Abstract
Thai medicinal plants represent a rich source of potential anti-parasitic compounds. 1-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylanthraquinone (CFQ) purified from Coptosapelta flavescens, a plant commonly used to expel intestinal worms, indicated potential anti-giardial agent as shown in a previous study. This study aims to investigate its mechanism of action. We assessed whether CFQ was involved as an inducer of apoptosis as well as having effects on the fine structure of Giardia intestinalis trophozoites. We observed the consequences of exposing G. intestinalis trophozoites to CFQ and metronidazole, both had an IC50 of 0.42μg/ml, after 6, 12 and 24h exposure. An apoptosis in trophozoite was confirmed by the AnnexinV-FITC assay and as viewed by flow cytometry. CFQ at its IC50 induced apoptosis as early as 6h after incubation while metronidazole produced little or no apoptosis at its IC50 value. Ultrastructural analyzes at 24h demonstrated that both CFQ and metronidazole induced several physical alterations, including the appearance of wrinkled and rounded cells, membrane blebbing, ventral disc damage, electron dense precipitates in the nuclei, all of which were indicative of cell death. However, membrane rupture was found only in G. intestinalis...Continue Reading
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