice treated with RVE, as evidenced by ameliorating their histological structure.

DOI

10.21608/ejz.2022.120663.1072

Keywords

antitumor activity, EAC-bearing mice, HepG-2, MCF-7, <i>Rhizostoma octopus</i>

Authors

First Name

Wesam

Last Name

Salama

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

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wesam.salama2010@gmail.com

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0000-0002-3291-5681

First Name

Sabry

Last Name

El-Naggar

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

Email

sabry_elnaggar@yahoo.com

City

Tanta

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First Name

Hadeer

Last Name

Attia

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

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hadeermostafa129@gmail.cm

City

Tanta

Orcid

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First Name

Ezar

Last Name

Hamed

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

Email

ezarhazaa1000@yahoo.com

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tanta

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Volume

78

Article Issue

78

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38138

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-04-05

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

15

Page End

30

Print ISSN

1110-6344

Online ISSN

2682-3160

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684

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Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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https://ejz.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023