Apoptosis induction on human breast cancer T47D cell line by extracts of <i>Ancorina </i>sp.

Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung; Puspa Restu Sayekti

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Apoptosis induction on human breast cancer T47D cell line by extracts of Ancorina sp.

[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung ¹, Puspa Restu Sayekti¹

PUBLISHED 10 Apr 2019

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¹ Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia

Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung
Roles: Conceptualization, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project Administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft Preparation, Writing – Review & Editing

Puspa Restu Sayekti
Roles: Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft Preparation

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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. Alternative medicine with high efficacy is needed for breast cancer treatments, for example induction of apoptosis using natural products. It has been found that many natural apoptosis-inducing compounds are isolated from marine sponge. The objective of this study is to analyze the ability of extracts of the sponge Ancorina sp. to induce apoptosis on human breast cancer T47D cell line and find out its mechanism.
Methods: T47D cells were treated with crude extracts of methanol, dichloromethane:methanol (1:1) and dichloromethane Ancorina sp. for 24 h, and doxorubicin was used as a positive control. Methods used for this study were MTT assay to examine cell viability and determine IC₅₀ of the three extracts, while the percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3 were investigated by flow cytometry.
Results: IC₅₀ values of methanol, dichloromethane:methanol (1:1), and dichloromethane extract were 84.25, 121.45, and 99.85μg/mL respectively. The percentages of apoptotic cells after treatment with methanol, dichloromethane:methanol (1:1), and dichloromethane extracts were 88.68, 27.54 and 53.63% respectively, whereas the percentage of caspase-3 was 77.87, 12.66 and 12.97%, respectively.
Conclusions: These results revealed that all extracts of Ancorina sp. have strong or moderate cytotoxicity and have the ability to induce apoptosis on T47D human breast cancer cell line. However, methanol crude extract has high efficacy to induce apoptosis through caspase-3 activation compared to the other extracts. Hence methanol extract warrants further investigation as a natural medicine for human breast cancer.

Keywords

Ancorina sp., cytotoxicity, apoptosis, caspase-3, breast cancer

Corresponding author: Woro Anindito Sri Tunjung

Competing interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

Grant information: This work was financially supported by Penelitian Dasar UnggulanPerguruan Tinggi No: 24/UN1/DITLIT/DIT-LIT/LT/2018 from Indonesia Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher education (to W.A.S.T).
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Copyright: © 2019 Tunjung WAS and Sayekti PR. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to cite: Tunjung WAS and Sayekti PR. Apoptosis induction on human breast cancer T47D cell line by extracts of Ancorina sp. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2019, 8:168 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17584.2) First published: 07 Feb 2019, 8:168 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17584.1) Latest published: 10 Apr 2019, 8:168 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17584.2)

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Introduction

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women after cervical cancer. In 2016 breast cancer cases have occurred in 40 per 100,000 women in Indonesia¹. Medical treatment for breast cancer is currently widely applied². However, medical treatment can cause side effects, namely the death of healthy cells surrounding cancer cells³. Alternative methods of breast cancer treatment with reduced side effects are needed, such as treatments using natural anticancer agents³.

There are many cancer treatment methods such as anti-angiogenesis therapy⁴, cell cycle inhibitors⁵, and photodynamic therapy⁶. Induction of apoptosis is the most common approach in cancer therapy because apoptosis has specific abilities to kill certain cells⁷. One characteristic of cancer cell is loss of ability for apoptosis⁸. The ability of apoptosis to kill abnormal cells can prevent the occurrence of cancer growth⁹. Induction of apoptosis occurs through three apoptotic-signaling pathways:extrinsic, intrinsic and perforin/granzyme pathways. Apoptosis path activation is marked by the activation of caspases. Caspase is found in normal cells as an inactive zymogen (procaspase). Active caspase activates other caspases, forming the ‘caspase cascade’. Activation of caspase 8 and 9 will cause activation of caspase-3 as a downstream effector, which induces apoptosis¹⁰.

Previous studies found many natural apoptosis-inducing compounds isolated from marine sponge that can be developed as natural medicine¹¹. Fraction of Negombata magnifica sponge is able to induce apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma¹². Sponge extract of Haliclona sp. able to increase the percentage of apoptosis and significantly increase the expression of apoptotic gene p53, p21, caspase-8, and caspase-3 in A549 lung cancer cells¹³.

Natural anticancer agents are usually extracted by a particular solvent. Different solvents cause different effects on the disease. Some previous researchers have isolated sponge bioactive compounds using both polar and non-polar solvents. For example, cytotoxic compounds have been successfully isolated from sponge Dactylospongia elegans and Pachychalina alcaloidifera using methanol^14,15. Organic compounds have been successfully isolated from the sponge Condrosia reniformes, Tethya rubra, Tethya ignis, Mycale angulosa and Dysidea avara as a drug therapy for Chagas disease using acetone solvents¹⁶. Terpenoids have been successfully isolated from sponge Iricina sp. and Spongia sp. using ethanol solvent¹⁷. Anticancer compounds have been successfully isolated from Petrosia sp., Jaspis sp. and heterogeneous Pericharax using dichloromethane:methanol (1:1)¹⁸. Some studies also mention that sponge bioactive compounds, antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anticancer compounds, have been successfully isolated with methanol^19–21, ethanol²², dichloromethane and combination of dichloromethane:methanol (1:1)^23–26.

The objective of this study is to determine the cytotoxicity of Ancorina sp. extract in breast cancer T47D cells and measure extract-induced apoptosis through activation of caspase-3. In this study we use three solvents: methanol (polar), dichloromethane (non-polar) and mixture of both solvents to determine the most effective solvent. Furthermore this study used T47D cells as a model for breast cancer cells because T47D cells are able to express caspase-3, which is an effector of apoptotic induction²⁷.

Methods

Sample preparation and determination

Ancorina sp. were collected from Wedi Ombo Beach, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Samples were washed to remove debris and residual salt. Samples were transferred to the laboratory in methanol, dichloromethane and dichloromethane:methanol (1:1) under cool condition.

Extraction

Fresh samples were crushed in a blender in methanol, dichloromethane and dichloromethane methanol (1:1) then macerated for 24 hours. The samples were filtered using whatman no 1 (Sigma) and the residue was re-extracted for two times. The total filtrate was then naturally air drying in room temperature to obtain crude extract paste.

Cell line culture

We used T47D cells obtained from Integrated Laboratory of Research and Testing, Universitas Gadjah Mada (LPPT UGM).

The cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 2% penicillin streptomycin and 0.5% Fungizone. Cells were harvested after reaching 80% confluence using 0.25% Trypsin-EDTA. Cells were cultured in 96-well microplates (1 × 10³cells/well) in 100 μL RPMI and incubated at 37°C with 5% CO₂ overnight.

Doxorubicin at 5 µg/mL was used as the positive control whereas T47D cells cultured in medium was used as the negative control and cells cultured in 0.5% DMSO in medium was used as the solvent blank.

Cytotoxicity assay

Cytotoxicity was assessed using the MTT assay. After the cells were incubated for 24 h with the serial dilution 15.68, 31.25, 62.50, 125 to 250 µg/mL of extract, 0.5% MTT solution was added and the cells were incubated for 4 h followed by addition of stopper reagent (10% SDS in 0.1 N HCl). Each treatment was subjected with 3 replication. Those serial concentration is based on preliminary experiments. The optical density (OD) was measured at 550 nm using Microplate Reader BIO-RAD 680XR. The percentage of cell viability was obtained by this formula:

\frac{Absorbance of treatment}{Asorbance of control cell} \times 100 %

Inhibitory Concentration 50% (IC₅₀) of Ancorina sp. was then determined by probit analysis using value among cell viability and log concentration of extracts. IC₅₀ of each extract is used for FACS experiment.

Apoptosis and caspase-3 assay

Briefly, T47D cells were seeded in 6-well microplates in 3×10³μL RPMI. In total, 1×10⁶ cells were treated by IC₅₀ concentrations of three extracts or doxorubicin for 24 h. Cells were stained by Annexin V-PI Biolegend for apoptosis test and by BD Cytofix / Cytoperm™ for caspase-3 activation test. The sample was measured using flow cytometer BD FACSCalibur™. Flowcytometry output by BD FACSCalibur™ was shown in four quadrants. The first quadrant contains normal living cells population that respond negatively to Annexin V-FITC and propidium iodide (PI). Second quadrant contains early apoptotic cells populations that respond positively to Annexin V-FITC. Third quadrant contains the late apoptotic cells population which responds positively to Annexin V-FITC and Propidium Iodide (PI). Whereas, the fourth quadrant contains a population of necrotic cells that respond negatively to Annexin V-FITC and respond positively to PI²⁸. On the other hand, in the caspase-3 test the black area indicated control cells while R1 showed caspase-3 activated cells.

Data analysis

The IC₅₀ value was determined by Probit analysis. IC50 value and percentage of apoptosis are further analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test at 5% significance level using IBM SPSS Statistic 23.0 program. P < 0.05 indicated statistical significance.

Results

Cytotoxicity

The cell viability of T47D cells after methanol, dichloromethane and dichloromethane: methanol (1:1) extracts treatment are presented in Figure 1. The concentration of extracts reduced the viability of investigated cells by 50% (IC₅₀), which has been reported in Table 1.

Figure 1. Breast cancer T47D cell viability after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Methanol (M), Dichloromethane:Methanol (D:M) and Dichloromethane (D). Error bar shows standard deviation.

Table 1. IC₅₀ values of Ancorina sp. extracts.

Treatments	IC₅₀ value (µg/mL)
Methanol	84.25^a ± 9.52
Dichloromethane:methanol (1:1)	121.45^b ± 10.11
Dichloromethane	99.85^ab ± 11.79

Note: different letter showed the significant difference at the 0.05 level

All Ancorina sp. extracts inhibited the proliferation of cancer cells in a dose dependent manner. The higher concentration of extract caused the lower percentage of T47D cell viability. All extracts were cytotoxic to T47D cells. IC₅₀ value of methanol was significantly different to dichloromethane:methanol but wasn’t significantly different to dichloromethane.

Apoptosis and caspase-3 activation assay

We analyzed cell death qualitatively by examining cell morphological change and quantitatively by flow cytometry using Annexin-V after 24 h incubation of extracts.

The DMSO treated cell and control showed living cells withnormal morphology. T47D cells in these groups form tightly cohesive mass structures displaying robust cell-cell adhesions. However, after doxorubicin and extract treatment most cells undergo death. The cells became shrunken and showed signs of detachment from the surface of the wells, which denoted cell death

Cell morphology after treatment can be seen in Figure 2. Morphology of T47D cell showed that methanol extract caused most cells population to undergo death (approximately more than 70%), while dichloromethane extract resulted in almost half cell population deaths. The combination of methanol and dichloromethane (1:1) extract causes fewer cell deaths (<50%). This data supports the cytotoxicity assay that the Ancorina sp. extracts successfully induced cell death

Figure 2. Cell morphology of breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Control (A), Methanol (B), Dichloromethane:Methanol (C), Dichloromethane (D), Doxorubicin (E) and DMSO (F). Observation of cell morphology was performed using inverted microscope Axio Vert.A1 Zeiss with a magnification of 40x. Arrow shows dead cells.

Detection of apoptosis marker after treatment by extracts can be seen in Figure 3.

Figure 3. Detection of apoptosis markers of T47D cell.

Cell control (A), doxorubicin (B), methanol (C), dichloromethane:methanol (1:1) (D), and dichloromethane (E). R1 (normal cells), R2 (early apoptosis cells), R3 (late apoptotic cells), and R4 (necrosis cells).

All Ancorina sp. extracts increase the percentage of apoptotic cells compared to control cells (Figure 3). The highest percentage of apoptosis was obtained in the methanol group (88.68%), which was even higher than doxorubicin as a positive control (75.74%) (Table 2).

Table 2. Percentage of T47D cell population after treatment of crude extracts of Ancorina sp.

Treatment	Applied concentration (IC₅₀ value)	Percentage of cell (%)
Treatment	Applied concentration (IC₅₀ value)	Normal	Early + Late apoptosis	Necrosis
Methanol	84.25	6.94 ± 0.21	88.68^a ± 0.47	4.38 ± 0.25
Dichlorometane : Methanol (1 :1)	121.45	65.51 ± 2.79	27.54^b ± 0.93	7.37 ± 1.65
Dichlorometane	99.85	39.29 ± 1.60	53.63^c ± 1.42	7.60 ± 0.91
Doxorubicin	5	20.65 ± 2.09	75.74^d ± 1.58	3.67 ± 0.44
Negative control	-	92.93 ± 0.01	1.84^e ± 0.15	5.34 ± 0.21

Note: Value after ± shows standard deviation of two replications. Different letter showed the significant difference at the 0.05 level. Statistical analysis is focused to percentage of apoptosis among group.

The three extracts showed the same pattern with doxorubicin, i.e. a high percentage of apoptotic cell while the percentage of necrotic cells is low (Table 2).

We further investigated the apoptotic mechanism by examining the percentage of caspase-3. Detection of caspase-3 can be seen in Figure 4, while percentage of caspase-3 activation and correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3 activation can be seen in Table 3 and Figure 5, respectively.

Figure 4. Detection of caspase-3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Negative control (A), Doxorubicin (B), Methanol (C), Dichloromethane:Methanol (D) and Dichloromethane (E). Black area indicated control cells while R1 showed caspase-3 activated cells.

Table 3. Percentage of caspase-3 activation after treatment by crude extracts of Ancorina sp.

Treatments	Applied concentrations IC₅₀(µg/mL)	Caspase-3 (%)
Methanol	84.25	77.87 ± 5.81
Dichlorometane : Methanol (1:1)	121.45	12.66 ± 3.30
Dichlorometane	99.85	12.97 ± 2.11
Doxorubicin	5	91,53 ± 4.09
Negative control	-	1.54± 0.00

Figure 5. Correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase 3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Doxorubicin (Dox), Methanol (M), Dichloromethane:Methanol (1:1) (D:M), Dichloromethane (D), and negative control (control). Value after ± and error bar show standard deviation of two replications.

The highest percentage of caspase-3 was detected with methanol extract, which almost equaled doxorubicin, while the value of the other extracts was lower (Table 3).

The three extracts have a positive correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3. Although dichloromethane showed lower percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3, but they still have strong cytotoxicity (99.85 µg/mL), which shows potency as natural anticancer agents.

Discussion

Sponges are highly diverse in Indonesia. In particular, encrusting sponges abundantly live in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Marine sponges produce some secondary metabolites, which can be used as antiviral²², antimicrobial^22,23, antifungal²², and anticancer drugs^17,24,29. The cell adhesion and immune system in sponge allow the different forms of the body plan³⁰. When encrusting sponges grow together, sponges can survive by producing chemicals to kill fast dividing cells from the neighboring sponges. This ability of the chemicals can be used for chemotherapy since the basis of chemotherapy treatments is to disturb cancer cell growth³¹.

Sponge Ancorina sp. is a member of family Ancorinidae, which contains bioactive compounds such as ancorinoside BD, penazetidine A (Penares sollasi), ecionines A & B (Ecionemia sp.) and Iso malabaricane triterpenes (Rhabdastrella globostellata)³². Ancorinoside is a MT1-matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor in the development and metastasis of tumor cells³³, whereas Penazetidine A strongly inhibits PKC-β1 activity in tumor cells with IC₅₀ value 0.3 μg / mL³⁴.

Ecionines A (biemnadin) and B (meridine) are anticancer compounds for many cancer cells, including bladder cancer cells³³. Further, Iso malabaricane triterpenes were also found to be anticancer after testing on three types of cancer cells, namely L5178Y (mouse lymphoma), HeLa (human cervical carcinoma), and PC-12 (pheochromocytoma in mice)³⁵. Ancorina sp. is a source of bioactive compounds such as ancorinoside A Mg salt, ancorinolates AC, bis-ancorinolate B, ancorinazole, indolo [3,2-a] carbazole, and (+) - 7-bromotrypargine^36–38. These previous data show the high potency of Ancorinidae to be used as natural anticancer agents; hence this study is focused on the potency of Ancorina sp. as an anticancer agent and its mechanism, which is possibly through apoptosis induction.

Cytotoxicity is categorized into three levels by IC₅₀ extract values. Very strong cytotoxicity has IC₅₀ less than 10 μg / mL, strong cytotoxicity has IC₅₀ values between 10 –100 μg/mL, and moderate cytotoxicity has IC₅₀ values between 100 – 500 μg/mL³⁹. According to these ranges, IC₅₀ of the methanol and dichloromethane extracts in the present study had strong cytotoxic ability, while dichloromethane:methanol (1:1) extract belonged to moderate cytotoxicity. Ancorina sp. extracts have greater value of IC₅₀ compared with the study³⁴, which mentioned penazetidine A, a bioactive compound of marine sponge and highly inhibits PKC-β1 activity in tumor cells with lower IC₅₀ of 0.3 μg/mL. This difference is due to the non-fractionated extract of our sponge, so that unsorted bioactive compounds possibly affect the cytotoxicity ability of extracts³⁴.

Bioactive compounds from natural products depend on solvents. Based on the polarity of solvents, in the present study, Ancorina sp. extracts with polar solvent (methanol) lead to a higher apoptosis than non-polar (dichloromethane) or combination. These results are supported by a previous study that showed some compounds of Ancorinidae, such as ancorinoside BD, penazetidine A, echionines A and B and isomalabaricane triterpenes, are polar compounds that have anti-tumor and anti-cancer characteristics³². Interestingly, some studies in sponge also show same phenomenon such as cytotoxic compounds from sponge Dactylospongia elegans and Pachychalina alcaloidifera has been isolated using polar solvent methanol^14,15. Terpenoids from sponge Iricina sp. and Spongia sp. have been isolated using polar solvent ethanol^14,15,17. Bioactive compounds of sponge, both antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anticancer compounds have been successfully isolated by polar solvent as methanol^19–21 and ethanol²². Considering all extracts in this study have low necrosis values (Table 2), they are safe to be used as medicine. Therefore, further studies are needed to find out the specific compounds of Ancorina sp. extracts.

Apoptosis can be triggered by extrinsic stimulation through death receptors on cell surfaces, such as TNFα (Tumor Necrosis Factor-α), Fas receptor (CD95 / APO1) and TRAIL (TNF related to ligand-inducing apoptosis) or by intrinsic stimulation through mitochondrial signaling pathways. In these two main pathways, activation of cysteine aspartyl proteases or caspase can produce mitochondrial permeabilization membrane, chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation. These events stimulate the cells that are undergo apoptosis and lead to a distinctive cell morphology, such as the appearance of pyknosis, chromatin condensation, nucleus fragmentation, and apoptotic body formation, but organelles are still intact⁴⁰. This can be seen in the present study in Figure 2.

Apoptotic pathways commonly occur by the activation of caspase-3, which is the effector of intrinsic, extrinsic and perforin pathways⁴¹. Caspase-3 is a key protease that is activated during the early stages of apoptosis. Caspase-3 is proteolytically active, cuts and activates other caspases, as well as relevant targets such as targets in the cytoplasm (D4-GDI and Bcl-23) and nucleus (poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase; PARP1)⁴².

In the present study, the highest percentage of caspase-3 was detected in methanol extract, which almost equal to doxorubicin, while the other extracts was lower (Table 3). Doxorubicin as a commercial drug in chemotherapy revealed a high percentage of apoptotic cells and caspase-3 activation. Among Ancorina sp. treatment groups, methanolic extract showed the highest percentage of both apoptosis and caspase-3. Interestingly, the methanolic extract showed a higher percentage than doxorubicin, and revealed its great potency to be used as a cancer medicine (Table 3).

The three extracts in this study have a positive trend between percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3 activation. Although dichloromethane showed a lower percentage of apoptosis and caspase-3, they had strong cytotoxicity (99.85 µg/mL) which shows potential as natural anticancer agents. It is possible that anticancer mechanism of dichloromethane and mixture of dichloromethane and methanol (1:1) excludes caspase-3 activation as effector caspases. Another pathway, such as caspase-6 or 7, can also induce apoptosis in T47D breast cancer cells²⁷. More investigation is needed to elucidate the anticancer mechanism of these extracts.

Conclusions

All extracts of Ancorina sp. have strong or moderate cytotoxicity and have the ability to induce apoptosis in T47D human breast cancer cell line.

Data availability

Underlying data

Open Science Framework: Apoptosis induction on human breast cancer T47D cell line by extracts of Ancorina sp., https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/AEJ96⁴³

Data are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero “No rights reserved” data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication).

Grant information

This work was financially supported by Penelitian Dasar Unggulan Perguruan Tinggi No: 24/UN1/DITLIT/DIT-LIT/LT/2018 from Indonesia Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher education (to W.A.S.T).

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge Nur Faizah, Rudi Nirwantoro, and Ratih Aryasari for the fruitful discussions and helping in sponge sampling and identification.

Faculty Opinions recommended

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Puspa Restu Sayekti
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This paper describes the cytotoxic effects of extracts from a marine sponge. The authors provide evidence that extracts were cytotoxic, and that methanol-extracts were the most cytotoxic (as measured by MTT assay). Additional studies showed that the mechanism of cell ... Continue reading

This paper describes the cytotoxic effects of extracts from a marine sponge. The authors provide evidence that extracts were cytotoxic, and that methanol-extracts were the most cytotoxic (as measured by MTT assay). Additional studies showed that the mechanism of cell death is likely through apoptosis (as measured by examining Annexin V/PI staining and caspase 3 activity via flow cytometry). These are novel results that contribute to the search for anti-cancer agents, and it is this reviewer’s opinion that indexing is warranted. There are a few minor modifications that I would suggest making before finalizing this manuscript.

Methods:
It would be helpful to include additional details about the methods, such as:

specific extraction methods.
the method in which the IC50 was calculated.

Figure 1:
This reviewer agrees that the MTT data supports the idea that these various extracts are cytotoxic. In Figure 1, it seems that the y-axis is the percentage of cells that are healthy relative to controls (?), but the units are not given. It would be helpful in Figure 1 to:

give the units for the y-axis.
provide some explanation of the dose that is given in each treatment (currently given in the methods).
know the number of trials this experiment represents.
What is the n, what do the error bars represent? (Standard error? Standard deviation?)

It might also be beneficial to do an ANOVA to better understand whether differences among these experimental treatments might be statistically significant (in other words, are the dose-dependent changes in cell viabilities statistically different from each other?). I do not consider this to be essential for indexing.

Figure 2:
This reviewer agrees that these treatment compounds seem to negatively impact cells (based on their morphology). It would be beneficial to:

describe the differences that were observed for each treatment condition, as there seems to be some variation (C vs. E for example).

Figure 3 & 4:
It appears that the flow cytometry experiments were repeated a number of times, as implied by the variability that is reported in Tables 2 & 3 (+/- values). It would be helpful to:

give the number of times the experiment repeated.
state what this variability represents (standard error? Standard deviation?).

Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?

Partly
Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?

Yes
Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?

Partly
If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?

Partly
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?

Partly
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?

Yes

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Methods: Extraction:

Statement:
“Fresh samples were crushed in a blender in methanol, dichloromethane and dichloromethane methanol (1:1) then macerated for 24 hours. The samples were filtered and the residue then was re-extracted for two times. The total filtrate was then evaporated to obtain crude extract paste.”

Questions:

What is used to filter the extract?
What is used to evaporate? What degree of temperature is used to evaporate?
What is the type of the tool?

Statement:
“The cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 2% penicillin streptomycin and 0.5% Fungi zone. Cells were harvested after reaching 80% confluence using
0.25% Trypsin-EDTA. Cells were cultured in 96-well micro plates (1 × 103 cells/well) in 100 μL RPMI and incubated at 37°C with 5% CO2 overnight”.

Suggestion:
It's better to explain what DMSO, MTT, etc., stand for.

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Results:
Figure 1. Breast cancer T47D cell viability after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Methanol (M), Dichloromethane: Methanol (D:M)
and Dichloromethane (D).

Questions:

What is the unit of the cell viability?
The log concentration (?).
Add the scaling line next to the numbers.

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Table 1. IC50 values of Ancorina sp. extracts.
Treatments IC50 value (μg/mL)
Methanol                                             84.25a ± 9.52
Dichloromethane:methanol (1:1)        121.45 b ± 10.11
Dichloromethane                                 99.85ab ± 11.79

Note: different letters showed the significant difference at the 0.05 levels.

Questions:

How is the IC₅₀ calculated?
Why do dichloromethane (non-polar solvent) and methanol indicate moderate cytotoxicity, while on the other hand, methanol solvent (polar solvent) indicates the highest cytotoxicity?

Figure 2. Cell morphology of breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Control (A), Methanol (B), Dichloromethane:Methanol (C), Dichloromethane (D), Doxorubicin (E) and DMSO (F). Arrow shows dead cells.

Questions:

What are the morphological differences among the treatments? This needs to be explained. Is it only to show dead and living cells? If this is the case one figure is enough.
The figures were taken using what kind of microscope?
Add the microscopic scale on the figure.

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Figure 4. Detection of caspase-3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Negative control (A), Doxorubicin (B), Methanol (C), Dichloromethane: Methanol (D) and Dichloromethane.

Question: What is R1?

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Figure 5. Correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase 3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Doxorubicin (Dox), Methanol (M), Dichloromethane: Methanol (1:1) (D:M), Dichloromethane (D), and negative control (control).

Suggestion: The figure is not clear. Add the scaling line next to the numbers.

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Ancorina sp. is a source of bioactive compounds such as ancorinoside A Mg salt,
ancorinolates AC, bis-ancorinolate B, ancorinazole, indolo [3,2-a] carbazole, and (+) - 7-bromotryparg.

Suggestion: Mention the characteristics of these compounds e.g. the level of their polarity.

Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?

Yes
Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?

Yes
Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?

Partly
If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?

I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?

No source data required
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?

Yes

Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.

Reviewer Expertise: Herbal medicine, complexity and Nano Biological approaches

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This paper describes the cytotoxic effects of extracts from a marine sponge. The authors provide evidence that extracts were cytotoxic, and that methanol-extracts were the most cytotoxic (as measured by MTT assay). Additional studies showed that the mechanism of cell death is likely through apoptosis (as measured by examining Annexin V/PI staining and caspase 3 activity via flow cytometry). These are novel results that contribute to the search for anti-cancer agents, and it is this reviewer’s opinion that indexing is warranted. There are a few minor modifications that I would suggest making before finalizing this manuscript.

Methods:
It would be helpful to include additional details about the methods, such as:

specific extraction methods.
the method in which the IC50 was calculated.

Figure 1:
This reviewer agrees that the MTT data supports the idea that these various extracts are cytotoxic. In Figure 1, it seems that the y-axis is the percentage of cells that are healthy relative to controls (?), but the units are not given. It would be helpful in Figure 1 to:

give the units for the y-axis.
provide some explanation of the dose that is given in each treatment (currently given in the methods).
know the number of trials this experiment represents.
What is the n, what do the error bars represent? (Standard error? Standard deviation?)

It might also be beneficial to do an ANOVA to better understand whether differences among these experimental treatments might be statistically significant (in other words, are the dose-dependent changes in cell viabilities statistically different from each other?). I do not consider this to be essential for indexing.

Figure 2:
This reviewer agrees that these treatment compounds seem to negatively impact cells (based on their morphology). It would be beneficial to:

describe the differences that were observed for each treatment condition, as there seems to be some variation (C vs. E for example).

Figure 3 & 4:
It appears that the flow cytometry experiments were repeated a number of times, as implied by the variability that is reported in Tables 2 & 3 (+/- values). It would be helpful to:

give the number of times the experiment repeated.
state what this variability represents (standard error? Standard deviation?).

Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?

Partly
Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?

Yes
Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?

Partly
If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?

Partly
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?

Partly
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?

Yes

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Methods: Extraction:

Statement:
“Fresh samples were crushed in a blender in methanol, dichloromethane and dichloromethane methanol (1:1) then macerated for 24 hours. The samples were filtered and the residue then was re-extracted for two times. The total filtrate was then evaporated to obtain crude extract paste.”

Questions:

What is used to filter the extract?
What is used to evaporate? What degree of temperature is used to evaporate?
What is the type of the tool?

Statement:
“The cells were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% FBS, 2% penicillin streptomycin and 0.5% Fungi zone. Cells were harvested after reaching 80% confluence using
0.25% Trypsin-EDTA. Cells were cultured in 96-well micro plates (1 × 103 cells/well) in 100 μL RPMI and incubated at 37°C with 5% CO2 overnight”.

Suggestion:
It's better to explain what DMSO, MTT, etc., stand for.

Page 4:

Results:
Figure 1. Breast cancer T47D cell viability after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Methanol (M), Dichloromethane: Methanol (D:M)
and Dichloromethane (D).

Questions:

What is the unit of the cell viability?
The log concentration (?).
Add the scaling line next to the numbers.

Page 5:

Table 1. IC50 values of Ancorina sp. extracts.
Treatments IC50 value (μg/mL)
Methanol                                             84.25a ± 9.52
Dichloromethane:methanol (1:1)        121.45 b ± 10.11
Dichloromethane                                 99.85ab ± 11.79

Note: different letters showed the significant difference at the 0.05 levels.

Questions:

How is the IC₅₀ calculated?
Why do dichloromethane (non-polar solvent) and methanol indicate moderate cytotoxicity, while on the other hand, methanol solvent (polar solvent) indicates the highest cytotoxicity?

Figure 2. Cell morphology of breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Control (A), Methanol (B), Dichloromethane:Methanol (C), Dichloromethane (D), Doxorubicin (E) and DMSO (F). Arrow shows dead cells.

Questions:

What are the morphological differences among the treatments? This needs to be explained. Is it only to show dead and living cells? If this is the case one figure is enough.
The figures were taken using what kind of microscope?
Add the microscopic scale on the figure.

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Figure 4. Detection of caspase-3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Negative control (A), Doxorubicin (B), Methanol (C), Dichloromethane: Methanol (D) and Dichloromethane.

Question: What is R1?

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Figure 5. Correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase 3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp. Doxorubicin (Dox), Methanol (M), Dichloromethane: Methanol (1:1) (D:M), Dichloromethane (D), and negative control (control).

Suggestion: The figure is not clear. Add the scaling line next to the numbers.

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Ancorina sp. is a source of bioactive compounds such as ancorinoside A Mg salt,
ancorinolates AC, bis-ancorinolate B, ancorinazole, indolo [3,2-a] carbazole, and (+) - 7-bromotryparg.

Suggestion: Mention the characteristics of these compounds e.g. the level of their polarity.

Is the work clearly and accurately presented and does it cite the current literature?

Yes
Is the study design appropriate and is the work technically sound?

Yes
Are sufficient details of methods and analysis provided to allow replication by others?

Partly
If applicable, is the statistical analysis and its interpretation appropriate?

I cannot comment. A qualified statistician is required.
Are all the source data underlying the results available to ensure full reproducibility?

No source data required
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the results?

Yes

Competing Interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Reviewer Expertise

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Apoptosis induction on human breast cancer T47D cell line by extracts of Ancorina sp.

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Introduction

Methods

Sample preparation and determination

Extraction

Cell line culture

Cytotoxicity assay

Apoptosis and caspase-3 assay

Data analysis

Results

Cytotoxicity

Figure 1. Breast cancer T47D cell viability after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Table 1. IC50 values of Ancorina sp. extracts.

Apoptosis and caspase-3 activation assay

Figure 2. Cell morphology of breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Figure 3. Detection of apoptosis markers of T47D cell.

Table 2. Percentage of T47D cell population after treatment of crude extracts of Ancorina sp.

Figure 4. Detection of caspase-3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Table 3. Percentage of caspase-3 activation after treatment by crude extracts of Ancorina sp.

Figure 5. Correlation between percentage of apoptosis and caspase 3 activation in breast cancer T47D cells after treatment with extracts of Ancorina sp.

Discussion

Conclusions

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Underlying data

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Table 1. IC₅₀ values of Ancorina sp. extracts.