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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2017 Jan 01;18(1):277-286. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.1.277.

Persian Gulf Jellyfish (Cassiopea andromeda) Venom Fractions Induce Selective Injury and Cytochrome C Release in Mitochondria Obtained from Breast Adenocarcinoma Patients.

Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP

Mohammad Reza Mirshamsi, Ramesh Omranipour, Amir Vazirizadeh, Amir Fakhri, Fatemeh Zangeneh, Gholam Hussain Mohebbi, Ramin Seyedian, Jalal Pourahmad

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: [email protected]

PMID: 28240847 PMCID: PMC5563113 DOI: 10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.1.277

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate whether fractions of jellyfish Cassiope andromeda venom, could selectively induce toxicity on mitochondria isolated from cancer tissue of patients with breast adenocarcinomas. Methods: Firstly, we extracted two fractions, (f1 and f2) from crude jellyfish venom by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200.Then different dilutions of these extracted fractions were applied to mitochondria isolated from human breast tumoral- and extra-tumoral tissues. Parameters of mitochondrial toxicity including generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) collapse, swelling, cytochrome c release, activation of caspase3 and apoptosis were then assayed. Result: Our results demonstrate that fraction 2 of Cassiopea andromeda crude venom significantly (P<0.05) decreased mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase activity, increased mitochondrial ROS production, induced mitochondrial swelling, MMP collapse and cytochrome c release, activated caspase3 and induced apoptosis only in tumoral mitochondria, and not in mitochondria obtained from extra-tumoral tissue (P<0.05). Conclusion: In conclusion this study suggested that fraction 2 of Cassiopea andromeda crude venom selectively induces ROS mediated cytotoxicity by directly targeting mitochondria isolated from human breast tumor tissue.

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Keywords: Cassiopea andromeda venom; gel filtration; selective toxicity; Isolated mitochondria; Apoptosis

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