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    The plant-derived triterpenoid tingenin B is a potent anticancer agent due to its cytotoxic activity on cancer stem cells of breast cancer in vitro
    (Elsevier, 2016-12-25) Botta, Bruno; Mori, Mattia; Berardozzi, Simone; Ingallina, Cinzia; Cevatemre, Buse; Ulukaya, Engin; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi/Biyoloji Bölümü.; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı.; AHD-2050-2022; K-5792-2018; 55693788600; 6602927353
    Despite the rapid advances in chemotherapy regimens, the outcome of patients with breast cancer is not satisfactory. One of the reasons of this dissatisfaction is that subsets of cells in tumors which referred as cancer stem cells (CSCs) show and/or gain resistance to therapies. Thus, compounds that target CSCs are urgently needed. Since some are already used in the clinic, natural products have great potential for further development as anti cancer drugs. The aim of this study is to investigate the cytotoxic activity of tingenin b (or 22 beta-hydroxytingenone) which is a quinone-methide triterpenoid structurally related to tingenone, against breast CSCs (stem-cell enriched population from MCF-7 cell line, MCF-7s). It has been found that tingenin b was cytotoxic against MCF-7s (IC50 value for 48 h was found to be 2.38 mu M) by inducing apoptosis. It was evident by Annexin V staining positivity, decreased mitochondria( membrane potential and Bcl-2 dephosphorylation with a concomitant increase in Bax protein expression. In addition, endoplasmic reticulum stress was also found to be involved in tingenin b-induced cell death. In conclusion, the results warrant further studies aimed at elucidating and corroborating its possible use in the treatment of breast cancer.
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    A promising natural product, pristimerin, results in cytotoxicity against breast cancer stem cells in vitro and xenografts in vivo through apoptosis and an incomplete autopaghy in breast cancer
    (Academic Press, 2017-12-02) Tsimplouli, Chrisiida; Sereti, Evangelia; Dimas, Konstantinos; Ilkay Armutak, Elif; Gurevin, Ebru Gurel; Üvez, Ayça; Mori, Mattia; Berardozzi, Simone; Ingallina, Cinzia; D'Acquarica, Ilaria; Botta, Bruno; Özpolat, Bülent; Ulukaya, Engin; Cevatemre, Buse; Erkısa, Merve; Aztopal, Nazlıhan; Karakaş, Didem; Alper, Pınar; Uludağ Üniversitesi/Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi/Biyoloji Bölümü.; 0000-0002-3127-742X; 0000-0003-3118-8061; 0000-0002-3781-6834; 0000-0001-9631-3551; AHD-2050-2022; AAM-1001-2020; L-6687-2018; L-6682-2018; 55693788600; 57126208900; 55853882900; 56422040600; 57197858774
    Several natural products have been suggested as effective agents for the treatment of cancer. Given the important role of CSCs (Cancer Stem Cells) in cancer, which is a trendy hypothesis, it is worth investigating the effects of pristimerin on CSCs as well as on the other malignant cells (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) of breast cancer. The anti-growth activity of pristimerin against MCF-7 and MCF-7s (cancer stem cell enriched population) cells was investigated by real time viability monitorization (xCELLigence System (R)) and ATP assay, respectively. Mode of cell death was evaluated using electron and fluorescence microscopies, western blotting (autophagy, apoptosis and ER-stress related markers) and flow cytometry (annexin-V staining, caspase 3/7 activity, BCL-2 and PI3K expressions). Pristimerin showed an anti-growth effect on cancer cells and cancer stem cells with IC50 values ranging at 0.38-1.75 mu M. It inhibited sphere formation at relatively lower doses (<1.56 mu M). Apoptosis was induced in MCF-7 and MCF-7s cells. In addition, extensive cytoplasmic vacuolation was observed, implying an incompleted autophagy as evidenced by the increase of autophagy-related proteins (p62 and LC3-II) with an unfolded protein response (UPR). Pristimerin inhibited the growth of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231-originated xenografts in NOD.CB17-Prkdc(scid)/J mice. In mice, apoptosis was further confirmed by cleavage of PARP, activation of caspase 3 and/or 7 and TUNEL staining. Taken together, pristimerin shows cytotoxic activity on breast cancer both in vitro and in vivo. It seems to represent a robust promising agent for the treatment of breast cancer. Pristimerin's itself or synthetic novel derivatives should be taken into consideration for novel potent anticancer agent(s).