Microencapsulation of an Extract of Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw., with Antineoplastic Activity


Por: Salazar-Aguilar, Sandra, Ruiz-Posadas, Lucero del Mar, Cadena-Iniguez, Jorge, Soto-Hernandez, Marcos, Santiago-Osorio, Edelmiro, Aguiniga-Sanchez, Itzen, Cisneros-Solano, Victor M., Aguirre-Medina, Juan F., Olivera, alvaro D.

Publicada: 1 ene 2022
Resumen:
Microencapsulation is a technique used in pharmaceuticals as an administration vehicle. Encapsulating secondary metabolites for therapeutic purposes has been promoted recently. Microencapsulation based on chitosan was developed for the methanol extract of cv. Perla negra (S. edule (Jacq.) Sw.) (Cucurbitaceae) fruits to evaluate its viability as an administration vehicle and to assess the possible negative interaction between the extract and chitosan. Microencapsulation was performed by coacervation, implementing a method with constant sonication. The microparticles obtained were registered by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy. The presence of the bioactive in aqueous medium was recorded for release tests, measuring with spectrophotometry its concentration as a function of time. The assessment of the biological effect of the microencapsulated extract was done on the HeLa cell line and control cells (lymphocytes). Microspheres with an average size of 20 mu m and a loading capacity of 98% were obtained. The highest concentration of released extract was 24 mu g mL(-1) at 23 h. The mainly chitosan-based microspheres did not affect the antiproliferative activity of the extract of cv. Perla negra and proved to be a potential vehicle for its therapeutic administration. The empty microspheres made with chitosan also showed to have an antiproliferative effect, and those loaded with extract showed cellular inhibition (statistical IC50) of 8 mu g mL(-1) without affecting the lymphocytes. Chitosan does not interfere with the biological activity of the metabolites incorporated into the microspheres since they retain their inhibitory activity on proliferation in tumor cells, thus constituting a potential vehicle for the therapeutic administration of fruit extract.

Filiaciones:
Salazar-Aguilar, Sandra:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Zaragoza, Res Unit Cell Differentiat & Canc, Hematopoiesis & Leukemia Lab, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico

Ruiz-Posadas, Lucero del Mar:
 Colegio Postgrad, Campus Montecillo, Montecillo 56230, Texcoco, Mexico

Cadena-Iniguez, Jorge:
 Colegio Postgrad, Campus San Luis Potosi, Salinas Hidalgo 78600, Mexico

Soto-Hernandez, Marcos:
 Colegio Postgrad, Campus Montecillo, Montecillo 56230, Texcoco, Mexico

Santiago-Osorio, Edelmiro:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Zaragoza, Res Unit Cell Differentiat & Canc, Hematopoiesis & Leukemia Lab, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico

Aguiniga-Sanchez, Itzen:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Zaragoza, Res Unit Cell Differentiat & Canc, Hematopoiesis & Leukemia Lab, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico

 Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Zaragoza, Sch Med, Dept Biomed Sci, Mexico City 09230, DF, Mexico

Cisneros-Solano, Victor M.:
 Univ Autonoma Chapingo, Ctr Reg Univ Oriente, Huatusco 94100, Veracruz, Mexico

Aguirre-Medina, Juan F.:
 Univ Autonoma Chiapas, Fac Ciencias Agr, Huehuetan 30660, Mexico

Olivera, alvaro D.:
 Ctr Univ Reg Este Univ Republ, Dept Desarrollo Tecnol, Rocha 27000, Uruguay
ISSN: 20763417





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