Inhibition of Melanoma Cells A375 by Carotenoid Extract and Nanoemulsion Prepared from Pomelo Leaves

Author:

Liu Man-Hai,Li Yi-Fen,Chen Bing-HueiORCID

Abstract

This study aims to determine carotenoids in pomelo leaves (Citrus grandis Osbeck), a rich source of nutrients and phytochemicals, by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and prepare carotenoid nanoemulsions for the study of its inhibitory mechanism on melanoma cells A375. Fourteen carotenoids were separated within 27 min by using a YMC-C30 column and a gradient mobile phase of methanol-acetonitrile-water (84:14:2, v/v/v) and methylene chloride with a flow rate of 1 mL/min and detection wavelength of 450 nm. All-trans-lutein plus its cis-isomers were present in the largest amount (3012.97 μg/g), followed by all-trans-neoxanthin (309.2 μg/g), all-trans-violaxanthin (208.5 μg/g), all-trans-β-carotene plus its cis-isomers (203.17 μg/g), all-trans-α-carotene plus its cis-isomers (152.5 μg/g), all-trans-zeaxanthin (54.67 μg/g), and all-trans-β-cryptoxanthin plus its cis-isomers (24.56 μg/g). A stable carotenoid nanoemulsion was prepared with a mean particle size of 13.3 nm, zeta-potential of −66.6 mV, a polydispersity index of 0.132 and an encapsulation efficiency of 99%. Both the carotenoid extract and nanoemulsion could upregulate p53, p21, cyclin B and cyclin A expressions in melanoma A375 cells and downregulate CDK1 and CDK2 in a concentration-dependent manner. Also, they could upregulate Bax and cytochrome-C and downregulate Bcl-2, leading to cell apoptosis through activation of caspase-9, caspase-8 and caspase-3. Compared to extract, carotenoid nanoemulsion was shown to be more effective in inhibiting the growth of melanoma cells A375. This finding further demonstrated that a carotenoid nanoemulsion prepared from pomelo leaves possessed a great potential to be developed into functional foods or even botanic drugs.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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