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Cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of Walidda antidysenterica on human lymphocytes – A herb use in Sri Lankan traditional medicine. Rashini Yasara Baragama-arachchi 1 Dr Jagath Weerasena 1 Dr Shiroma Handunnetti 1 Dr Radhika Samarasekara 2.
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Cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of Waliddaantidysentericaon human lymphocytes – A herb use in Sri Lankan traditional medicine RashiniYasara Baragama-arachchi1 DrJagathWeerasena1 • DrShiromaHandunnetti1 • DrRadhikaSamarasekara2 1. Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka 2. Industrial Technology Institute, Sri Lanka
Waliddaantidysenterica • Family : Apocynaceae • Widely used in traditional medicine to • treat a broad spectrum of diseases • Bark - has anti-microbial, antidiarrheal, • antidontalgicand anti-inflammatory properties • The seeds are astringent, antidiarrheal and febrifuge • Leaves possess antioxidant and antibacterial properties (Wickramaratne et al; 2015)
Waliddaantidysenterica (Chopra et al; 1986, Frondozo et al; 2009 Shah et al; 2010)
Waliddaantidysenterica • Phytochemicals include alkaloids, flavonoids, sterols and quinine • More than 30 alkaloids have been isolated from W. antidysentericaand most were isolated from the stem bark (Ganapathy et al, 2009) • It has been reported that W. antidysentericacontain a potent genotoxic compound (pyrrolyzidine alkaloids) • (Arseculeratneet al, 1981) Pyrrolizidine alkaloid (Shah et al, 2010)
Objectives of the study To investigate the in vitro cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of ethanol leaf, stem bark and flower extracts of W. antidysenterica
Plant extract preparation Dust free leaves, flowers & stem bark were dried under the shade for 2 weeks Leaves Stem bark Flowers Kept at RT for three nights
Plant extract preparation Rotary evaporated under the vacuum at 40 °C Vacuum filtered (Celite filter) Stirred at 30 rpm for an hour at RT • Further dried • By exposing to air for • overnight at RT • Passing N2 gas Stem Bark Leaf Flower Transferred to pre-weighed glass bottles
Lymphocytes purification Dilute + + Blood layered over Histopaque Whole blood (1666 µl) PBS (1666 µl) Diluted blood Histopaque (1ml) 800 x g for 20 min at 4 °C without breaks
Cell culture and in vitro treatment Overnight incubation in a humidified CO2 incubator Wells seeded with cells (2x105) Treated with different concentrations of plant extracts 10,20,30,40,50,100,200, 400,800 µg/ml
Cytotoxicity assessment • TrypanBlue dye exclusion assay was carried out to check the viability after treatment • Concentrations, which retained >70% viability was selected for Comet assay
Genotoxicity assessment by Comet assay Base slide preparation Embedding cells in LMPA Preparation of microgel slides Cell lysis Alkaline unwinding and electrophoresis Visualization and comet scoring Statistical analysis
Comet scoring and statistical analysis • Assay was performed in triplicates for each concentration • 100 cells per each concentration were scored • “Casp 1.2.3b.1” image analysis software was used to assess the quantitative and qualitative extent of DNA damage in the cell • Results were analyzed using SPSS statistical software (version17.0) • The results were considered to be significantly different at P < 0.05
Cytotoxic potential of W. antidysenterica WLE- W. antidysentericaleaves extract WSE- W. antidysentericastem bark extract WFE- W. antidysentericaflower extract viability of lymphocytes (n=100) with treated concentrations of plant extracts. Results of 3 independent experiments
Comets of control cells Positive Control (C+) 200 µM H2O2 Negative Control (C-) Vehicle (DMSO)+ Culture media
Effect of different ELE concentrations on comet formation ELE 40 µg/ml 50 µg/ml 20 µg/ml 30 µg/ml 10 µg/ml
Effect of different ESE concentrations on comet formation ESE 50 µg/ml 40 µg/ml 30 µg/ml 20 µg/ml 10 µg/ml
Effect of different EFE concentrations on comet formation EFE 400 µg/ml 800 µg/ml 50 µg/ml 200 µg/ml 100 µg/ml
Genotoxicpotential of ELE, ESE and EFE As detected by TM Dose dependency * TM : r = 0.921 ; p = 0.026 TM : r = 0.793 ; p = 0.110 TM : r = 0.952 ; p = 0.013
Genotoxicpotential of ELE, ESE and EFE As detected by Tail DNA percentage (%) r = 0.928 ; p = 0.023 r = 0.899 ; p = 0.038 r = 0.995 ; p = 0.000 p < 0.05
Conclusions • Ethanol flower extract of Waliddaantidysentericawas neither cytotoxic norgenotoxicity compared to other plant parts • ESB showed moderate cytotoxicity while ELE showed the highest cytotoxic effect • High concentrations of leaves showed significant, dose-dependent genotoxicity where as stem barks showed moderate genotoxicity. • Presence of Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (e.g -: conessine, conessimine, iso-conessimine etc.) may account for the genotoxicity of leaves • Use of leaves to treat skin diseases can be justified with our study • However long term use is not recommended
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Acknowledgement National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka for financial support • ,