title: Effect of plumbagin on the radiation induced cytogenetic and cell cycle changes in mouse Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in vivo.
abstract: The effect of plumbagin, a naphthoquinone from the roots of the Indian medicinal plant Plumbago rosea, and Cobalt-60 gamma radiation was studied on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in vivo, taking cytogenetic damage and cell cycle changes as experimental endpoints. Plumbagin (5 mg/kg body wt, P1) administered intraperitoneally produced a significant increase in the percentage of S-phase as well as G2-M cells with a corresponding decrease in the G1 phase at different post-treatment times. Radiation (7.5 Gy, RT) alone produced the classical G2 block at 1 hr, which persisted with a continuous increase throughout the post-treatment observation period. The combination treatment produced a similar effect as that of RT on G2-M cells, but its effect on the G1 phase was more pronounced than the latter. While P1 treatment produced a small increase in the percentage of labeled S-phase cells, combination treatment significantly reduced the labeled S-phase cells with a corresponding increase in the unlabeled fraction. Drug or radiation alone significantly increased micronuclei induction at various post-treatment times and the combination of the two further enhanced this effect additively. The mechanism of interaction of P1 with radiation in bringing about this effect is not clear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiobiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: P U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D003582:Cytogenetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; C014758:plumbagin