UJI AKTIVITAS KHEMOPREVENTIF FRAKSI N-HEKSAN BUNGA ROSELLA (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) TERHADAP SEL KANKER PAYUDARA T47D SECARA IN VITRO DAN IN SILICO
Abstract
Breast cancer ranks the highest percentage of new cases and deaths in
women worldwide. Problems that arise from cancer treatment with chemotherapy
are non-selective and severe side effects. The flowers of rosella (Hibiscus
sabdariffa L.) contain flavonoid compounds namely anthocyanin, one of which is
cyanidin 3-O-glucoside. Previous research showed that roselle’s aqueous extract
was able to inhibit MCF-7 breast cancer cell growth. This study aims to explore the
antioxidant and cytotoxic abilities of n-hexane roselle fraction to T47D breast
cancer cells.
Roselle powder was extracted with 70% ethanol and followed by n-hexane
fractionation to obtain N-Hexane Roselle Fraction (NRF). Identification of
flavonoid compounds in the NRF using TLC method. The antioxidant ability of the
NRF was analyzed using the DPPH method, in vitro cytotoxic tests on T47D breast
cancer cells were carried out using the MTT assay method, followed by cell cycle
testing with flowcytometry method. In silico test to determine the bond affinity
between cyanidin 3-O-glucoside to HER2 and EGFR proteins was carried out by
molecular docking method.
The results of the identification of compounds showed that NRF contained
flavonoids. NRF has a weak antioxidant ability with an IC50 value of 4259 μg/mL.
NRF is quite toxic in T47D breast cancer cells with IC50 values of 213 μg/mL and
is able to inhibit the T47D cell cycle in G2/M phase. Cyanidin 3-O-glucoside has a
strong bonding affinity with HER2 and EGFR protein of -8.1 and -8.2 kcal/mol
respectively.