{"title":"Ficus carica extract causes cell cycle arrest and induces apoptosis in MG-63 and HT-29 cancer cell lines","authors":"Tuğba Yalçınkaya, L. Kozacı, Ahmet Çarhan","doi":"10.5505/turkhijyen.2023.93357","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Ficus carica (Fig) is a leafy tree of Moraceae, which is used in local traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Recent studies revealed an impressive anti-cancer efficiency of F. carica extracts in different types of cancer cells. This study aimed to investigate the anti-cancer effects of F. carica extract on colon cancer cell line HT-29 and bone cancer cell line MG-63. Methods: The human colon cancer cell line HT-29 and bone cancer cell line MG-63 were used to investigate the effects of F. carica extract. The effects of F. carica on cell viability were evaluated using MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. Complementary analyses for evaluating membrane integrity and toxicity were performed by estimating LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) assay. Mechanisms of cell death were analyzed using Muse TM Annexin-V and TUNEL assays. Cell-cycle distribution was examined using flow cytometri analysis. Results: The results demonstrated that F. carica extract caused a significant decrease in cell viability in cancer cells in a dose-and time-dependent fashion, but","PeriodicalId":35553,"journal":{"name":"Turk hijiyen ve deneysel biyoloji dergisi. Turkish bulletin of hygiene and experimental biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Turk hijiyen ve deneysel biyoloji dergisi. Turkish bulletin of hygiene and experimental biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5505/turkhijyen.2023.93357","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: Ficus carica (Fig) is a leafy tree of Moraceae, which is used in local traditional medicine to treat various diseases. Recent studies revealed an impressive anti-cancer efficiency of F. carica extracts in different types of cancer cells. This study aimed to investigate the anti-cancer effects of F. carica extract on colon cancer cell line HT-29 and bone cancer cell line MG-63. Methods: The human colon cancer cell line HT-29 and bone cancer cell line MG-63 were used to investigate the effects of F. carica extract. The effects of F. carica on cell viability were evaluated using MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. Complementary analyses for evaluating membrane integrity and toxicity were performed by estimating LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) assay. Mechanisms of cell death were analyzed using Muse TM Annexin-V and TUNEL assays. Cell-cycle distribution was examined using flow cytometri analysis. Results: The results demonstrated that F. carica extract caused a significant decrease in cell viability in cancer cells in a dose-and time-dependent fashion, but