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Cissus antractica -ZnO NPs Induce Apoptosis in A549 Cells through ROS-Mediated p53/Bcl-2/Bax Signaling Pathways and Inhibit Inflammatory Cytokines

Version 1 : Received: 15 August 2023 / Approved: 16 August 2023 / Online: 17 August 2023 (07:51:20 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 19 August 2023 / Approved: 22 August 2023 / Online: 22 August 2023 (09:32:04 CEST)

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Rupa, E.J.; Nahar, J.; Al-Amin, M.; Park, J.-K.; Murugesan, M.; Awais, M.; Lee, S.-J.; Kim, I.M.; Ling, L.; Yang, D.-C.; Yang, D.-U.; Jung, D.-H.; Jung, S.-K. Cissus antractica-ZnO NPs Induce Apoptosis in A549 Cells through ROS-Generated p53/Bcl-2/Bax Signaling Pathways and Inhibition of Inflammatory Cytokines. Coatings 2023, 13, 2077. Rupa, E.J.; Nahar, J.; Al-Amin, M.; Park, J.-K.; Murugesan, M.; Awais, M.; Lee, S.-J.; Kim, I.M.; Ling, L.; Yang, D.-C.; Yang, D.-U.; Jung, D.-H.; Jung, S.-K. Cissus antractica-ZnO NPs Induce Apoptosis in A549 Cells through ROS-Generated p53/Bcl-2/Bax Signaling Pathways and Inhibition of Inflammatory Cytokines. Coatings 2023, 13, 2077.

Abstract

Green products have excellent potential for discovering and producing new medicinal products. In recent years, there is a growing interest towards the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles, particularly from plants sources. This eco-friendly approach was used in the recent research to biosynthesize zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) from Cissus antractica plant. The present study aims to examine the cell cytotoxicity, cell death, and pathways of apoptosis in lung cancer cells (A549) and inflammation properties treated with biosynthesized ZnO NPs. Additionally, synthe-sized ZnO nanoparticles were characterized using UV–vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The XRD and TEM analyses exhibited 31 nm as the size of synthesized nanoparticles, the pure crystal form of ZnO NPs, and the shape of the NPs as nearly spherical and hexagonal quartzite. The MTT assay used for cytotoxicity evaluation de-picted the significant toxic effect of CA-ZnONPs against the A549 lung cancer cells at concentra-tions up to 20 µg/mL than non-cancerous cells. Furthermore, we observed an elevated ROS level in cancer cells. These NPs also demonstrated dose-dependent ability to suppress colony for-mation and cell migration, which increases their potential as a lung cancer treatment. Further-more, The NPs formulation's ability to induce apoptosis in cancer cells was further supported by Hoechst and propidium iodide dye. Further, CA ZnO NPs increased the gene expression of BAX, Cyto-c, Caspase 3 and 9, but decreased the expression of Bcl-2, indicating that the nanoformulation triggered mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis. Besides, this study showed that NPs suppressed in-flammatory responses by subsequently decreasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, downregulating the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, iNOS, COX-2, IL-6, IL-8, and NO. Moreover, the study's findings imply that Cissus antractica are a potential source with biosynthesize nanoparticles that can might be further investigated for the progress of an-ti-inflammatory and anti-cancer drugs with further study.

Keywords

Cissus antractica; ZnO NPs; anti-lung cancer; anti-inflammation; apoptosis

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Medicine and Pharmacology

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Comment 1
Received: 22 August 2023
Commenter: Esrat jahan Rupa
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Dear Editor,
We added a new author to our manuscript. We changed affiliation also. In the new manuscript, we mentioned its yellow color.

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