Effects of Allium roseum L. extracts on the proliferation and the differentiation of the acute myeloid leukemia cell line U937

Epidemiologic studies keep up the proposition that Allium vegetables can lower the risk of cancers. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells exhibit high proliferative potency and have a reduced capacity of undergoing apoptosis and maturation. The beneficial effects of Allium seem related to the organosul...

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Published in:Food science & nutrition 2023-05, Vol.11 (5), p.2099-2105
Main Authors: Ben Arfa, Abdelkarim, Boulaaba, Mondher, Merhi, Faten, Bauvois, Brigitte, Ingrid, Arnault, Auger, Jacques, Neffati, Mohamed, Najjaa, Hanen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute myeloid leukemia
Allium
Allium roseum
Alternative medicine
Alzheimer's disease
Annexin V
Apoptosis
Cancer
Cell culture
Cell proliferation
Chemotherapy
Cytotoxicity
Differentiation
Epidemiology
Flow cytometry
Health risks
Herbal medicine
Laboratories
Leukemia
Macrophages
matrix metalloproteinase‐9
Original
Original Research
Phosphatidylserine
proliferation
Remission (Medicine)
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Summary:Epidemiologic studies keep up the proposition that Allium vegetables can lower the risk of cancers. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells exhibit high proliferative potency and have a reduced capacity of undergoing apoptosis and maturation. The beneficial effects of Allium seem related to the organosulfur products generated upon processing of these species. For this purpose, the aim of this study was to test Allium roseum fresh (FAE), crude (CAE) and dried (DAE) aqueous extracts for activity against the human acute leukemia cell line (U937). As assessed by flow cytometry, inhibited cell proliferation was in a dose‐dependent manner. Firstly, study showed that cell growth was inhibited with 20 mg/mL using FAE and CAE (60% and 73% respectively). Secondly, our experiments clearly indicate that all A. roseum extracts do not induce cell apoptosis. This was confirmed by the soft binding of Annexin V to phosphatidylserine. Finally, the high expression of macrophage's marker CD11 associated with adequate morphological changes proves clearly the differentiation aspect produced by A. roseum extract. Taken together, these data suggest that A. roseum could be a promising candidate for the alternative medicine in the field of cancer therapy. Allium roseum extracts inhibited cell proliferation of human acute leukemia cell line U937 in dose‐dependent manner.
ISSN:2048-7177
2048-7177
DOI:10.1002/fsn3.2965