Apoptosis Cell Death Effect of Linoleic Acid from Nigella Sativa on Human Ovary Cancer Cells through Mitochondrial Intrinsic Pathway

Author(s):
Yalda ShokoohiniaYalda Shokoohinia1, Gholamreza BahramiGholamreza Bahrami2, Fatemeh TaherabadiFatemeh Taherabadi1, Fataneh JaffariFataneh Jaffari1, Leila HosseinzadehLeila HosseinzadehLeila Hosseinzadeh ORCID3,*
1Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
3Research Center of Oils and Fats, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Corresponding author: Research Center of Oils and Fats, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Email:[email protected]

Journal of Reports in Pharmaceutical Sciences:Vol. 7, issue 1; 20-26
Published online:Oct 11, 2017
Article type:Rapid Communication
Received:Aug 27, 2017
Accepted:Sep 22, 2017
How to Cite:Shokoohinia Y, Bahrami G, Taherabadi F, Jaffari F, Hosseinzadeh L. Apoptosis Cell Death Effect of Linoleic Acid from Nigella Sativa on Human Ovary Cancer Cells through Mitochondrial Intrinsic Pathway. J Rep Pharm Sci. 2018;7(1):e147604. doi:

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the cytotoxic potential of fractions (F1-F5) isolated from hexane extract of the seeds of N. sativa on human ovarian carcinoma cell line, A2780. F2 showed an outstanding potent cytotoxic effect against A2780 cells. Next, this fraction was purified to obtain six sub-fractions (SF1-SF6) and their cytotoxic effects were then evaluated. The obtained results showed that SF2 had strong cytotoxic effect against A2780 cell line. The effective sub-fraction (SF2) was determined to be linoleic acid (LA) according to spectroscopic analyses. In the next set of experiments, the apoptotic potentials of LA were investigated. Induction of apoptosis by LA was accompanied by an increase in activation of caspase-3, -9 and reduction in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in A2780 cells. It can be concluded that LA, inhibited the growth of human ovarian carcinoma cells, A2780 and induced mitochondrial-related apoptosis.

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