DNA barcode-based identification and comparative anti-cancer effects of different species of brown seaweed Sargassum C. Agardh of Indian coasts

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dc.contributor.authorBhushan, Satej
dc.contributor.supervisorBast, Felix & Singh, Sandeep
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-21T06:36:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T11:02:43Z
dc.date.available2020-08-21T06:36:34Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T11:02:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractSargassum C. Agardh is a ubiquitous, multicellular brown seaweed that represents the most species-rich genus of the brown algal order Fucales, with more than 500 species reported worldwide. The present study aimed to identify different Sargassum isolates from India by DNA barcoding of mitochondrial (cox3), chloroplast (rbcL), and nuclear (18S) regions and further phylogenetic analyses. Total of 17 geographical isolates were collected across Indian coasts. Phylogeny reconstruction using Bayesian Inference was done which suggested congruency with known taxonomic hierarchy of Sargassum. Total of five different species were identified (S. portierianum, S. cymosum, S.aquifolium, S. ilicifolium, S. polycystum). In addition, comparative evaluation of anti-cancer potential of all the isolates was carried out and putative relationship between phylogeny and anticancer potential was established. MTT assay with 3 different cell lines showed cytotoxicity with IC50 as low as 0.167 ± 0.01, 0.243 ± 0.007, 0.25 ± 0.03 µg/µL in MDA-MB-231 (Breast Cancer), T-47D (Breast Cancer), H1299 (Lung Cancer) cells respectively, while no toxicity was observed with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (hPBMCs). I was also able to isolate one lead aliphatic compound (SA1) whch was identified to be a polysaccharide using NMR spectroscopy. Similar to the extract, purified compound SA1 also showed anticancer activity. Further evaluations revealed that SA1 as well as the extracts interfere with the antioxidant defence components of cancer cells (SOD, Catalase, and GR) which results in the induction of mitochondrial death pathway at G1 phase (for extracts) as well as at G2M phase (for SA1). Extracts as well as SA1 were also able to inhibit cancer cell migration at sub IC50 doses. In addition, sub IC50 treatments lead to decreased colony formation compared to the control. Overall, our results show that these extracts as well as SA1 are able to target multiple properties of canceren_US
dc.identifier.accessionnoT00866
dc.identifier.citationBhushan, Satej, Bast, Felix & Singh, Sandeep (2018) DNA barcode-based identification and comparative anti-cancer effects of different species of brown seaweed Sargassum C. Agardh of Indian coastsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://10.2.3.109/handle/32116/2741
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCentral University of Punjaben_US
dc.subjectSargassumen_US
dc.subjectmacro-algaeen_US
dc.subjectphylogenyen_US
dc.subjectcanceren_US
dc.subjectanti-cancer activityen_US
dc.titleDNA barcode-based identification and comparative anti-cancer effects of different species of brown seaweed Sargassum C. Agardh of Indian coastsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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