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Przygoda M, Bartusik-Aebisher D, Dynarowicz K, Cieślar G, Kawczyk-Krupka A, Aebisher D. Cellular Mechanisms of Singlet Oxygen in Photodynamic Therapy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16890. [PMID: 38069213 PMCID: PMC10706571 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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In this review, we delve into the realm of photodynamic therapy (PDT), an established method for combating cancer. The foundation of PDT lies in the activation of a photosensitizing agent using specific wavelengths of light, resulting in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), notably singlet oxygen (1O2). We explore PDT's intricacies, emphasizing its precise targeting of cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. We examine the pivotal role of singlet oxygen in initiating apoptosis and other cell death pathways, highlighting its potential for minimally invasive cancer treatment. Additionally, we delve into the complex interplay of cellular components, including catalase and NOX1, in defending cancer cells against PDT-induced oxidative and nitrative stress. We unveil an intriguing auto-amplifying mechanism involving secondary singlet oxygen production and catalase inactivation, offering promising avenues for enhancing PDT's effectiveness. In conclusion, our review unravels PDT's inner workings and underscores the importance of selective illumination and photosensitizer properties for achieving precision in cancer therapy. The exploration of cellular responses and interactions reveals opportunities for refining and optimizing PDT, which holds significant potential in the ongoing fight against cancer.
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- Maria Przygoda
- Students English Division Science Club, Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, 35-315 Rzeszów, Poland;
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Chemistry, Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland;
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- Center for Innovative Research in Medical and Natural Sciences, Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, 35-310 Rzeszów, Poland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Batorego 15 Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Batorego 15 Street, 41-902 Bytom, Poland;
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- Department of Photomedicine and Physical Chemistry, Medical College of The University of Rzeszów, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland
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Li J, Wang JL, Gan CY, Cai XF, Wang YW, Long QX, Sun YX, Wei XF, Cui J, Huang AL, Hu JL. Caspase sensors based on NanoLuc. J Biotechnol 2022; 357:100-107. [PMID: 35963591 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Caspases are a family of evolutionary conserved cysteine proteases that play key roles in programmed cell death and inflammation. Among the methods for the detection of caspase activity, biosensors based on luciferases have advantages in genetical encoding and convenience in assay. In this study, we constructed a new set of caspase biosensors based on NanoLuc luciferase. This kind of sensors, named NanoLock, work in dark-to-bright model, with the help of a NanoLuc quencher peptide (HiBiT-R/D) mutated from HiBiT. Optimized NanoLock responded to proteases with high signal to noise ratio (S/N), 1233-fold activation by tobacco etch virus protease in HEK293 cells and > 500-fold induction to caspase 3 in vitro. We constructed NanoLocks for the detection of caspase 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and assays in HEK293 cells demonstrated that these sensors performed better than commercial kits in the aspect of S/N and convenience. We further established a cell line stably expressing NanoLock-casp 6 and provided a proof-of-concept for the usage of this cell line in the high throughput screening of caspase 6 modulator.
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- Jie Li
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China; Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China; Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
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VİTHANAGE V, C.D. J, M.D.P. DE. C, RAJENDRAM S. Photodynamic Therapy : An Overview and Insights into a Prospective Mainstream Anticancer Therapy. JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH CHEMICAL SOCIETY, SECTION A: CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.18596/jotcsa.1000980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) procedure has minimum invasiveness in contrast to conventional anticancer surgical procedures. Although clinically approved a few decades ago, it is not commonly used due to its poor efficacy, mainly due to poor light penetration into deeper tissues. PDT uses a photosensitizer (PS), which is photoactivated on illumination by light of appropriate wavelength and oxygen in the tissue, leading to a series of photochemical reactions producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) triggering various mechanisms resulting in lethal effects on tumor cells. This review looks into the fundamental aspects of PDT, such as photochemistry, photobiological effects, and the current clinical applications in the light of improving PDT to become a mainstream therapeutic procedure against a broad spectrum of cancers and malignant lesions. The side effects of PDT, both early and late-onset, are elaborated on in detail to highlight the available options to minimize side effects without compromising therapeutic efficacy. This paper summarizes the benefits, drawbacks, and limitations of photodynamic therapy along with the recent attempts to achieve improved therapeutic efficacy via monitoring various cellular and molecular processes through fluorescent imagery aided by suitable biomarkers, prospective nanotechnology-based targeted delivery methods, the use of scintillating nanoparticles to deliver light to remote locations and also combining PDT with conventional anticancer therapies have opened up new dimensions for PDT in treating cancers. This review inquires and critically analyses prospective avenues in which a breakthrough would finally enable PDT to be integrated into mainstream anticancer therapy.
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Gunaydin G, Gedik ME, Ayan S. Photodynamic Therapy-Current Limitations and Novel Approaches. Front Chem 2021; 9:691697. [PMID: 34178948 PMCID: PMC8223074 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.691697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) mostly relies on the generation of singlet oxygen, via the excitation of a photosensitizer, so that target tumor cells can be destroyed. PDT can be applied in the settings of several malignant diseases. In fact, the earliest preclinical applications date back to 1900’s. Dougherty reported the treatment of skin tumors by PDT in 1978. Several further studies around 1980 demonstrated the effectiveness of PDT. Thus, the technique has attracted the attention of numerous researchers since then. Hematoporphyrin derivative received the FDA approval as a clinical application of PDT in 1995. We have indeed witnessed a considerable progress in the field over the last century. Given the fact that PDT has a favorable adverse event profile and can enhance anti-tumor immune responses as well as demonstrating minimally invasive characteristics, it is disappointing that PDT is not broadly utilized in the clinical setting for the treatment of malignant and/or non-malignant diseases. Several issues still hinder the development of PDT, such as those related with light, tissue oxygenation and inherent properties of the photosensitizers. Various photosensitizers have been designed/synthesized in order to overcome the limitations. In this Review, we provide a general overview of the mechanisms of action in terms of PDT in cancer, including the effects on immune system and vasculature as well as mechanisms related with tumor cell destruction. We will also briefly mention the application of PDT for non-malignant diseases. The current limitations of PDT utilization in cancer will be reviewed, since identifying problems associated with design/synthesis of photosensitizers as well as application of light and tissue oxygenation might pave the way for more effective PDT approaches. Furthermore, novel promising approaches to improve outcome in PDT such as selectivity, bioengineering, subcellular/organelle targeting, etc. will also be discussed in detail, since the potential of pioneering and exceptional approaches that aim to overcome the limitations and reveal the full potential of PDT in terms of clinical translation are undoubtedly exciting. A better understanding of novel concepts in the field (e.g. enhanced, two-stage, fractional PDT) will most likely prove to be very useful for pursuing and improving effective PDT strategies.
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- Gurcan Gunaydin
- Department of Basic Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Basic Oncology, Hacettepe University Cancer Institute, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
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Bogdan J, Pławińska-Czarnak J, Zarzyńska J. Nanoparticles of Titanium and Zinc Oxides as Novel Agents in Tumor Treatment: a Review. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2017; 12:225. [PMID: 28351128 PMCID: PMC5368103 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-017-2007-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cancer has become a global problem. On all continents, a great number of people are diagnosed with this disease. In spite of the progress in medical care, cancer still ends fatal for a great number of the ill, either as a result of a late diagnosis or due to inefficiency of therapies. The majority of the tumors are resistant to drugs. Thus, the search for new, more effective therapy methods continues. Recently, nanotechnology has been attributed with big expectations in respect of the cancer fight. That interdisciplinary field of science creates nanomaterials (NMs) and nanoparticles (NPs) that can be applied, e.g., in nanomedicine. NMs and NPs are perceived as very promising in cancer therapy since they can perform as drug carriers, as well as photo- or sonosensitizers (compounds that generate the formation of reactive oxygen species as a result of either electromagnetic radiation excitation with an adequate wavelength or ultrasound activation, respectively). Consequently, two new treatment modalities, the photodynamic therapy (PDT) and the sonodynamic therapy (SDT) have been created. The attachment of ligands or antibodies to NMs or to NPs improve their selective distribution into the targeted organ or cell; hence, the therapy effectiveness can be improved. An important advantage of the targeted tumor treatment is lowering the cyto- and genotoxicity of active substance towards healthy cells. Therefore, both PDT and SDT constitute a valuable alternative to chemo- or radiotherapy. The vital role in cancer eradication is attributed to two inorganic sensitizers in their nanosized scale: titanium dioxide and zinc oxide.
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- Janusz Bogdan
- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health Protection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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Brazilian Green Propolis Extract Synergizes with Protoporphyrin IX-mediated Photodynamic Therapy via Enhancement of Intracellular Accumulation of Protoporphyrin IX and Attenuation of NF-κB and COX-2. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22050732. [PMID: 28471399 PMCID: PMC6154578 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22050732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Brazilian green propolis (BGP) is noted for its impressive antitumor effects and has been used as a folk medicine in various cultures for many years. It has been demonstrated that BGP could enhance the cytotoxic effect of cytostatic drugs on tumor cells. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a therapeutic approach used against malignant cells. To assess the synergistic effect of BGP extract on protoporphyrin IX (PpIX)-mediated photocytotoxicity, MTT assays were performed using A431 and HeLa cells. TUNEL assay and Annexin V-FITC/PI staining were performed to confirm the induction of apoptosis. Western blotting analysis was performed to examine the pro-apoptotic proteins, anti-apoptotic proteins and inflammation related proteins in A431 cells. Intracellular accumulation of PpIX was examined by flow cytometry. The synergistic effect of BGP extract in PpIX-PDT was also evaluated with a xenograft model. Our findings reveal that BGP extract increased PpIX-mediated photocytotoxicity in A431 and HeLa cells. PpIX-PDT with BGP extract treatment resulted in a decrease in Bcl-xL and an increase in NOXA, Bax and caspase-3 cleavage. The protein expression levels of p-IKKα/β, NF-κB and COX-2 were upregulated by PpIX-PDT but significantly attenuated when in combination with BGP extract. BGP extract was also found to significantly enhance the intracellular accumulation of PpIX in A431 cells. BGP extract increased PpIX-mediated photocytotoxicity in a xenograft model as well. Our findings provide evidence for a synergistic effect of BGP extract in PpIX-PDT both in vitro and in vivo.
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Broekgaarden M, Weijer R, van Gulik TM, Hamblin MR, Heger M. Tumor cell survival pathways activated by photodynamic therapy: a molecular basis for pharmacological inhibition strategies. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2015; 34:643-90. [PMID: 26516076 PMCID: PMC4661210 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-015-9588-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. PDT comprises the administration of a photosensitizer, its accumulation in tumor tissue, and subsequent irradiation of the photosensitizer-loaded tumor, leading to the localized photoproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The resulting oxidative damage ultimately culminates in tumor cell death, vascular shutdown, induction of an antitumor immune response, and the consequent destruction of the tumor. However, the ROS produced by PDT also triggers a stress response that, as part of a cell survival mechanism, helps cancer cells to cope with the PDT-induced oxidative stress and cell damage. These survival pathways are mediated by the transcription factors activator protein 1 (AP-1), nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (NRF2), hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1), nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), and those that mediate the proteotoxic stress response. The survival pathways are believed to render some types of cancer recalcitrant to PDT and alter the tumor microenvironment in favor of tumor survival. In this review, the molecular mechanisms are elucidated that occur post-PDT to mediate cancer cell survival, on the basis of which pharmacological interventions are proposed. Specifically, pharmaceutical inhibitors of the molecular regulators of each survival pathway are addressed. The ultimate aim is to facilitate the development of adjuvant intervention strategies to improve PDT efficacy in recalcitrant solid tumors.
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- Mans Broekgaarden
- Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Evaluation of the effects of systemic photodynamic therapy in a rat model of acute myeloid leukemia. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2015; 153:13-9. [PMID: 26386623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Systemic PDT (SPDT) approach is developed to treat a variety of hematological diseases, including cancers and blood-borne infections. We evaluated the efficacy of an SPDT method for treating leukemia using a Brown Norway myeloid leukemia (BNML) rat model with the LT12 cells engineered to express GFP. The survival times of animals receiving SPDT at 5 (early-SPDT) and 10 (mid-SPDT) days post-LT12 injection were prolonged by 2 days, the rats in the late-SPDT group (15 days) exhibited a 6-day increase in life span (p<0.05). The percentages of GFP-LT12 cells in the bone marrow of the late-SPDT rats decreased from 61.6% to 56.5% on day 17. Likewise, there was a decrease in the serum expression levels of IL-1β, IL-10, TNF-α, and IFN-γ in the late-SPDT rats (p<0.05). Our findings indicate that SPDT could be an effective method for the treatment of leukemia, and that antitumor immunity may play a key role in this process.
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Piette J. Signalling pathway activation by photodynamic therapy: NF-κB at the crossroad between oncology and immunology. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 14:1510-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00465e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The response of tumors to photodynamic therapy (PDT) largely depend on signaling pathways among which the pathway leading to NF-κB activation is of high importance.
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- Jacques Piette
- Laboratory of Virology & Immunology
- GIGA-Signal Transduction
- GIGA B34
- University of Liège
- B-4000 Liège
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MicroRNAs associated with the efficacy of photodynamic therapy in biliary tract cancer cell lines. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:20134-57. [PMID: 25380521 PMCID: PMC4264160 DOI: 10.3390/ijms151120134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a palliative treatment option for unresectable hilar biliary tract cancer (BTC) showing a considerable benefit for survival and quality of life with few side effects. Currently, factors determining the cellular response of BTC cells towards PDT are unknown. Due to their multifaceted nature, microRNAs (miRs) are a promising analyte to investigate the cellular mechanisms following PDT. For two photosensitizers, Photofrin® and Foscan®, the phototoxicity was investigated in eight BTC cell lines. Each cell line (untreated) was profiled for expression of n=754 miRs using TaqMan® Array Human MicroRNA Cards. Statistical analysis and bioinformatic tools were used to identify miRs associated with PDT efficiency and their putative targets, respectively. Twenty miRs correlated significantly with either high or low PDT efficiency. PDT was particularly effective in cells with high levels of clustered miRs 25-93*-106b and (in case of miR-106b) a phenotype characterized by high expression of the mesenchymal marker vimentin and high proliferation (cyclinD1 and Ki67 expression). Insensitivity towards PDT was associated with high miR-200 family expression and (for miR-cluster 200a/b-429) expression of differentiation markers Ck19 and Ck8/18. Predicted and validated downstream targets indicate plausible involvement of miRs 20a*, 25, 93*, 130a, 141, 200a, 200c and 203 in response mechanisms to PDT, suggesting that targeting these miRs could improve susceptibility to PDT in insensitive cell lines. Taken together, the miRNome pattern may provide a novel tool for predicting the efficiency of PDT and-following appropriate functional verification-may subsequently allow for optimization of the PDT protocol.
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Castano AP, Demidova TN, Hamblin MR. Mechanisms in photodynamic therapy: part two-cellular signaling, cell metabolism and modes of cell death. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2014; 2:1-23. [PMID: 25048553 DOI: 10.1016/s1572-1000(05)00030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 03/09/2005] [Accepted: 03/09/2005] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been known for over a hundred years, but is only now becoming widely used. Originally developed as a tumor therapy, some of its most successful applications are for non-malignant disease. In the second of a series of three reviews, we will discuss the mechanisms that operate in PDT on a cellular level. In Part I [Castano AP, Demidova TN, Hamblin MR. Mechanism in photodynamic therapy: part one-photosensitizers, photochemistry and cellular localization. Photodiagn Photodyn Ther 2004;1:279-93] it was shown that one of the most important factors governing the outcome of PDT, is how the photosensitizer (PS) interacts with cells in the target tissue or tumor, and the key aspect of this interaction is the subcellular localization of the PS. PS can localize in mitochondria, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and plasma membranes. An explosion of investigation and explorations in the field of cell biology have elucidated many of the pathways that mammalian cells undergo when PS are delivered in tissue culture and subsequently illuminated. There is an acute stress response leading to changes in calcium and lipid metabolism and production of cytokines and stress proteins. Enzymes particularly, protein kinases, are activated and transcription factors are expressed. Many of the cellular responses are centered on mitochondria. These effects frequently lead to induction of apoptosis either by the mitochondrial pathway involving caspases and release of cytochrome c, or by pathways involving ceramide or death receptors. However, under certain circumstances cells subjected to PDT die by necrosis. Although there have been many reports of DNA damage caused by PDT, this is not thought to be an important cell-death pathway. This mechanistic research is expected to lead to optimization of PDT as a tumor treatment, and to rational selection of combination therapies that include PDT as a component.
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- Ana P Castano
- BAR314B, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, USA
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- BAR314B, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Tufts University, USA
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- BAR314B, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, Bartlett 3, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, USA
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Renoprotective effects of montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist, against methotrexate-induced kidney damage in rats. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2013; 387:341-53. [PMID: 24363042 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-013-0949-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Methotrexate (MTX) is a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent used for treatment of several cancers. Nephrotoxicity, an adverse side effect of high-dose MTX, is attributed to abnormal production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), inflammatory mediators, and neutrophil infiltration. Montelukast (MON) is a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist. Recently, it has gained a considerable interest as a ROS scavenger and inflammatory modulator. In this study, we investigated the effect of MON against MTX-induced nephrotoxicity. Rats were divided into four groups: control group, MON group (10 mg/kg, orally), MTX group (20 mg/kg, i.p., single injection), and MON + MTX group (MON was administered 5 days before and 5 days after MTX administration). At the end of the experiment, serum was collected for analysis of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine. Glutathione (GSH), lipid peroxides (malondialdehyde), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) levels, superoxide dismutase, myeloperoxidase activities, and nuclear factor kappa beta (NF-κB) protein expression were determined in renal tissues. In addition, kidney tissues were examined histopathologically and immunohistochemically for NF-κB. MTX administration produced acute renal damage as indicated from severe elevation in BUN and serum creatinine. The role of oxidative stress and inflammatory mechanisms in MTX-induced nephrotoxicity was evidenced from the unbalance in tissue oxidative parameters, increased TNF-α levels, and NF-κB expression in renal tissues. On the other hand, MON significantly reduced the toxic effects of MTX as indicted from normalization of kidney-specific parameters, oxidative stress, and inflammatory mediators. This data was further supported by histopathological studies. Thus, co-administration of MON may be promising in alleviating the systemic side effects of MTX.
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Mroz P, Yaroslavsky A, Kharkwal GB, Hamblin MR. Cell death pathways in photodynamic therapy of cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2013; 3:2516-39. [PMID: 23914299 PMCID: PMC3729395 DOI: 10.3390/cancers3022516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 426] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging cancer therapy that uses the combination of non-toxic dyes or photosensitizers (PS) and harmless visible light to produce reactive oxygen species and destroy tumors. The PS can be localized in various organelles such as mitochondria, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and plasma membranes and this sub-cellular location governs much of the signaling that occurs after PDT. There is an acute stress response that leads to changes in calcium and lipid metabolism and causes the production of cytokines and stress response mediators. Enzymes (particularly protein kinases) are activated and transcription factors are expressed. Many of the cellular responses center on mitochondria and frequently lead to induction of apoptosis by the mitochondrial pathway involving caspase activation and release of cytochrome c. Certain specific proteins (such as Bcl-2) are damaged by PDT-induced oxidation thereby increasing apoptosis, and a build-up of oxidized proteins leads to an ER-stress response that may be increased by proteasome inhibition. Autophagy plays a role in either inhibiting or enhancing cell death after PDT.
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- Pawel Mroz
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; E-Mails: (A.Y.); (G.K.); (M.R.H.)
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-617 726 1870; Fax: +1-617-726-8566
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; E-Mails: (A.Y.); (G.K.); (M.R.H.)
- Boston University College of Engineering, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; E-Mails: (A.Y.); (G.K.); (M.R.H.)
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA; E-Mails: (A.Y.); (G.K.); (M.R.H.)
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Li Z, Agharkar P, Chen B. Therapeutic enhancement of vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy by inhibiting proteasomal function. Cancer Lett 2013; 339:128-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Breast cancer adaptive resistance: HER2 and cancer stem cell repopulation in a heterogeneous tumor society. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2013; 140:1-14. [PMID: 23990015 PMCID: PMC3889683 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-013-1494-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Purpose The lethal effects of cancer are associated with the enhanced tumor aggressiveness in recurrent and metastatic lesions that show resistant phenotype to anti-cancer therapy, a major barrier to improving overall survival of cancer patients. The presence of heterogeneous populations of cancer cells within a specific tumor including the tumor-initiating cells or so-called cancer stem cells (CSCs) has linked the acquired resistance (AR, or adaptive resistance). Herein, we discuss the CSC-mediated tumor repopulation in AR of breast cancer in this review. Methods We emphasize a dynamic feature of gene induction in tumor cells that undergo long-term treatment, and describe a specific HER2-NF-κB-HER2 pro-survival pathway that can be initiated in breast CSCs upon radiation therapy. Results Elucidation of HER2-induced pro-survival networks, specifically the force driving tumor repopulation due to radioresistant CSCs during anticancer therapies, will have a significant impact on the generation of new diagnostic and therapeutic targets to control of recurrent and metastatic breast tumors.
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Panzarini E, Inguscio V, Dini L. Immunogenic cell death: can it be exploited in PhotoDynamic Therapy for cancer? BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2012; 2013:482160. [PMID: 23509727 PMCID: PMC3591131 DOI: 10.1155/2013/482160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD) could represent the keystone in cancer management since tumor cell death induction is crucial as well as the control of cancer cells revival after neoplastic treatment. In this context, the immune system plays a fundamental role. The concept of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) has been proposed to explain the immunogenic potential of stressed or dying/dead cells. ICD relies on DAMPs released by or exposed on dying cells. Once released, DAMPs are sensed by immune cells, in particular Dendritic Cells (DCs), acting as activators of Antigen-Presenting Cells (APCs), that in turn stimulate both innate and adaptive immunity. On the other hand, by exposing DAMPs, dying cancer cells change their surface composition, recently indicated as vital for the stimulation of the host immune system and the control of residual ill cells. It is well established that PhotoDynamic Therapy (PDT) for cancer treatment ignites the immune system to elicit a specific antitumor immunity, probably linked to its ability in inducing exposure/release of certain DAMPs, as recently suggested. In the present paper, we discuss the DAMPs associated with PDT and their role in the crossroad between cancer cell death and immunogenicity in PDT.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Pizova K, Tomankova K, Daskova A, Binder S, Bajgar R, Kolarova H. Photodynamic therapy for enhancing antitumour immunity. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2012; 156:93-102. [PMID: 22837129 DOI: 10.5507/bp.2012.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new modality in cancer treatment. It is based on the tumour-selective accumulation of a photosensitizer followed by irradiation with light of a specific wavelength. PDT is becoming widely accepted owing to its relative specificity and selectivity along with absence of the harmful side-effects of chemo and radiotherapy. There are three known distinct mechanisms of tumour destruction following PDT, generation of reactive oxygen species which can directly kill tumour cells, tumour vascular shutdown which can independently lead to tumour destruction via lack of oxygen and nutrients and thirdly enhanced antitumour immunity. METHODS A review based on the literature acquired from the PubMed database from 1983 with a focus on the enhanced antitumour immunity effects of PTD. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Tumour cell death is accompanied by the release of a large number of inflammatory mediators. These induce a non-specific inflammatory response followed by gradual adaptive antitumour immunity. Further, a combination of PDT with the immunological approach has the potential to improve PDT efficiency and increase the cure rate. This short review covers specific methods for achieving these goals.
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- Klara Pizova
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Miki Y, Akimoto J, Yokoyama S, Homma T, Tsutsumi M, Haraoka J, Hirano K, Beppu M. Photodynamic therapy in combination with talaporfin sodium induces mitochondrial apoptotic cell death accompanied with necrosis in glioma cells. Biol Pharm Bull 2012. [PMID: 23196427 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) induces selective cell death of neoplastic tissue and connecting vasculature by combining photosensitizers with light. Here we clarified the types of cell death induced by PDT in combination with the photosensitizer talaporfin sodium (mono-L-aspartyl chlorine e6, NPe6) in order to evaluate the potential of this therapy as a treatment for glioma. PDT with NPe6 (NPe6-PDT) induces dose-dependent cell death in human glioblastoma T98G cells. Specifically, cell death modalities were observed in NPe6-PDT treated T98G cells, including signs of apoptosis (activation of caspase-3, expression of phosphatidylserine, and DNA fragmentation) and necrosis (stainability of propidium iodide). In addition, high doses of NPe6-PDT decreased the proportion of apoptotic cell death, while increasing necrosis. Closer examination of apoptotic characteristics revealed release of cytochrome-c from mitochondria as well as activation of both caspse-9 and caspase-3 in cells treated with low doses of NPe6-PDT. Benziloxycarbonyl-Leu-Gln(OMe)-His-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethyl-ketone (Z-LEHD-fmk), a caspase-9 specific inhibitor, and benziloxycarbonyl-Asp(OMe)-Gln-Met-Asp(OMe)-fluoromethyl-ketone (Z-DQMD-fmk), a caspase-3 specific inhibitor, showed dose-dependent prevention of cell death in NPe6-PDT treated cells, indicating that mitochondrial apoptotic pathway was a factor in the observed cell death. Further, the cell morphology was observed after PDT. Time- and NPe6-dose dependent necrotic features were increased in NPe6-PDT treated cells. These results suggest that NPe6-PDT could be an effective treatment for glioma if used in mild doses to avoid the increased necrosis that may induce undesirable obstacles.
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- Yuichi Miki
- School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432–1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 92–0392, Japan.
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Tanaka M, Mroz P, Dai T, Huang L, Morimoto Y, Kinoshita M, Yoshihara Y, Nemoto K, Shinomiya N, Seki S, Hamblin MR. Photodynamic therapy can induce a protective innate immune response against murine bacterial arthritis via neutrophil accumulation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39823. [PMID: 22761911 PMCID: PMC3383702 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Local microbial infections induced by multiple-drug-resistant bacteria in the orthopedic field can be intractable, therefore development of new therapeutic modalities is needed. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative modality to antibiotics for intractable microbial infections, and we recently reported that PDT has the potential to accumulate neutrophils into the infected site which leads to resolution of the infection. PDT for cancer has long been known to be able to stimulate the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Methodology/Principal Findings In the present study, a murine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arthritis model using bioluminescent MRSA and polystyrene microparticles was established, and both the therapeutic (Th-PDT) and preventive (Pre-PDT) effects of PDT using methylene blue as photosensitizer were examined. Although Th-PDT could not demonstrate direct bacterial killing, neutrophils were accumulated into the infectious joint space after PDT and MRSA arthritis was reduced. With the preconditioning Pre-PDT regimen, neutrophils were quickly accumulated into the joint immediately after bacterial inoculation and bacterial growth was suppressed and the establishment of infection was inhibited. Conclusions/Significance This is the first demonstration of a protective innate immune response against a bacterial pathogen produced by PDT.
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- Masamitsu Tanaka
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Integrated Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (YM); (MRH)
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Nonaka M, Ikeda H, Inokuchi T. Inhibitory Effect of Heat Shock Protein 70 on Apoptosis Induced by Photodynamic Therapy In Vitro¶. Photochem Photobiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb09862.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Garg AD, Nowis D, Golab J, Agostinis P. Photodynamic therapy: illuminating the road from cell death towards anti-tumour immunity. Apoptosis 2010; 15:1050-71. [PMID: 20221698 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-010-0479-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes the destructive power of reactive oxygen species generated via visible light irradiation of a photosensitive dye accumulated in the cancerous tissue/cells, to bring about their obliteration. PDT activates multiple signalling pathways in cancer cells, which could give rise to all three cell death modalities (at least in vitro). Simultaneously, PDT is capable of eliciting various effects in the tumour microenvironment thereby affecting the tumour-associated/-infiltrating immune cells and by extension, leading to infiltration of various immune cells (e.g. neutrophils) into the treated site. PDT is also associated to the activation of different immune phenomena, e.g. acute-phase response, complement cascade and production of cytokines/chemokines. It has also come to light that, PDT is capable of activating 'anti-tumour adaptive immunity' in both pre-clinical as well as clinical settings. Although the ability of PDT to induce 'anti-cancer vaccine effect' is still debatable, yet it has been shown to be capable of inducing exposure/release of certain damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) like HSP70. Therefore, it seems that PDT is unique among other approved therapeutic procedures in generating a microenvironment suitable for development of systemic anti-tumour immunity. Apart from this, recent times have seen the emergence of certain promising modalities based on PDT like-photoimmunotherapy and PDT-based cancer vaccines. This review mainly discusses the effects exerted by PDT on cancer cells, immune cells as well as tumour microenvironment in terms of anti-tumour immunity. The ability of PDT to expose/release DAMPs and the future perspectives of this paradigm have also been discussed.
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- Abhishek D Garg
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
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Coupienne I, Piette J, Bontems S. How to monitor NF-kappaB activation after photodynamic therapy. Methods Mol Biol 2010; 635:79-95. [PMID: 20552341 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-697-9_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) is a multipotent factor involved in many cellular processes such as inflammation, immune response and embryonic development and it can be activated by a large number of stimuli. Consequently, this transcription factor plays a pivotal role in many natural processes but also in different pathologies. For several years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an attractive alternative approach for the treatment of different affections involving various forms of cancer and an increasing number of reports have highlighted the activation of the NF-kappaB following PDT treatment. Furthermore, it has been shown that the mechanism of activation of the NF-kappaB as well as its target genes depends on the nature of the photosensitizers and the cell type used. As this transcription factor is known to be a key regulator of the immune response but also controls cell survival and proliferation, it is important to assess its activation status and its impact on the target genes. In this review, we will present different techniques allowing identification of the activation status of this factor, from the degradation of its inhibitor in the cytoplasm to its ability to induce the expression of a reporter gene under the control of a target promoter. As a working model we will present results obtained from a 5-aminolevulinic acid-PDT treatment on cervix adenocarcinoma cells.
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- Isabelle Coupienne
- Laboratory of Virology and Immunology, GIGA-R, B34 +2,CHU, Liege, Belgium
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Ratkay LG, Waterfield JD, Hunt DW. Photodynamic therapy in immune (non-oncological) disorders: focus on benzoporphyrin derivatives. BioDrugs 2009; 14:127-35. [PMID: 18034564 DOI: 10.2165/00063030-200014020-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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This review examines the efficacy of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of immunological disorders. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a 2-step procedure. Firstly, a photosensitiser is introduced into the body, where it accumulates selectively in cells with elevated metabolism, such as cancer cells or activated cells of the immune system. Second, light is applied at a wavelength that excites the photosensitiser, producing a variety of short-lived oxygen-derived species. The effect is dependent on the doses of both photosensitiser and activating light. The mechanisms of action of PDT are multifactorial. Induction of high levels of oxidative stress results in necrotic cell death, while lower intensity oxidative stress initiates apoptosis. Sublethal doses may result in the modification of cell surface receptor expression levels and cytokine release and consequently influence cell behaviour. Immunomodulatory PDT (IPDT) utilises mainly apoptotic and sublethal doses. The studies reported here utilise verteporfin, a benzoporphyrin-derived chlorin-like photosensitiser. Veteporfin is a second generation photosensitiser, displaying rapid clearance and consequently a reduced period of skin photosensitivity compared with the first generation photosensitiser, porfimer sodium. In vivo studies showed that IPDT was effective in alleviating immunopathology in murine models of arthritis, contact hypersensitivity, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and retention of allogeneic skin grafts. Based on these findings, early stage clinical trials with IPDT were initiated recently for the treatment of psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. While verteporfin has been the photosensitiser which pioneered IPDT, a new benzoporphyrin derivative photosensitiser, QLT0074, is under development. This has demonstrated an enhanced avidity for target cells as well as improved clearance characteristics.
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- L G Ratkay
- QLT Inc, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Ferenc P, Solár P, Kleban J, Mikes J, Fedorocko P. Down-regulation of Bcl-2 and Akt induced by combination of photoactivated hypericin and genistein in human breast cancer cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2009; 98:25-34. [PMID: 19932626 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2009] [Revised: 10/02/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Presented experiment considers combination of genistein and photodynamic therapy with hypericin with a view to achieve higher therapeutic outcome in human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, both identified in our conditions as photodynamic therapy resistant. Since genistein is known to suppress Bcl-2 expression, we predicted that photodynamic therapy with hypericin might benefit from mutual therapeutic combination. In line with our expectations, combined treatment led to down-regulation of Bcl-2 and up-regulation of Bax in both cell lines as well as to suppression of Akt and Erk1/2 phosphorylation induced by photoactivated hypericin in MCF-7 cells. Although Akt and Erk1/2 phosphorylation was not stimulated by photodynamic therapy with hypericin in MDA-MB-231 cells, it was effectively suppressed in combination. Variations in cell death signaling favoring apoptosis were indeed accompanied by cell cycle arrest in G(2)/M-phase, activation of caspase-7, PARP cleavage and increased occurrence of cells with apoptotic morphology of nucleus. All these events corresponded with suppression of proliferation and significantly lowered clonogenic ability of treated cells. In conclusion, our results indicate that pre-treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein may significantly improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with hypericin in MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.
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- Peter Ferenc
- Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safárik University, Moyzesova 11, 040 01 Kosice, Slovakia.
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DENG K, CHEN ZL, ZHOU XP, WANG WF, YANG XX, TIAN J. Studies on the Photodynamic Mechanism of Tetrapyrrole Compounds by Laser Flash Photolysis. CHINESE J CHEM 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200890024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Volanti C, Matroule JY, Piette J. Involvement of Oxidative Stress in NF-κB Activation in Endothelial Cells Treated by Photodynamic Therapy¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)0750036ioosin2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stefano AD, Ettorre A, Sbrana S, Giovani C, Neri P. Purpurin-18 in Combination with Light Leads to Apoptosis or Necrosis in HL60 Leukemia Cells¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0730290picwll2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Gollnick SO, Lee BY, Vaughan L, Owczarczak B, Henderson BW. Activation of the IL-10 Gene Promoter Following Photodynamic Therapy of Murine Keratinocytes¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0730170aotigp2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Korbelik M, Sun J, Payne PW. Activation of Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) Polymerase in Mouse Tumors Treated by Photodynamic Therapy¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0780400aopdpi2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines a drug (a photosensitiser or photosensitising agent) with a specific type of light to kill cancer cells. It is a minimally invasive treatment, with great potential in malignant disease and premalignant conditions. Following the administration of the photosensitiser, light of the appropriate wavelength is directed onto the abnormal tissue where the drug has preferentially accumulated. Upon light activation, the photosensitiser transfers its excess energy to molecular oxygen to produce an excited state (i.e., the highly reactive singlet oxygen) that causes oxidative damage at the site of its generation. The energy transfer occurs either directly to oxygen or through an indirect mechanism that requires the formation of intermediate radical species. Many photosensitisers have been developed, but only a few have been approved for therapy in humans. Basic research in model systems (animals, cell lines) has unravelled some fundamental cellular processes involved in the cell response to PDT. The exploitation of relevant molecular observations, the discovery and introduction of new sensitisers, the progress in the light delivery systems and light dosimetry are all concurring to the increase of PDT therapeutic efficacy. However, this field has not yet reached maturity. This review briefly analyses the relevant properties of most photosensitisers and their field of application. Special attention is dedicated to the effects observed in model cancer systems; speculation and suggestions of possible future research directions are also offered.
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- Giuseppe Palumbo
- University Federico II Naples, Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare L. Califano and IEOS/CNR, Napoli, Via S. Pansini, 5 80131-Napoli, Italy.
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Ahmed KM, Dong S, Fan M, Li JJ. Nuclear factor-kappaB p65 inhibits mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway in radioresistant breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Res 2007; 4:945-55. [PMID: 17189385 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-06-0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The molecular mechanism by which tumor cells increase their resistance to therapeutic radiation remains to be elucidated. We have previously reported that activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is causally associated with the enhanced cell survival of MCF+FIR cells derived from breast cancer MCF-7 cells after chronic exposure to fractionated ionizing radiation. The aim of the present study was to reveal the context of NF-kappaB pathways in the adaptive radioresistance. Using cell lines isolated from MCF+FIR populations, we found that the elevated NF-kappaB activity was correlated with enhanced clonogenic survival, and increased NF-kappaB subunit p65 levels were associated with a decrease in phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK)/ERK in all radioresistant MCF+FIR cell lines. Further irradiation with 30 fractions of radiation also inhibited MEK/ERK phosphorylation in paired cell lines of MCF+FIR and parental MCF-7 cells. Activation of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein, a sensor to radiation-induced DNA damage, was elevated with increased interaction with NF-kappaB subunits p65 and p50. The interaction between p65 and MEK was also enhanced in the presence of activated ATM. In contrast, both interaction and nuclear translocation of p65/ERK were reduced. Inhibition of NF-kappaB by overexpression of mutant IkappaB increased ERK phosphorylation. In addition, MEK/ERK inhibitor (PD98059) reduced the interaction between p65 and ERK. Taken together, these results suggest that NF-kappaB inhibits ERK activation to enhance cell survival during the development of tumor adaptive radioresistance.
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- Kazi M Ahmed
- Division of Molecular Radiobiology, Purdue University School of Health Sciences, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Osaki T, Takagi S, Hoshino Y, Okumura M, Fujinaga T. Intracellular localization and concentration as well as photodynamic effects of benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A in four types of rodent tumor cells. Cancer Lett 2006; 243:281-92. [PMID: 16412570 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Revised: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The relative sensitivities of different tumor cells to photodynamic therapy (PDT) with benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A (BPD-MA) were compared in the four tumor cells. A good correlation was observed between the cell survival at 0.1 microg/ml of BPD-MA and sensitizer uptake/10(6) cells (r = -0.99) or the plating efficiency of cells (r = 0.99). At 3 h after the irradiation, a significant difference was observed in the proportion of apoptotic cells among the four tumor cells (p = 0.024). In conclusion, cell responses to PDT depend on the several factors such as the cell line, photosensitizer dose, and fluence.
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- Tomohiro Osaki
- Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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Boivin WA, Jiang H, Utting OB, Hunt DWC. Influence of interleukin-1α on androgen receptor expression and cytokine secretion by cultured human dermal papilla cells. Exp Dermatol 2006; 15:784-93. [PMID: 16984260 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Dermal papilla cells (DPC) control the growth character of the hair follicle through their elaboration of mitogenic factors and extracellular matrix components. Further, the dermal papilla is a primary site of androgen action in the hair follicle. Interleukin-1alpha (IL-1alpha) is prominent in skin wounding and inflammatory responses although regarded as a negative hair growth regulator. We studied the effect of IL-1alpha and the potent androgen 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the expression of the androgen receptor (AR) and various factors secreted by cultured human temporal scalp DPC. IL-1alpha triggered cellular changes consistent with nuclear factor-kappaB pathway activation as well as reduced AR mRNA and protein expression levels for DHT-stimulated DPC. This cytokine also increased DPC supernatant keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), IL-8 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) concentrations. IL-1alpha did not influence DPC supernatant levels of transforming growth factor-beta1, a negative hair growth regulator. The stimulatory effect of IL-1alpha on DPC VEGF, GM-CSF, KGF, and IL-8 expression was also evident at the mRNA level for these cytokines. IL-1alpha also increased mRNA transcript levels of protease-nexin-1, a secreted serine protease inhibitor expressed in the dermal papilla of anagen-stage hair follicles. Although DHT did not affect supernatant cytokine concentrations, the androgen altered mRNA transcript levels of several factors for DPC co-stimulated with IL-1alpha. In consideration of its in vitro activity profile, IL-1alpha may be an important modifier of dermal papilla activity as well as potentially influence androgen-regulated gene expression in DPC.
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- Wendy A Boivin
- Scientific Affairs: Dermatology, QLT Inc., 887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses non-toxic photosensitizers and harmless visible light in combination with oxygen to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen species that kill malignant cells by apoptosis and/or necrosis, shut down the tumour microvasculature and stimulate the host immune system. In contrast to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy that are mostly immunosuppressive, PDT causes acute inflammation, expression of heat-shock proteins, invasion and infiltration of the tumour by leukocytes, and might increase the presentation of tumour-derived antigens to T cells.
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- Ana P Castano
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Kaur P, Kaur G, Bansal MP. Tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide induced oxidative stress and male reproductive activity in mice: role of transcription factor NF-kappaB and testicular antioxidant enzymes. Reprod Toxicol 2006; 22:479-84. [PMID: 16704919 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2005] [Revised: 03/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been proposed as a major factor affecting male reproductive capacity. The present study has evaluated the possible role of oxidative stress during testicular pathogenesis in male mice exposed to tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP). TBHP was administered by daily intraperitoneal injection for 2 weeks. Treatment greatly increased lipid peroxidation in the testis and led to a significant decrease in sperm concentration and motility and a reduction in litter size relative to controls. An increase in testicular mRNA abundance of redox-regulated p50 and p65 subunits of NF-kappaB was observed after TBHP treatment. Evaluation of NF-kappaB regulated antioxidant enzymes in the testis revealed an increase in superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activities and corresponding mRNA abundance. These results suggest a potential role of NF-kappaB in oxidative stress mediated changes in the physiology of male reproductive system.
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- Parminder Kaur
- Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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Nowis D, Legat M, Grzela T, Niderla J, Wilczek E, Wilczyñski GM, Głodkowska E, Mrówka P, Issat T, Dulak J, Józkowicz A, Waś H, Adamek M, Wrzosek A, Nazarewski S, Makowski M, Stokłosa T, Jakóbisiak M, Gołąb J. Heme oxygenase-1 protects tumor cells against photodynamic therapy-mediated cytotoxicity. Oncogene 2006; 25:3365-74. [PMID: 16462769 PMCID: PMC1538962 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy is a promising antitumor treatment modality approved for the management of both early and advanced tumors. The mechanisms of its antitumor action include generation of singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen species that directly damage tumor cells and tumor vasculature. A number of mechanisms seem to be involved in the protective responses to PDT that include activation of transcription factors, heat shock proteins, antioxidant enzymes and antiapoptotic pathways. Elucidation of these mechanisms might result in the design of more effective combination strategies to improve the antitumor efficacy of PDT. Using DNA microarray analysis to identify stress-related genes induced by Photofrin-mediated PDT in colon adenocarcinoma C-26 cells, we observed a marked induction of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). Induction of HO-1 with hemin or stable transfection of C-26 with a plasmid vector encoding HO-1 increased resistance of tumor cells to PDT-mediated cytotoxicity. On the other hand, zinc (II) protoporphyrin IX, an HO-1 inhibitor, markedly augmented PDT-mediated cytotoxicity towards C-26 and human ovarian carcinoma MDAH2774 cells. Neither bilirubin, biliverdin nor carbon monoxide, direct products of HO-1 catalysed heme degradation, was responsible for cytoprotection. Importantly, desferrioxamine, a potent iron chelator significantly potentiated cytotoxic effects of PDT. Altogether our results indicate that HO-1 is involved in an important protective mechanism against PDT-mediated phototoxicity and administration of HO-1 inhibitors might be an effective way to potentiate antitumor effectiveness of PDT.
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- D Nowis
- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Center of Biostructure Research; The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Center of Biostructure Research; The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Chair and Clinic of Internal Diseases and Physical Medicine, Silesian Medical University, Bytom, Poland
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- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, M Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of General and Vascular Surgery and Transplantation, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure Research, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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The influence of photodynamic therapy on the immune response. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2005; 2:283-98. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-1000(05)00098-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Revised: 09/13/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Huang HF, Chen YZ, Wu Y, Chen P. Purging of murine erythroblastic leukemia by ZnPcS2P2-based-photodynamic therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005; 37:213-7. [PMID: 16284611 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A key point for successful transplantation of autologous hematopoietic stem cells in the treatment of leukemia is the purging technique, of which photodynamic therapy (PDT) proved effective and promising. The aim of this study was to evaluate the purging effect of a novel amphipathic photosensitizer, di-sulfo-di-phthalimidomethyl phthalolcyanine zinc (ZnPcS2P2)-based PDT (ZnPcS2P2-PDT) on murine erythroblastic leukemic EL9611 cells. Bone marrow cells (BMC), harvested from normal BALB/c mice, were contaminated with variable EL9611 cells. Cell suspensions were incubated with 4 microg/ml ZnPcS2P2 for 5 h and then exposed to 2.1 J/cm2 irradiation by a semiconductor laser 670 nm. Lethally irradiated recipient BALB/c mice (7 Gy) received syngeneic bone marrow transplantation with purged or nonpurged cell mixtures of 10(7) BMC contaminated with variable numbers (10(2)-10(5)) of EL9611 cells. All of the irradiated controls died due to sepsis. All of the mice injected with nonpurged cell mixtures developed leukemia and died, whereas the mice transplanted with ZnPcS2P2-PDT-treated mixtures had a longer survival time, and the fewer leukemic cells there were in the cell mixtures, the higher the leukemia-free survival rate. We conclude that ZnPcS2P2-PDT could purge leukemic cells from bone marrow autografts but could retain sufficient progenitor cells for the hematopoietic activity.
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- H F Huang
- Fujian Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Magi B, Ettorre A, Liberatori S, Bini L, Andreassi M, Frosali S, Neri P, Pallini V, Di Stefano A. Selectivity of protein carbonylation in the apoptotic response to oxidative stress associated with photodynamic therapy: a cell biochemical and proteomic investigation. Cell Death Differ 2005; 11:842-52. [PMID: 15088069 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We previously reported that photodynamic therapy (PDT) using Purpurin-18 (Pu-18) induces apoptosis in HL60 cells. Using flow cytometry, two-dimensional electrophoresis coupled with immunodetection of carbonylated proteins and mass spectrometry, we now show that PDT-induced apoptosis is associated with increased reactive oxygen species generation, glutathione depletion, changes in mitochondrial transmembrane potential, simultaneous downregulation of mitofilin and carbonylation of specific proteins: glucose-regulated protein-78, heat-shock protein 60, heat-shock protein cognate 71, phosphate disulphide isomerase, calreticulin, beta-actin, tubulin-alpha-1-chain and enolase-alpha. Interestingly, all carbonylated proteins except calreticulin and enolase-alpha showed a pI shift in the proteome maps. Our results suggest that PDT with Pu-18 perturbs the normal redox balance and shifts HL60 cells into a state of oxidative stress, which systematically induces the carbonylation of specific chaperones. As these proteins normally produce a prosurvival signal during oxidative stress, we hypothesize that their carbonylation represents a signalling mechanism for apoptosis induced by PDT.
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- B Magi
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Siena, via Fiorentina 1, Siena 53100, Italy
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Wang T, Hu YC, Dong S, Fan M, Tamae D, Ozeki M, Gao Q, Gius D, Li JJ. Co-activation of ERK, NF-kappaB, and GADD45beta in response to ionizing radiation. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:12593-601. [PMID: 15642734 PMCID: PMC4130153 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m410982200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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NF-kappaB has been well documented to play a critical role in signaling cell stress reactions. The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) regulates cell proliferation and survival. GADD45beta is a primary cell cycle element responsive to NF-kappaB activation in anti-apoptotic responses. The present study provides evidence demonstrating that NK-kappaB, ERK and GADD45beta are co-activated by ionizing radiation (IR) in a pattern of mutually dependence to increase cell survival. Stress conditions generated in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells by the administration of a single exposure of 5 Gy IR resulted in the activation of ERK but not p38 or JNK, along with an enhancement of the NF-kappaB transactivation and GADD45beta expression. Overexpression of dominant negative Erk (DN-Erk) or pre-exposure to ERK inhibitor PD98059 inhibited NF-kappaB. Transfection of dominant negative mutant IkappaB that blocks NF-kappaB nuclear translocation, inhibited ERK activity and GADD45beta expression and increased cell radiosensitivity. Interaction of p65 and ERK was visualized in living MCF-7 cells by bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis. Antisense inhibition of GADD45beta strikingly blocked IR-induced NF-kappaB and ERK but not p38 and JNK. Overall, these results demonstrate a possibility that NF-kappaB, ERK, and GADD45beta are able to coordinate in a loop-like signaling network to defend cells against the cytotoxicity induced by ionizing radiation.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- Apoptosis
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Cell Survival
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Activation
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- Flavonoids/pharmacology
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Humans
- I-kappa B Proteins/metabolism
- Immunoblotting
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/chemistry
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Spectrophotometry, Infrared
- Time Factors
- Transcriptional Activation
- Transfection
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
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- Tieli Wang
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
- Division of Molecular Radiobiology, Purdue University School of Health Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Division of Molecular Radiobiology, Purdue University School of Health Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
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- Life Science Group, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, California 94583
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- Molecular Radiation Oncology, Radiation Oncology Sciences Program, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010
- Division of Molecular Radiobiology, Purdue University School of Health Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Division of Molecular Radiobiology, School of Health Sciences, Purdue University, Rm. 1279 Civil Engineering Bldg., 550 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907. Tel.: 765-496-6792; Fax: 765-494-1377;
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Almeida RD, Manadas BJ, Carvalho AP, Duarte CB. Intracellular signaling mechanisms in photodynamic therapy. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2004; 1704:59-86. [PMID: 15363861 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2004.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2004] [Revised: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In photodynamic therapy (PDT) a sensitizer, light and oxygen are used to induce death of tumor cells and in the treatment of certain noncancerous conditions. Cell death in PDT may occur by apoptosis or by necrosis, depending on the sensitizer, on the PDT dose and on the cell genotype. Some sensitizers that have been used in PDT are accumulated in the mitochondria, and this may explain their efficiency in inducing apoptotic cell death, both in vitro and in vivo. In this review we will focus on the events that characterize apoptotic death in PDT and on the intracellular signaling events that are set in motion in photosensitized cells. Activation of phospholipases, changes in ceramide metabolism, a rise in the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration, stimulation of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), changes in protein phosphorylation and alterations in the activity of transcription factors and on gene expression have all been observed in PDT-treated cells. Although many of these metabolic reactions contribute to the demise process, some of them may antagonize cell death. Understanding the signaling mechanisms in PDT may provide means to modulate the PDT effects at the molecular level and potentiate its antitumor effectiveness.
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- Ramiro D Almeida
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-517 Portugal
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Sakharov DV, Bunschoten A, van Weelden H, Wirtz KWA. Photodynamic treatment and H2O2-induced oxidative stress result in different patterns of cellular protein oxidation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 270:4859-65. [PMID: 14653812 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03885.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Photodynamic treatment (PDT) is an emerging therapeutic procedure for the management of cancer, based on the use of photosensitizers, compounds that generate highly reactive oxygen species (ROS) on irradiation with visible light. The ROS generated may oxidize a variety of biomolecules within the cell, loaded with a photosensitizer. The high reactivity of these ROS restricts their radius of action to 5-20 nm from the site of their generation. We studied oxidation of intracellular proteins during PDT using the ROS-sensitive probe acetyl-tyramine-fluorescein (acetylTyr-Fluo). This probe labels cellular proteins, which become oxidized at tyrosine residues under the conditions of oxidative stress in a reaction similar to dityrosine formation. The fluorescein-labeled proteins can be visualized after gel electrophoresis and subsequent Western blotting using the antibody against fluorescein. We found that PDT of rat or human fibroblasts, loaded with the photosensitizer Hypocrellin A, resulted in labeling of a set of intracellular proteins that was different from that observed on treatment of the cells with H2O2. This difference in labeling patterns was confirmed by 2D electrophoresis, showing that a limited, yet distinctly different, set of proteins is oxidized under either condition of oxidative stress. By matching the Western blot with the silver-stained protein map, we infer that alpha-tubulin and beta-tubulin are targets of PDT-induced protein oxidation. H2O2 treatment resulted in labeling of endoplasmic reticulum proteins. Under conditions in which the extent of protein oxidation was comparable, PDT caused massive apoptosis, whereas H2O2 treatment had no effect on cell survival. This suggests that the oxidative stress generated by PDT with Hypocrellin A activates apoptotic pathways, which are insensitive to H2O2 treatment. We hypothesize that the pattern of protein oxidation observed with Hypocrellin A reflects the intracellular localization of the photosensitizer. The application of acetylTyr-Fluo may be useful for characterizing protein targets of oxidation by PDT with various photosensitizers.
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- Dmitri V Sakharov
- Department of Biochemistry of Lipids, Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Guo G, Wang T, Gao Q, Tamae D, Wong P, Chen T, Chen WC, Shively JE, Wong JYC, Li JJ. Expression of ErbB2 enhances radiation-induced NF-kappaB activation. Oncogene 2004; 23:535-45. [PMID: 14724581 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Her-2/neu (ErbB2) oncogene, the second member of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family, encodes a transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor in Her-2-positive tumors. Accumulating evidences demonstrate that signaling networks activated by EGFR and transcription factor NF-kappaB are associated with cell response to ionizing radiation (IR). The present study shows that overexpression of ErbB2 enhanced NF-kappaB activation induced by IR in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells transfected with ErbB2 genes (MCF-7/ErbB2). Stable transfection of dominant-negative mutant IkappaB (MCF-7/ErbB2/mIkappaB) or treatment with anti-ErbB2 antibody, Herceptin, inhibited NF-kappaB activation and radiosensitized MCF-7/ErbB2 cells. Consistent with NF-kappaB regulation, basal and IR-induced Akt, a kinase downstream of ErbB2, was activated in MCF-7/ErbB2 cells and inhibited by Herceptin. To identify specific genes affected by ErbB2-mediated NF-kappaB activation, a group of IR-responsive elements Cyclin B1, Cyclin D1, Bcl-2, Bcl/XL, BAD and BAX were evaluated. Basal levels of prosurvival elements Cyclin B1, Cyclin D1, Bcl-2 and Bcl/XL but not apoptotic BAD and BAX were upregulated in MCF-7/ErbB2 cells with striking enhancements in Bcl-2 and Bcl/XL. IR further induced Cyclin B1 and Cyclin D1 expression that was reduced by Herceptin. Bcl-2 kept a high steady level after Herceptin+IR treatment and, in contrast to control MCF-7/Vector cells, Bcl/XL was inhibited in MCF-7/ErbB2 cells by Herceptin+IR treatment. However, all four prosurvival proteins were downregulated by inhibition of NF-kappaB in MCF-7/ErbB2/mIkappaB cells. These results thus provide evidence suggesting that overexpression of ErbB2 is able to enhance NF-kappaB response to IR, and that a specific prosurvival network downstream of NF-kappaB is triggered by treatments using anti-ErbB2 antibody combined with radiation.
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- Guozheng Guo
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Nonaka M, Ikeda H, Inokuchi T. Inhibitory Effect of Heat Shock Protein 70 on Apoptosis Induced by Photodynamic Therapy In Vitro¶. Photochem Photobiol 2004. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)79<94:ieohsp>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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van't Land B, Blijlevens NMA, Marteijn J, Timal S, Donnelly JP, de Witte TJM, M'Rabet L. Role of curcumin and the inhibition of NF-κB in the onset of chemotherapy-induced mucosal barrier injury. Leukemia 2003; 18:276-84. [PMID: 14671640 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) by, for instance, curcumin is becoming an important new approach in combination with chemotherapy or irradiation for the treatment of a variety of cancers including haematological malignancies. A dose-limiting side effect of anticancer therapy in the gastrointestinal tract is mucosal barrier injury. It is hypothesised that mucosal barrier injury is initiated and amplified by proinflammatory-and NF-kappaB-regulated mediators. Therefore, the effect of NF-kappaB inhibition was studied in the onset of mucosal barrier injury. In response to cytostatic drug treatment (arabinoside cytosine (Ara-C) and methotrexate (MTX)), NF-kappaB was activated in intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6) resulting in an NF-kappaB-related induction of tumour necrosis factor alpha and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1. NF-kappaB inhibition increased the susceptibility of IEC-6 cells to Ara-C as well as MTX-induced cell death when obtained by the addition of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), but not using curcumin. In an animal model for MTX-induced mucosal barrier injury, the induction of NF-kappaB-related cytokines and chemokines was detected upon treatment with MTX. Despite increased susceptibility shown in vitro, the inhibition of NF-kappaB resulted in a partial amelioration of villous atrophy normally seen in the small intestine upon MTX treatment. These results show that the inhibition of NF-kappaB does not increase intestinal side effects of the anticancer treatment, suggesting a safe use of curcumin and CAPE in combination with anticancer treatment.
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- B van't Land
- Numico-Research, Department of Condition and Disease Specific Research, CA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Hendrickx N, Volanti C, Moens U, Seternes OM, de Witte P, Vandenheede JR, Piette J, Agostinis P. Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 and apoptosis resistance by p38 MAPK in hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy of human cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:52231-9. [PMID: 14557269 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307591200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is an approved anticancer therapy that kills cancer cells by the photochemical generation of reactive oxygen species following absorption of visible light by a photosensitizer, which selectively accumulates in tumors. We report that hypericin-mediated PDT of human cancer cells leads to up-regulation of the inducible cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme and the subsequent release of PGE2. Dissection of the signaling pathways involved revealed that the selective activation of p38 MAPK alpha and beta mediate COX-2 up-regulation at the protein and messenger levels. The p38 MAPK inhibitor, PD169316, abrogated COX-2 expression in PDT-treated cells, whereas overexpression of the drug-resistant PD169316-insensitive p38 MAPK alpha and beta isoforms restored COX-2 levels in the presence of the kinase inhibitor. Transcriptional regulation by nuclear factor-kappaB was not involved in COX-2 up-regulation by PDT. The half-life of the COX-2 messenger was drastically shortened by p38 MAPK inhibition in transcriptionally arrested cells, suggesting that p38 MAPK mainly acts by stabilizing the COX-2 transcript. Overexpression of WT-p38 MAPK increased cellular resistance to PDT-induced apoptosis, and inhibiting this pathway exacerbated cell death and prevented PGE2 secretion. Hence, the combination of PDT with pyridinyl imidazole inhibitors of p38 MAPK may improve the therapeutic efficacy of PDT by blocking COX-2 up-regulation, which contributes to tumor growth by the release of growth- and pro-angiogenic factors, as well as by sensitizing cancer cells to apoptosis.
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- Nico Hendrickx
- Division of Biochemistry, Catholic University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Jia CK, Zheng SS, Li QY, Zhang AB. Immunotolerance of liver allotransplantation induced by intrathymic inoculation of donor soluble liver specific antigen. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:759-64. [PMID: 12679927 PMCID: PMC4611445 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i4.759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To study the effects of liver specific antigen (LSA) on the immunoreaction of liver allotransplantation and its significance.
METHODS: Orthotopic liver transplantation was used in this study. Group I: syngeneic control (Wistar-to-Wistar); Group II: acute rejection (SD-to-Wistar). Group III: acute rejection treated by intramuscular injection of cyclosporine A (CsA) (SD-to-Wistar + CsA). Group IV: Intrathymic inoculation of SD rat LSA one week before transplantation (LSA + SD-to-Wistar). The common situation and survival time, rejection grades, NF-κB activity of splenocytes and intragraft cytokine gene expression were observed to analyze the acute rejection severity and immune state of animals.
RESULTS: The common situation of Wistar-to-Wistar group was very good after the transplantation and no signs of rejection were found. Recipients of SD-to-Wistar group lost body weight progressively. All died within 9 to 13 d after transplantation with the median survival time of 10.7 ± 0.51 d. It was an optimal control for acute rejection. The common situation of SD-to-Wistar + CsA group was bad during CsA medication but only with mild rejection. As for LSA + SD-to-Wistar group, 5 of 6 recipients survived for a long time and common situation was remarkably better than that of SD-to-Wistar group and SD-to-Wistar + CsA group. Its rejection grades were significantly lower than that of SD-to-Wistar group (P = 0.026). Furthermore, no significant discrepancies of rejection were found between SD-to-Wistar group and LSA + SD-to-Wistar group at day 7 and day 12 (P = 0.067). NF-κB activity, IFN-γ and IL-2mRNA expression were significantly inhibited in LSA + SD-to-Wistar group compared with that of SD-to-Wistar group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: LSA is an important transplantation antigen which involves in the immunorejection of liver transplantation directly. We reported for the first time that intrathymic inoculation of LSA can induce immnotolerance of liver allotransplantation and grafts can survive for a long time thereby, thus leading to a novel way to liver transplantation immunotolerance.
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- Chang-Ku Jia
- Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
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Guo G, Yan-Sanders Y, Lyn-Cook BD, Wang T, Tamae D, Ogi J, Khaletskiy A, Li Z, Weydert C, Longmate JA, Huang TT, Spitz DR, Oberley LW, Li JJ. Manganese superoxide dismutase-mediated gene expression in radiation-induced adaptive responses. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:2362-78. [PMID: 12640121 PMCID: PMC150726 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.7.2362-2378.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Antioxidant enzymes are critical in oxidative stress responses. Radioresistant variants isolated from MCF-7 human carcinoma cells following fractionated ionizing radiation (MCF+FIR cells) or overexpression of manganese superoxide dismutase (MCF+SOD cells) demonstrated dose-modifying factors at 10% isosurvival of 1.8 and 2.3, respectively. MCF+FIR and MCF-7 cells (exposed to single-dose radiation) demonstrated 5- to 10-fold increases in MnSOD activity, mRNA, and immunoreactive protein. Radioresistance in MCF+FIR and MCF+SOD cells was reduced following expression of antisense MnSOD. DNA microarray analysis and immunoblotting identified p21, Myc, 14-3-3 zeta, cyclin A, cyclin B1, and GADD153 as genes constitutively overexpressed (2- to 10-fold) in both MCF+FIR and MCF+SOD cells. Radiation-induced expression of these six genes was suppressed in fibroblasts from Sod2 knockout mice (-/-) as well as in MCF+FIR and MCF+SOD cells expressing antisense MnSOD. Inhibiting NF-kappa B transcriptional activity in MCF+FIR cells, by using mutant I kappa B alpha, inhibited radioresistance as well as reducing steady-state levels of MnSOD, 14-3-3 zeta, GADD153, cyclin A, and cyclin B1 mRNA. In contrast, mutant I kappa B alpha was unable to inhibit radioresistance or reduce 14-3-3 zeta, GADD153, cyclin A, and cyclin B1 mRNAs in MCF+SOD cells, where MnSOD overexpression was independent of NF-kappa B. These results support the hypothesis that NF-kappa B is capable of regulating the expression of MnSOD, which in turn is capable of increasing the expression of genes that participate in radiation-induced adaptive responses.
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- Guozheng Guo
- Radiation Biology, Division of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA
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Korbelik M, Sun J, Payne PW. Activation of Poly(adenosine diphosphate–ribose) Polymerase in Mouse Tumors Treated by Photodynamic Therapy¶. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 78:400-6. [PMID: 14626669 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0400:aopdpi>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) has recently been characterized as a key regulator of cell death-survival transcriptional programs associated with stress and inflammation. Possible participation of this enzyme in the response of tumors to photodynamic therapy (PDT) was investigated in this study. Immunohistochemical analysis of mouse FsaR tumors treated by PDT based on photosensitizers Photofrin or 5,10,15,20-tetra-(m-hydroxyphenyl)chlorine (mTHPC) revealed a strong positive staining for PARP product poly(ADP-ribose) at 30 min and 1 h after PDT, respectively, and even more intense positivity at 2 h after PDT with both photosensitizers. Flow cytometry-based examination showed the induction of poly-ADP-ribosylation in FsaR tumors at 30 min after PDT, with a trend for a further increase in the intensity by 2 h after PDT in both cancer cells and tumor-associated leukocytes. In FsaR cells treated in vitro by mTHPC-based PDT, flow cytometric analysis indicated that the activation of PARP concentrated in cells undergoing apoptosis and reached a maximum by 30 min after PDT. The administration of PARP inhibitors, 3-aminobenzamide or 1,5-isoquinolinediol, to FsaR tumor-bearing mice before PDT light treatment increased the resistance of these tumors to PDT. PARP appears to control the balance between apoptotic and necrotic cell death in PDT-treated tumors and regulate the progression of PDT-induced inflammatory or innate immune response.
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- Mladen Korbelik
- British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, 601 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 1L3.
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Nonaka M, Ikeda H, Inokuchi T. Effect of combined photodynamic and chemotherapeutic treatment on lymphoma cells in vitro. Cancer Lett 2002; 184:171-8. [PMID: 12127689 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00208-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We investigated the cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of a combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and cisplatin (CDDP) on L5178Y (LY) cells. Treatment with PDT by photofrin((R)) (5 microg/ml) alone or with CDDP (20 microg/ml) alone killed 41.5+/-8.5% or 42.9+/-6.5% of LY cells, respectively, while a combination of these two treatments killed 99.7+/-0.6%. Apoptotic cell death after combination treatment was also revealed to be 49.6+/-7.8% compared to 12.4+/-3.4% after PDT alone, and 18.8+/-2.6% after CDDP. This study demonstrated that combined treatment of PDT and CDDP results in enhanced apoptotic cell death as well as a cytotoxic effect on LY cells.
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- M Nonaka
- Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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