Anti-angiogenic and anti-tumour activities of Lignosus rhinocerus (Cooke) Ryvarden water extracts on HCT116 human colorectal carcinoma cells implanted in chick embryos

Yong, Gong Yi and Muniandy, Nishalini and Beishenaliev, Adilet and Lau, Beng Fye and Kue, Chin Siang (2024) Anti-angiogenic and anti-tumour activities of Lignosus rhinocerus (Cooke) Ryvarden water extracts on HCT116 human colorectal carcinoma cells implanted in chick embryos. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 331. p. 118213. ISSN 0378-8741, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2024.118213.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2024.118213

Abstract

Ethnopharmacological relevance: The sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerus (Cooke) Ryvarden is used by the local communities in Southeast Asia and China to treat cancer, asthma, fever, and other ailments based on traditional knowledge. The sclerotial water extracts were previously reported to exhibit cytotoxic, apoptotic, and immunomodulatory activities - providing a scientific basis for its use in treating cancer; however, there is still a lack of evidence on its potential anti-angiogenic activity. Aim of the study: This study aimed to investigate the toxicity, anti-angiogenic, and anti -tumour activities of the hot-water and cold -water extracts of L. rhinocerus using HCT116 human colorectal carcinoma cells implanted in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model. Materials and methods: The toxicity of L. rhinocerus extracts towards the chick embryos was determined 24 h posttreatment. The anti-angiogenic activity of the extracts was then investigated at 0.1 -10 mu g/embryo (6.7 -670 mu g/ mL) at targeted blood vessels. The anti -tumour effect of selected extracts against the HCT116 human colorectal carcinoma cells xenografted onto the chick embryos was also studied. Results: The cold -water extracts of L. rhinocerus displayed strong in ovo toxicity (LC 50 : 1.2 -37.7 mu g/mL) while the hot-water extracts are non-toxic up to 670 mu g/mL. Among the extracts, the hot-water extracts demonstrated the highest anti-angiogenic activity with 44.0 +/- 17.7% reduction of capillary diameter (relative to the saline -treated control). Moreover, treatment of the HCT116 cells xenografted onto the chick embryos with the hot-water extracts resulted in smaller tumour size and lower number of blood vessels compared to the saline -treated control. Conclusions: The hot-water extracts of L. rhinocerus sclerotium demonstrated anti-angiogenic and anti -tumour activities but most of the cold -water extracts at similar concentrations were devoid of that. Our findings provide further scientific validation of the medicinal use of the sclerotium in treating cancer and thus, expanding our knowledge on the possible mechanism of its anti -cancer effect apart from direct cytotoxicity, induction of apoptosis and immunomodulation that have been studied thus far.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Ministry of Education, Malaysia (FRGS/1/2019/STG03/UM/02/12), Management & Science University Seed Research Grant (SG-002-012019-FHLS)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Anti-angiogenesis; Anti-Tumour; Lignosus rhinocerus; Medicinal mushrooms; Chick chorioallantoic membrane; HCT116
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2024 01:56
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2024 01:56
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45092

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