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Salihi A, Al-Naqshabandi MA, Khudhur ZO, Housein Z, Hama HA, Abdullah RM, Hussen BM, Alkasalias T. Gasotransmitters in the tumor microenvironment: Impacts on cancer chemotherapy (Review). Mol Med Rep 2022; 26:233. [PMID: 35616143 PMCID: PMC9178674 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2022.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide are three endogenous gasotransmitters that serve a role in regulating normal and pathological cellular activities. They can stimulate or inhibit cancer cell proliferation and invasion, as well as interfere with cancer cell responses to drug treatments. Understanding the molecular pathways governing the interactions between these gases and the tumor microenvironment can be utilized for the identification of a novel technique to disrupt cancer cell interactions and may contribute to the conception of effective and safe cancer therapy strategies. The present review discusses the effects of these gases in modulating the action of chemotherapies, as well as prospective pharmacological and therapeutic interfering approaches. A deeper knowledge of the mechanisms that underpin the cellular and pharmacological effects, as well as interactions, of each of the three gases could pave the way for therapeutic treatments and translational research.
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- Abbas Salihi
- Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin University‑Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44001, Iraq
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44001, Iraq
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- Department of Medical Analysis, Faculty of Applied Science, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44001, Iraq
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Technical Health and Medical College, Erbil Polytechnique University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44002, Iraq
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44002, Iraq
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- College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44002, Iraq
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44002, Iraq
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- General Directorate of Scientific Research Center, Salahaddin University‑Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan Region 44002, Iraq
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Pagseesing S, Yostawonkul J, Surassmo S, Boonrungsiman S, Namdee K, Khongkow M, Boonthum C, Iempridee T, Ruktanonchai UR, Saengkrit N, Chatdarong K, Ponglowhapan S, Yata T. Formulation, physical, in vitro and ex vivo evaluation of nanomedicine-based chemosterilant for non-surgical castration of male animals. Theriogenology 2018; 108:167-175. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 11/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Doxorubicin chemotherapy affects intracellular and interstitial nitric oxide concentrations in skeletal muscle. Cell Biol Toxicol 2016; 32:121-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s10565-016-9325-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ashrafi J, Roshan VD. Is Short-term Exercise a Therapeutic Tool for Improvement of Cardioprotection Against DOX-induced Cardiotoxicity? An Experimental Controlled Protocol in Rats. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2012. [DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.8.4025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Oteki T, Nagase S, Shimohata H, Hirayama A, Ueda A, Yokoyama H, Yoshimura T. Nitric oxide protection against adriamycin-induced tubulointerstitial injury. Free Radic Res 2009; 42:154-61. [DOI: 10.1080/10715760701840047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Zheng M, Priebe W, Walch ET, Roth KG, Han M, Tang CH, Lee S, Poindexter NJ, Fokt I, Grimm EA. WP760, a melanoma selective drug. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2006; 60:625-33. [PMID: 17195067 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-006-0404-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE Our goal was to perform studies on the specificity and antimelanoma mechanism of a novel bis-anthracycline, WP760. WP760 initially identified in the NCI 160 screen as anti-melanoma. METHODS The methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium reduction (MTT) assay was used to test tumor cell growth inhibition; confocal microscopy to view WP760 intracellular distribution; flow cytometry for cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis; and Western blotting was employed to identify and compare quantities and kinetics of cell growth related molecule levels. RESULTS WP760 induced G(2)/M-phase cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis in melanoma cell lines and short-term melanoma explants established from clinical specimens in a time and concentration dependent manner at nM concentrations. In contrast, effects on fibroblasts and A549 lung cancer cells required higher concentrations, suggesting that WP760 possesses selectivity for melanoma. Molecular studies indicated that WP760 induced p53 stabilization, checkpoint kinase 2 and p27(Kip1) protein upregulation, and activation of caspase-3. Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) production has been implicated in the chemoresistance of melanoma; WP760 caused inhibition of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein as well as inhibition of phosphorylation of ERK, known to drive the iNOS pathway. Based on WP760 localization into mitochondria, and caspase-3 inhibitor block the killing of WP760, the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis appears to have been activated. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that WP760 affects a critical and unique set of growth regulatory effects in melanoma, and is a promising candidate for further preclinical studies.
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- Mingzhong Zheng
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Unit 362, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Riganti C, Miraglia E, Viarisio D, Costamagna C, Pescarmona G, Ghigo D, Bosia A. Nitric Oxide Reverts the Resistance to Doxorubicin in Human Colon Cancer Cells by Inhibiting the Drug Efflux. Cancer Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.516.65.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a phenomenon by which cancer cells evade the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapeutic agents. It may occur through different mechanisms, but it often correlates with the overexpression of integral membrane transporters, such as P-glycoprotein (Pgp) and MDR-associated proteins (MRPs), with resulting decrease of drug accumulation and cellular death. Doxorubicin is a substrate of Pgp; it has been suggested that its ability to induce synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) could explain, at least in part, its cytotoxic effects. Culturing the human epithelial colon cell line HT29 in the presence of doxorubicin, we obtained a doxorubicin-resistant (HT29-dx) cell population: these cells accumulated less intracellular doxorubicin, were less sensitive to the cytotoxic effects of doxorubicin and cisplatin, overexpressed Pgp and MRP3, and exhibited a lower NO production (both under basal conditions and after doxorubicin stimulation). The resistance to doxorubicin could be reversed when HT29-dx cells were incubated with inducers of NO synthesis (cytokines mix, atorvastatin). Some NO donors increased the drug accumulation in HT29-dx cells in a guarosine-3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate–independent way; this effect was associated with a marked reduction of doxorubicin efflux rate in HT29 and HT29-dx cells, and tyrosine nitration in the MRP3 protein. Our results suggest that onset of MDR and impairment of NO synthesis are related; this finding could point to a new strategy to reverse doxorubicin resistance in human cancer.
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- Chiara Riganti
- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Torino, and Research Center on Experimental Medicine (CeRMS), Via Santena 5/bis, Turin, Italy
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Lovric-Bencic M, Sikiric P, Hanzevacki JS, Seiwerth S, Rogic D, Kusec V, Aralica G, Konjevoda P, Batelja L, Blagaic AB. Doxorubicine-congestive heart failure-increased big endothelin-1 plasma concentration: reversal by amlodipine, losartan, and gastric pentadecapeptide BPC157 in rat and mouse. J Pharmacol Sci 2005; 95:19-26. [PMID: 15153646 DOI: 10.1254/jphs.95.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Overall, doxorubicine-congestive heart failure (CHF) (male Wistar rats and NMRI mice; 6 challenges with doxorubicine (2.5 mg/kg, i.p.) throughout 15 days and then a 4-week-rest period) is consistently deteriorating throughout next 14 days, if not reversed or ameliorated by therapy (/kg per day): a stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC157 (GEPPPGKPADDAGLV, MW 1419, promisingly studied for inflammatory bowel disease (Pliva; PL 10, PLD-116, PL 14736)) (10 microg, 10 ng), losartan (0.7 mg), amlodipine (0.07 mg), given intragastrically (i.g.) (once daily, rats) or in drinking water (mice). Assessed were big endothelin-1 (BET-1) and plasma enzyme levels (CK, MBCK, LDH, AST, ALT) before and after 14 days of therapy and clinical status (hypotension, increased heart rate and respiratory rate, and ascites) every 2 days. Controls (distilled water (5 ml/kg, i.g., once daily) or drinking water (2 ml/mouse per day) given throughout 14 days) exhibited additionally increased BET-1 and aggravated clinical status, while enzyme values maintained their initial increase. BPC157 (10 microg/kg) and amlodipine treatment reversed the increased BET-1 (rats, mice), AST, ALT, CK (rats, mice), and LDH (mice) values. BPC157 (10 ng/kg) and losartan opposed further increase of BET-1 (rats, mice). Losartan reduces AST, ALT, CK, and LDH serum values. BPC157 (10 ng/kg) reduces AST and ALT serum values. Clinical status of CHF-rats and -mice is accordingly improved by the BPC157 regimens and amlodipine.
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Evig CB, Kelley EE, Weydert CJ, Chu Y, Buettner GR, Burns CP. Endogenous production and exogenous exposure to nitric oxide augment doxorubicin cytotoxicity for breast cancer cells but not cardiac myoblasts. Nitric Oxide 2004; 10:119-29. [PMID: 15158691 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2004.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2003] [Revised: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We studied the effect of nitric oxide (*NO) on the anticancer activity of doxorubicin. When MCF-7 human breast cancer cells were exposed to an aqueous solution of *NO delivered as a bolus 30 min prior to doxorubicin, the cytotoxic effect as measured in a clonogenic assay was increased (doxorubicin alone, 40% survival, doxorubicin plus *NO, 5% survival). The *NO donor diethylamine nitric oxide, but not inactivated donor, also yielded an increase in doxorubicin cytotoxicity. The sequence was important since the simultaneous application of *NO with doxorubicin yielded only a small augmentation of effect, and the exposure of the cells to doxorubicin prior to the *NO obliterated the augmentation. Prior depletion of glutathione by incubation of the cells for 24h with D,L-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO) further increased the cytotoxicity so that BSO plus *NO plus doxorubicin killed all of the clones. MCF-7 cells transduced with inducible nitric oxide synthase gene (iNOS) through an adenoviral vector overexpressed iNOS and produced increased amounts of nitrite, an indicator of increased *NO production. These iNOS transduced cells were more susceptible to doxorubicin than vector control or wild-type cells. Cell cycle progression of iNOS transduced cells was not different from controls. Likewise, iNOS transduction resulted in no change in cellular glutathione levels. For comparison, we examined the effect of iNOS transduction on the sensitivity of MCF-7 to edelfosine, a membrane-localizing anticancer drug without direct DNA interaction. Insertion of the iNOS had no effect on killing of the MCF-7 cells by this ether lipid class drug. We also tested the effect of iNOS transduction on doxorubicin sensitivity of H9c2 rat heart-derived myoblasts. We found no augmentation of cytotoxicity by *NO, and this observation offers potential therapeutic tumor selectivity by using *NO with doxorubicin. Therefore, we conclude that *NO produced intracellularly by iNOS overexpression or delivered as a bolus sensitizes human breast cancer cells in culture to doxorubicin, but not to a cardiac cell line or to edelfosine. This augmentation is not due to a modulation of cell cycle distribution or measurable cellular glutathione resulting from the transduction.
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- Crystal B Evig
- Department of Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and The University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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