Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology
Vol 30, No 1 (2025)

Duku peel ethyl acetate extract as an adjunctive treatment of doxorubicin on triple negative breast cancer 4T1 cells

Faaza Aulia Rahman (Cancer Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Aulia Nur Septiani (Cancer Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Desty Restia Rahmawati (Cancer Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Novia Permata Hapsari (Cancer Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Edy Meiyanto (Laboratory of Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Ratna Asmah Susidarti (Cancer Chemoprevention Research Center (CCRC) Faculty of Pharmacy Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Mar 2025

Abstract

Triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) faces significant treatment challenges due to its resistance to chemotherapy and high‐rate metastatic occurrence. Adjunctive treatment is a promising approach to improve chemotherapy effectiveness while reducing toxicity on normal cells. Natural compounds of Lansium domesticum (duku) exhibit potential as adjunctive cancer treatments. This study aims to investigate the potential of duku peel extract (DPE) to be developed as an adjunctive agent. The cytotoxic activity of DPE against 4T1 cells was conducted through MTT assay, both in single and combination treatments. The anti‐migratory effect of DPE was examined by scratch wound healing assay. The molecular mechanism of DPE was confirmed using virtual screening via bioinformatics approaches, including protein target prediction and molecular docking. The results show that DPE has cytotoxic activity with an IC50 value of 47 µg/mL against the 4T1 cell line, in a 24‐hour treatment period. Interestingly, DPE not only had a good synergistic effect (mean CI value, i.e. 0.34), but also showed significant inhibition of cell migration with doxorubicin (Dox). Additionally, virtual bioinformatics screening approaches suggest the potential mechanism of DPE compound action by targeting CDC25B and TOP2A. Overall, DPE holds promise as an adjunctive treatment of Dox against 4T1 TNBC cells.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijbiotech

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Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

The Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBiotech) is an open access, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of novel research in all aspects of biotechnology, with particular attention paid to the exploration and development of natural products derived from ...