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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Mechanisms of Arachidonic Acid In Vitro Tumoricidal Impact.

Hatem Tallima, Rashika El Ridi

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hatem TallimaDepartment of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Rashika El RidiZoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5094-6994
Cairo University · EG

Funding

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology 2/2021/ASRT-Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To promote the potential of arachidonic acid (ARA) for cancer prevention and management, experiments were implemented to disclose the mechanisms of its tumoricidal action. Hepatocellular, lung, and breast carcinoma and normal hepatocytes cell lines were exposed to 0 or 50 μM ARA for 30 min and then assessed for proliferative capacity, surface membrane-associated sphingomyelin (SM) content, neutral sphingomyelinase (nSMase) activity, beta 2 microglobulin (β2 m) expression, and ceramide (Cer) levels. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) content and caspase 3/7 activity were evaluated. Exposure to ARA for 30 min led to impairment of the tumor cells' proliferative capacity and revealed that the different cell lines display remarkably similar surface membrane SM content but diverse responses to ARA treatment. Arachidonic acid tumoricidal impact was shown to be associated with nSMase activation, exposure of cell surface membrane β2 m to antibody binding, and hydrolysis of SM to Cer, which accumulated on the cell surface and in the cytosol. The ARA and Cer-mediated inhibition of tumor cell viability appeared to be independent of ROS generation or caspase 3/7 activation. The data were compared and contrasted to findings reported in the literature on ARA tumoricidal mechanisms.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsArachidonic AcidCeramidesSphingomyelinsCaspase 3Cell Line, TumorHumansReactive Oxygen SpeciesAntineoplastic AgentsArachidonic AcidCaspase 3CeramidesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSphingomyelinsarachidonic acidcaspasesceramideneutral sphingomyelinasereactive oxygen speciessphingomyelintumoricidal mechanismsβ2 microglobulin

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PMID36838715
PMCPMC9966399
OpenAlexW4320494858

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