Molecules (2019)
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Anwar, Manal M.
El-Karim, Somaia S. Abd
Mahmoud, Ahlam H.
Amr, Abd El-Galil E.
Al-Omar, Mohamed A.
Breast cancer is considered the most common and deadly cancer among women worldwide. Nanomedicine has become extremely attractive in the field of cancer treatment. Due to the high surface to volume ratio and other unique properties, nanomaterials can be specifically targeted to certain cells and tissues to interact with the living systems. The strategic planning of this study is based on using the nanoprecipitation method to prepare nanoparticles BZP-NPs (3.8-5.7 nm) of the previously prepared benzofuran-pyrazole compound (IV) BZP which showed promising cytotoxic activity. The capacity of BZP and BZP-NPs to suppress the growth of human breast tumor MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells was evaluated using MTT assay. The IC50 doses of BZP and BZP-NPs targeting normal breast cells MCF-12A exceeded those targeting the cancer cells by >1000-fold, demonstrating their reasonable safety profiles in normal cells. Furthermore, cell cycle analysis, apoptosis induction detection, assessment of p53, Bcl-2, caspase-3, and PARP-1 levels of BZP and its nano-sized-BZP-NPs particles were also evaluated. Although the obtained results were in the favor of compound IV in its normal-sized particles, BZP-NPs appeared as a hit compound which showed improved cytotoxicity against the tested human breast cancer cells associated with the induction of pre-G1 apoptosis as well as cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. The increase in caspase-3 level, upregulation of p53, and downregulation of Bcl-2 protein expression levels confirmed apoptosis. Furthermore, ELISA results exhibited that BZP-NPs produced a more favorable impact as a PARP-1 enzyme inhibitor than the parent BZP.
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