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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 30, 2016 - Issue 24
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Anti-melanoma and UV-B protective effect of microbial pigment produced by marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa GS-33

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Pages 2835-2839 | Received 09 Dec 2015, Accepted 28 Jan 2016, Published online: 10 Mar 2016
 

Abstract

Bioactivity of a microbial pigment, extracted from fermented broth of culture marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa was screened for anticancer activity against human skin melanoma cell line SK-MEL-2. Upon characterisation, the pigment was confirmed as Phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA). The PCA was found effective against SK-MEL-2 cell line at low concentration (GI50 value <10 μg/mL). Reduced cell density and cell shrinkage with typical morphological changes such as rounding of cells with loss/breaking of cell membrane were seen in SK-MEL-2 cells treated with PCA and Adriamycin. The pigment exhibited UV-B protecting activity as calculated by in vitro spectrophotometric assay and potentiated sun protection factor of commercial sunscreen lotion. Moreover, the pigment was non-toxic up to concentration of 100 ppm as assessed erythrocyte haemolysis assay. These results suggest that microbial pigment PCA could be effective and promising in the treatment as well as prevention of melanoma skin cancers.

Acknowledgements

All authors are thankful to Tata Memorial Centre, ACTREC (Mumbai), India for the help in carrying out anticancer activity. We are also thankful to UGC-SAP-DRS Phase-III and DST-FIST for providing necessary research facilities.

Funding

This work was supported by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi [grant number SR/FST/LSI-433/2010 (c)-31.03.2011]; University Grants commission, New Delhi [grant number F. 4–23/2015/DRS III (SAP-III)].

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