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Fish venom (Pterios volitans) peptide reduces tumor burden and ameliorates oxidative stress in Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma xenografted mice |
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| Authors: | Sri Balasubashini M Karthigayan S Somasundaram S T Balasubramanian T Viswanathan V Raveendran P Menon V P |
| Institution: | aDepartment of Biochemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar 608 002, India bCAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608 502, India cDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India dDepartment of Pathology, Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum, India |
| Abstract: | The present study was carried out to assess the effect of Pterios volitans venom (mixture of peptides) on Ehrlich’s ascites carcinoma (EAC) and its influence on antioxidant status in the liver. Among six groups of albino mice, three were treated with sublethal doses of venom, along with the standard drug, 5-fluorouracil. In EAC-bearing mice, mean life span and antioxidants were significantly decreased, whereas, body weight, tumor volume, viable tumor cell count, lipid peroxidation and expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen were significantly increased. These changes were brought back to near normal in treatment groups. The findings are further confirmed by histopathological observations. |
| Keywords: | Fish venom PCNA Tumor metastasis |
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