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Gong Z, Fu Y, Gao Y, Jiao F, Su Q, Sang X, Chen B, Deng X, Liu X. "Abraxane-Like" Radiosensitizer for In Situ Oral Cancer Therapy. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2309569. [PMID: 38973195 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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Radiotherapy plays a vital role in cancer therapy. However, the hypoxic microenvironment of tumors greatly limits the effectiveness, thus it is crucial to develop a simple, efficient, and safe radiosensitizer to reverse hypoxia and ameliorate the efficacy of radiotherapy. Inspired by the structure of canonical nanodrug Abraxane, herein, a native HSA-modified CaO2 nanoparticle system (CaO2-HSA) prepared by biomineralization-induced self-assembly is developed. CaO2-HSA will accumulate in tumor tissue and decompose to produce oxygen, altering the hypoxic condition inside the tumor. Simultaneously, ROS and calcium ions will lead to calcium overload and further trigger immunogenic cell death. Notably, its sensitizing enhancement ratio (SER = 3.47) is much higher than that of sodium glycididazole used in the clinic. Furthermore, in animal models of in situ oral cancer, CaO2-HSA can effectively inhibit tumor growth. With its high efficacy, facile preparation, and heavy-metal free biosafety, the CaO2-HSA-based radiosensitizer holds enormous potential for oral cancer therapy.
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- Zijian Gong
- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
- Biomedical Engineering Department, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Central Laboratory, Department of Geriatric Dentistry, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, NMPA Key Laboratory for Dental Materials, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material, Technology of Stomatology, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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Saqib M, Izadi F, Isierhienrhien LU, Ončák M, Denifl S. Decomposition of triazole and 3-nitrotriazole upon low-energy electron attachment. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:13892-13901. [PMID: 37183636 PMCID: PMC10207873 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01162c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Compounds based on nitrotriazole have been studied for their application as potential radiosensitizers for the treatment of tumors and as energetic materials. In the former application, the initial reduction of the compounds may serve as a mechanism which leads to the formation of tumor-active species. In this study, we investigated the fundamental properties of anion formation in isolated 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole (3NTR) molecules upon attachment of low-energy electrons. The resulting product anions formed were detected via mass spectrometry. Quantum chemical calculations were performed to study the dissociation pathways and to derive the threshold energies. We also studied the attachment of electrons to the native 1H-1,2,4-triazole (TR) molecule, revealing the influence of the nitro group on anion formation. Comparing the results for these two systems, we computationally observed a considerable more stable parent anion for 3NTR, which results in significantly more effective degradation of the molecule at lower electron energies. Although characteristic fragmentation reactions in the presence of the nitro group were observed (like formation of NO2- or the release of an OH radical), the main dissociation channel for the 3NTR anion turned out to be the direct dissociation of a hydrogen radical by a single bond cleavage, which we also observed for TR as the main channel. Thus, the triazole ring shows a pronounced stability against electron attachment-induced cleavage compared, for example, to the imidazole ring, which is found in common nitroimidazolic radiosensitizers.
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- Muhammad Saqib
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences Innsbruck, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Azad A, Kong A. The Therapeutic Potential of Imidazole or Quinone-Based Compounds as Radiosensitisers in Combination with Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14194694. [PMID: 36230623 PMCID: PMC9563564 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14194694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Patients with curable head and neck cancers are usually treated with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but they experience significant, severe side effects, which greatly affect their quality of life. Some of these patients still experience disease relapse after an intensive course of treatment due to tumours that are resistant to radiotherapy and chemotherapy because of hypoxia (lack of oxygen). In addition, some patients are not suitable for and/or are not able to have combined chemotherapy with radiotherapy due to their age or other physical conditions. Certain small-molecule drugs, which are used to treat various infections including malaria, have been shown to reduce hypoxia and thus make radiotherapy more effective. Therefore, their combination with radiotherapy could have less toxicities compared with the combination of chemotherapy with radiotherapy. Here, we discuss the promising results from preclinical work and clinical trials of these agents, and their potential use in the clinic, to reduce hypoxia and to sensitise radiotherapy. These agents could potentially be used for patients who are not suitable for combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy; they may also be used to reduce the dose of radiotherapy if able to enhance radiotherapy effect at lower dose in order to reduce toxicities while maintaining the treatment efficacy in a more personalised manner. Abstract The addition of platinum chemotherapy to primary radiotherapy (chemoradiation) improves survival outcomes for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), but it carries a high incidence of acute and long-term treatment-related complications, resulting in a poor quality of life. In addition, patients with significant co-morbidities, or older patients, cannot tolerate or do not benefit from concurrent chemoradiation. These patients are often treated with radiotherapy alone resulting in poor locoregional control and worse survival outcomes. Thus, there is an urgent need to assess other less toxic treatment modalities, which could become an alternative to chemoradiation in HNSCC. Currently, there are several promising anti-cancer drugs available, but there has been very limited success so far in replacing concurrent chemoradiation due to their low efficacy or increased toxicities. However, there is new hope that a treatment strategy that incorporates agents that act as radiosensitisers to improve the efficacy of conventional radiotherapy could be an alternative to more toxic chemotherapeutic agents. Recently, imidazole-based or quinone-based anti-malarial compounds have drawn considerable attention as potential radiosensitisers in several cancers. Here, we will discuss the possibility of using these compounds as radiosensitisers, which could be assessed as safe and effective alternatives to chemotherapy, particularly for patients with HNSCC that are not suitable for concurrent chemotherapy due to their age or co-morbidities or in metastatic settings. In addition, these agents could also be tested to assess their efficacy in combination with immunotherapy in recurrent and metastatic settings or in combination with radiotherapy and immunotherapy in curative settings.
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Functionalized Nitroimidazole Scaffold Construction and Their Pharmaceutical Applications: A 1950–2021 Comprehensive Overview. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15050561. [PMID: 35631389 PMCID: PMC9144801 DOI: 10.3390/ph15050561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nitroimidazole represents one of the most essential and unique scaffolds in drug discovery since its discovery in the 1950s. It was K. Maeda in Japan who reported in 1953 the first nitroimidazole as a natural product from Nocardia mesenterica with antibacterial activity, which was later identified as Azomycin 1 (2-nitroimidazole) and remained in focus until now. This natural antibiotic was the starting point for synthesizing numerous analogs and regio-isomers, leading to several life-saving drugs and clinical candidates against a number of diseases, including infections (bacterial, viral, parasitic) and cancers, as well as imaging agents in medicine/diagnosis. In the present decade, the nitroimidazole scaffold has again been given two life-saving drugs (Delamanid and Pretomanid) used to treat MDR (multi-drug resistant) tuberculosis. Keeping in view the highly successful track-record of the nitroimidazole scaffold in providing breakthrough therapeutic drugs, this comprehensive review focuses explicitly on presenting the activity profile and synthetic chemistry of functionalized nitroimidazole (2-, 4- and 5-nitroimidazoles as well as the fused nitroimidazoles) based drugs and leads published from 1950 to 2021. The present review also presents the miscellaneous examples in each class. In addition, the mutagenic profile of nitroimidazole-based drugs and leads and derivatives is also discussed.
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Sood A, Dev A, Sardoiwala MN, Choudhury SR, Chaturvedi S, Mishra AK, Karmakar S. Alpha-ketoglutarate decorated iron oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles for active mitochondrial targeting and radiosensitization enhancement in hepatocellular carcinoma. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2021; 129:112394. [PMID: 34579913 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The ability of some tumours to impart radioresistance serves as a barrier in the cancer therapeutics. Mitochondrial metabolism significantly persuades this cancer cell survival, incursion and plays a crucial role in conferring radioresistance. It would be of great importance to target the active mitochondria to overcome this resistance and achieve tumoricidal efficacy. The current report investigates the improved radiosensitization effect (under Gamma irradiation) in hepatocellular carcinoma through active mitochondrial targeting of alpha-ketoglutarate decorated iron oxide-gold core-shell nanoparticles (GNP). The loading of a chemotherapeutic drug N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide in GNP allows adjuvant chemotherapy, which further sensitizes cancerous cells for radiotherapy. The GNP shows a drug loading efficiency of 8.5 wt% with a sustained drug release kinetics. The X-Ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and High-Resolution Transmission Electron microscopy (HRTEM) indicates the synthesis of core iron oxide nanoparticles with indications of a thin layer of gold shell on the surface with 1:7 ratios of Fe: Au. The GNP application significantly reduced per cent cell viability in Hepatocellular carcinoma cells through improved radiosensitization at 5 Gy gamma radiation dose. The molecular mechanism revealed a sharp increment in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and DNA fragmentation. The mitochondrial targeting probes confirm the presence of GNP in the mitochondria, which could be the possible reason for such improved cellular damage. In addition to the active mitochondrial targeting, the currently fabricated nanoparticles work as a potent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)/Computed Tomography (CT) contrast agent. This multifunctional therapeutic potential makes GNP as one of the most promising theragnostic molecules in cancer therapeutics.
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- Ankur Sood
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, New Delhi, India
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, New Delhi, India.
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Mohali, Punjab, India.
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Luxford TFM, Pshenichnyuk SA, Asfandiarov NL, Perečko T, Falk M, Kočišek J. 5-Nitro-2,4-Dichloropyrimidine as an Universal Model for Low-Energy Electron Processes Relevant for Radiosensitization. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21218173. [PMID: 33142925 PMCID: PMC7662275 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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We report experimental results of low-energy electron interactions with.
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- Thomas F. M. Luxford
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Institute of Molecule and Crystal Physics UFRC RAS, October Avenue 151, 450075 Ufa, Russia;
- Correspondence: (S.A.P.); (M.F.); (J.K.)
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- Institute of Molecule and Crystal Physics UFRC RAS, October Avenue 151, 450075 Ufa, Russia;
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic;
- Correspondence: (S.A.P.); (M.F.); (J.K.)
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic;
- Correspondence: (S.A.P.); (M.F.); (J.K.)
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Wei H, Duan Y, Gou W, Cui J, Ning H, Li D, Qin Y, Liu Q, Li Y. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 4-anilinoquinazoline derivatives as hypoxia-selective EGFR and VEGFR-2 dual inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 181:111552. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sadeghi N, Kok RJ, Bos C, Zandvliet M, Geerts WJC, Storm G, Moonen CTW, Lammers T, Deckers R. Hyperthermia-triggered release of hypoxic cell radiosensitizers from temperature-sensitive liposomes improves radiotherapy efficacy in vitro. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:264001. [PMID: 30836341 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab0ce6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Hypoxia is a characteristic feature of solid tumors and an important cause of resistance to radiotherapy. Hypoxic cell radiosensitizers have been shown to increase radiotherapy efficacy, but dose-limiting side effects prevent their widespread use in the clinic. We propose the encapsulation of hypoxic cell radiosensitizers in temperature-sensitive liposomes (TSL) to target the radiosensitizers specifically to tumors and to avoid unwanted accumulation in healthy tissues. The main objective of the present study is to develop and characterize TSL loaded with the radiosensitizer pimonidazole (PMZ) and to evaluate the in vitro efficacy of free PMZ and PMZ encapsulated in TSL in combination with hyperthermia and radiotherapy. PMZ was actively loaded into TSL at different drug/lipid ratios, and the physicochemical characteristics and the stability of the resulting TSL-PMZ were evaluated. PMZ release was determined at 37 °C and 42 °C in HEPES buffer saline and fetal bovine serum. The concentration-dependent radiosensitizing effect of PMZ was investigated by exposing FaDu cells to different PMZ concentrations under hypoxic conditions followed by exposure to ionizing irradiation. The efficacy of TSL-PMZ in combination with hyperthermia and radiotherapy was determined in vitro, assessing cell survival and DNA damage by means of the clonogenic assay and histone H2AX phosphorylation, respectively. All TSL-PMZ formulations showed high encapsulation efficiencies and were stable for 30 d upon storage at 4 °C and 20 °C. Fast PMZ release was observed at 42 °C, regardless of the drug/lipid ratio. Increasing the PMZ concentration significantly enhanced the effect of ionizing irradiation. Pre-heated TSL-PMZ in combination with radiotherapy caused a 14.3-fold increase in cell death as compared to radiotherapy treatment alone. In conclusion, our results indicate that TSL-PMZ in combination with hyperthermia can assist in improving the efficacy of radiotherapy under hypoxic conditions.
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- Negar Sadeghi
- Imaging Division, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Department of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Department of Nanomedicine and Theranostics, Institute for Experimental Molecular Imaging, University Clinic and Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Melsens E, De Vlieghere E, Descamps B, Vanhove C, Kersemans K, De Vos F, Goethals I, Brans B, De Wever O, Ceelen W, Pattyn P. Hypoxia imaging with 18F-FAZA PET/CT predicts radiotherapy response in esophageal adenocarcinoma xenografts. Radiat Oncol 2018. [PMID: 29514673 PMCID: PMC5842657 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-018-0984-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Esophageal cancer is an aggressive disease with poor survival rates. A more patient-tailored approach based on predictive biomarkers could improve outcome. We aimed to predict radiotherapy (RT) response by imaging tumor hypoxia with 18F-FAZA PET/CT in an esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) mouse model. Additionally, we investigated the radiosensitizing effect of the hypoxia modifier nimorazole in vitro and in vivo. Methods In vitro MTS cell proliferation assays (OACM5 1.C SC1, human EAC cell line) were performed under normoxic and hypoxic (< 1%) conditions: control (100 μL PBS), nimorazole, irradiation (5, 10 or 20 Gy) with or without nimorazole. In vivo, subcutaneous xenografts were induced in nude mice (OACM5 1.C SC1). Treatment was given daily for 5 consecutive days: (A) control (600 μl NaCl 0.9% intraperitoneally (IP)) (N = 5, n = 7), (B) RT (5 Gy/d) (N = 11, n = 20), (C) combination (nimorazole (200 mg/kg/d IP) 30 min before RT) (N = 13, n = 21). N = number of mice, n = number of tumors. 18F-FAZA PET/CT was performed before treatment and tumor to background (T/B) ratios were calculated. Relative tumor growth was calculated and tumor sections were examined histologically (hypoxia, proliferation). Results A T/B ≥ 3.59 on pre-treatment 18F-FAZA PET/CT was predictive for worse RT response (sensitivity 92.3%, specificity 71.4%). Radiation was less effective in hypoxic tumors (T/B ≥ 3.59) compared to normoxic tumors (T/B < 3.59) (P = 0.0025). In vitro, pre-treatment with nimorazole significantly decreased hypoxic radioresistance (P < 0.01) while in vivo, nimorazole enhanced the efficacy of RT to suppress cancer cell proliferation in hypoxic tumor areas (Ki67, P = 0.064), but did not affect macroscopic tumor growth. Conclusions Tumor tissue hypoxia as measured with 18F-FAZA PET/CT is predictive for RT response in an EAC xenograft model. The radiosensitizing effect of nimorazole was questionable and requires further investigation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13014-018-0984-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Elodie Melsens
- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Department of Gastro- Intestinal Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Radiation Oncology and Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Infinity (IBiTech-MEDISIP), Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Infinity (IBiTech-MEDISIP), Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Radiation Oncology and Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Department of Gastro- Intestinal Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Department of Gastro- Intestinal Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Salem A, Asselin MC, Reymen B, Jackson A, Lambin P, West CML, O'Connor JPB, Faivre-Finn C. Targeting Hypoxia to Improve Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Outcome. J Natl Cancer Inst 2018; 110:4096546. [PMID: 28922791 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djx160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an important factor in treatment resistance and poor survival. Hypoxia is an attractive therapeutic target, particularly in the context of radiotherapy, which is delivered to more than half of NSCLC patients. However, NSCLC hypoxia-targeted therapy trials have not yet translated into patient benefit. Recently, early termination of promising evofosfamide and tarloxotinib bromide studies due to futility highlighted the need for a paradigm shift in our approach to avoid disappointments in future trials. Radiotherapy dose painting strategies based on hypoxia imaging require careful refinement prior to clinical investigation. This review will summarize the role of hypoxia, highlight the potential of hypoxia as a therapeutic target, and outline past and ongoing hypoxia-targeted therapy trials in NSCLC. Evidence supporting radiotherapy dose painting based on hypoxia imaging will be critically appraised. Carefully selected hypoxia biomarkers suitable for integration within future NSCLC hypoxia-targeted therapy trials will be examined. Research gaps will be identified to guide future investigation. Although this review will focus on NSCLC hypoxia, more general discussions (eg, obstacles of hypoxia biomarker research and developing a framework for future hypoxia trials) are applicable to other tumor sites.
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- Ahmed Salem
- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Cancer Sciences and Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO Lab), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Ashton TM, Fokas E, Kunz-Schughart LA, Folkes LK, Anbalagan S, Huether M, Kelly CJ, Pirovano G, Buffa FM, Hammond EM, Stratford M, Muschel RJ, Higgins GS, McKenna WG. The anti-malarial atovaquone increases radiosensitivity by alleviating tumour hypoxia. Nat Commun 2016; 7:12308. [PMID: 27453292 PMCID: PMC4962491 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Tumour hypoxia renders cancer cells resistant to cancer therapy, resulting in markedly worse clinical outcomes. To find clinical candidate compounds that reduce hypoxia in tumours, we conduct a high-throughput screen for oxygen consumption rate (OCR) reduction and identify a number of drugs with this property. For this study we focus on the anti-malarial, atovaquone. Atovaquone rapidly decreases the OCR by more than 80% in a wide range of cancer cell lines at pharmacological concentrations. In addition, atovaquone eradicates hypoxia in FaDu, HCT116 and H1299 spheroids. Similarly, it reduces hypoxia in FaDu and HCT116 xenografts in nude mice, and causes a significant tumour growth delay when combined with radiation. Atovaquone is a ubiquinone analogue, and decreases the OCR by inhibiting mitochondrial complex III. We are now undertaking clinical studies to assess whether atovaquone reduces tumour hypoxia in patients, thereby increasing the efficacy of radiotherapy.
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- Thomas M. Ashton
- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
- OncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden–Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology, Dresden, P.O. Box 41, 01307, Germany
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- OncoRay – National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden–Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology, Dresden, P.O. Box 41, 01307, Germany
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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Zeng YC, Xing R, Zeng J, Xue M, Chi F, Xin Y, Fan GL, Wang HM, Duan QY, Sun YN, Niu N, Wu R. Sodium glycididazole enhances the radiosensitivity of laryngeal cancer cells through downregulation of ATM signaling pathway. Tumour Biol 2015; 37:5869-78. [PMID: 26586399 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-4278-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the radiation-enhancing effect of sodium glycididazole, and the corresponding mechanisms of action on laryngeal cancer cells. Two laryngeal cancer cell lines (Hep-2 and UT-SCC-19A) were irradiated with X-rays in the presence or absence of sodium glycididazole. Cell survival, DNA damage and repair, cell apoptosis, cell cycle distribution, expression of proteins related to cell cycle checkpoint, and apoptosis were measured. Significantly increased DNA damages, decreased cells in the G1 phase, arrested cells at G2/M phase, decreased DNA repair protein XRCC1 foci formation, and enhanced cell apoptosis were observed in laryngeal cell lines treated by sodium glycididazole combined with irradiation compared with the irradiation alone. The combined treatment downregulated the protein expressions of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), p-ATM, CHK2, and P53 but upregulated the protein expressions of MDM2 and Cdk2. This study indicates that sodium glycididazole enhances the radiosensitivity of laryngeal cancer cells through downregulation of ATM signaling pathway in vitro and in vivo.
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- Yue-Can Zeng
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Cancer Institute, No.1 Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Harbin First Hospital, 151, Diduan Street, Harbin, 150010, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 39 Huaxiang Road, Shenyang, 110022, China.
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Radiation enhancing effects of sanazole and gemcitabine in hypoxic breast and cervical cancer cells in vitro. Contemp Oncol (Pozn) 2015; 19:236-40. [PMID: 26557765 PMCID: PMC4631282 DOI: 10.5114/wo.2015.51820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2014] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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AIM OF THE STUDY Sanazole and gemcitabine have been proven clinically as hypoxic cell radiosensitisers. This study was conducted to determine the radiation enhancing effects of sanazole and gemcitabine when administered together at relevant concentrations into hypoxic human MCF-7 and HeLa cells. MATERIAL AND METHODS A 3-(4,5 dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was used to evaluate the number of surviving cells. Cell cycle was determined by flow cytometry. Cell surviving fractions were determined by the standard in vitro colony formation assay. RESULTS The cell colony formation assay indicated that the radiosensitivity of hypoxic MCF-7 and HeLa cells was enhanced by sanazole or gemcitabine. The combination of the two drugs displayed significant radiation enhancing effects at the irradiation doses of 6, 8, and 10 Gy in both cell lines, which were arrested in the S phase. CONCLUSIONS This study indicated that the co-administration of the two drugs may result in a beneficial gain in radio-therapy for hypoxic breast cancer and cervical cancer.
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Das S, Dubey R, Roychowdhury S, Ghosh M, Sinha BN, Kumar Pradhan K, Bal T, Muthukrishnan V, Seijas JA, Pujarid A. A rapid and sensitive determination of hypoxic radiosensitizer agent nimorazole in rat plasma by LC-MS/MS and its application to a pharmacokinetic study. Biomed Chromatogr 2015; 29:1575-80. [PMID: 25845449 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A highly sensitive, accurate and robust LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for determination of nimorazole (NMZ) in rat plasma using metronidazole (MNZ) as internal standard (IS). The analyte and IS were extracted from plasma by precipitating protein with acetonitrile and were chromatographed using an Agilent Poroshell 120, EC-C18 column. The mobile phase was composed of a mixture of acetonitrile and 0.1 % formic acid (85:15 v/v). The total run time was 1.5 min and injection volume was 5 μL. Multiple reaction monitoring mode using the transitions of m/z 227.1 → m/z 114.0 for MNZ and m/z 172.10 → m/z 128.1 for IS were monitored on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, operating in positive ion mode. The calibration curve was linear in the range of 0.25-200 ng/mL (r(2) > 0.9996) and the lower limit of quantification was 0.25 ng/mL in the rat plasma samples. Recoveries of NMZ ranged between 88.05 and 95.25%. The precision (intra-day and inter-day) and accuracy of the quality control samples were 1.25-8.20% and -2.50-3.10, respectively. The analyte and IS were found to be stable during all sample storage and analysis procedures. The LC-MS/MS method described here was validated and successfully applied to pharmacokinetic study in rats.
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- Soumyajit Das
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad De Santiago De Compostela, Facultad de Ciencias-Campus de Lugo, Lugo, Spain
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- Centre for Food Testing, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, India
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Predictive value of 18F-FAZA PET imaging for guiding the association of radiotherapy with nimorazole: A preclinical study. Radiother Oncol 2015; 114:189-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Targeting carbonic anhydrase IX by nitroimidazole based sulfamides enhances the therapeutic effect of tumor irradiation: A new concept of dual targeting drugs. Radiother Oncol 2013; 108:523-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Radiosensitivity and effect of hypoxia in HPV positive head and neck cancer cells. Radiother Oncol 2013; 108:500-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Langenbacher M, Abdel-Jalil RJ, Voelter W, Weinmann M, Huber SM. In vitro hypoxic cytotoxicity and hypoxic radiosensitization. Efficacy of the novel 2-nitroimidazole N,N,N-tris[2-(2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl]amine. Strahlenther Onkol 2013; 189:246-54. [PMID: 23361139 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0273-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tumor hypoxia is a major problem in radiation therapy of solid tumors because of the radiosensitizing effect of oxygen. Nitroimidazole-containing compounds are oxygen mimetics accumulating in hypoxic tumor areas. However, the broad use of 2-nitroimidazoles as a hypoxic radiosensitizer is limited by their partially low efficacy and/or high neurotoxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS Here, we characterized the in vitro hypoxic cytotoxicity and hypoxic radiosensitizing efficacy of N,N,N-tris [2-(2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl]amine (PRC) in a hypoxia-sensitive lymphoma and a hypoxia-resistant glioblastoma cell line by colony formation assay and flow cytometry. RESULTS PRC exerted high hypoxic cytotoxic and radiosensitizing action on both cell lines at almost absent toxicity under normoxic conditions. In particular, under hypoxia, but not normoxia, PRC targeted the mitochondria resulting in oxidative stress, G(2)/M cell cycle arrest, and triggering of the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. CONCLUSION Our in vitro findings suggest that PRC might be a promising new 2-nitroimidazole for improving radiation therapy of hypoxic tumors in vivo.
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- M Langenbacher
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Huang H, Mei L, Chu T. Synthesis, radiolabeling and biological evaluation of propylene amine oxime complexes containing nitrotriazoles as hypoxia markers. Molecules 2012; 17:6808-20. [PMID: 22664468 PMCID: PMC6268332 DOI: 10.3390/molecules17066808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Two propylene amine oxime (PnAO) complexes, 1, containing a 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole and 2, containing two 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles, were synthesized and radiolabeled with (99m)Tc in high labeling yields. Cellular uptakes of (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 were tested using a S180 cells line. Under anoxic conditions, the cellular uptakes of (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 were 33.7 ± 0.2% and 35.0 ± 0.7% at 4 h, whereas the normoxic uptakes of the two complexes were 6.0 ± 1.6% and 4.6 ± 0.9%, respectively. Both (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 displayed significant anoxic/normoxic differentials. The cellular uptakes were highly dependent on oxygen and temperature. Biodistribution studies revealed that both (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 showed a selective localization in tumor and slow clearance from it. At 4 h, the tumor-to-muscle ratios (T/M) were 3.79 for (99m)Tc-1 and 4.58 for (99m)Tc-2. These results suggested that (99m)Tc-labeled PnAO complexes (99m)Tc-1 and (99m)Tc-2 might serve as novel hypoxia markers. By introducing a second nitrotriazole redox center, the hypoxic accumulation of the marker was slightly enhanced.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel./Fax: +86-10-6275-4319
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Differential cytotoxicity and sonosensitization by sanazole: effect of cell type and acoustic parameters. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2011; 38:65-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s10396-010-0295-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Abe C, Uto Y, Nakae T, Shinmoto Y, Sano K, Nakata H, Teraoka M, Endo Y, Maezawa H, Masunaga SI, Nakata E, Hori H. Evaluation of the in vivo radiosensitizing activity of etanidazole using tumor-bearing chick embryo. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2011; 52:208-214. [PMID: 21436611 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.10122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Chick embryos have been used as alternative experimental animals in various research fields, including virology, immunology, toxicology, oncology, and embryology. Until now, there have been no in vivo models using chick embryo to evaluate radiosensitizing activity. Here, the in vivo radiosensitizing activity of etanidazole, a well-known hypoxic cell radiosensitizer, was evaluated using tumor-bearing chick embryo. On the basis of tumor growth, drug administration and X-ray irradiation were performed on day 15 chick embryo, with the endpoint being day 18 chick embryo. In day 15 chick embryo, an X-ray irradiation dose of equal or less than 10 Gy did not cause significant tumor growth suppression. Intravenous administration of equal or less than 1.0 mg of etanidazole did not cause tumor growth suppression. Neither doses of equal or less than 8 Gy of irradiation nor 1.0 mg of etanidazole caused fatality of the chick embryo. On the basis of these results, we evaluated the radiosensitizing effect of a combination treatment with 8 Gy of irradiation and 1.0 mg of etanidazole. As noted above, 1.0 mg of etanidazole alone and 8 Gy of irradiation alone did not show tumor growth suppression. In contrast, a combination treatment with 8 Gy of irradiation and 1.0 mg of etanidazole showed 35% of significant tumor growth suppression. Thus, we succeeded in evaluating the in vivo radiosensitizing activity of etanidazole using tumor-bearing chick embryo. These results suggest that the use of tumor-bearing chick embryo may be part of a promising system for evaluating radiosensitizing activity.
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- Chiaki Abe
- Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, Graduate School, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Bejot R, Kersemans V, Kelly C, Carroll L, King RC, Gouverneur V, Elizarov AM, Ball C, Zhang J, Miraghaie R, Kolb HC, Smart S, Hill S. Pre-clinical evaluation of a 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole analogue of [18F]FMISO as hypoxia-selective tracer for PET. Nucl Med Biol 2010; 37:565-75. [PMID: 20610161 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2010] [Revised: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hypoxia in solid tumours is associated with the promotion of various metabolic mechanisms and induces resistance to radio- and chemotherapy. Non-invasive positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography by use of selective biomarkers has emerged as valuable tools for the detection of hypoxic areas within tumours so treatment can be modified accordingly. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate [(18)F]3-NTR, a 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole analogue (N(1) substituted) of [(18)F]FMISO as a potential hypoxia selective tracer. 3-NTR and its (18)F-radiolabelled isotopic isomer were synthesised and compared with FMISO in vitro and in vivo. Their physicochemical properties were measured, the enzymatic reduction was evaluated, and the reactivity of their metabolites was investigated. Biodistribution and PET scans were performed on CBA mice bearing hypoxic CaNT tumour cells, using (18)F-labelled versions of the tracers. [(18)F]3-NTR uptake within hypoxic cells was lower than [(18)F]FMISO and [(18)F]3-NTR did not exhibit any better selectivity than FMISO as a PET tracer in vivo. Both (18)F-radiolabelled compounds are relatively evenly distributed within the whole body and the radioactive uptake within hypoxic tumours reaches a maximum at 30 min post injection and decreases thereafter. Xanthine oxidase exhibited a nitroreductase activity toward 3-NTR under anaerobic conditions, but reduced metabolites did not bind covalently. It is confirmed that 3-NTR is an electron acceptor. It is postulated that radiolabelled metabolites and fragments of [(18)F]3-NTR are freely diffusing due to their poor binding capacities. Thus [(18)F]3-NTR cannot be used as a hypoxia selective tracer for PET. The investigation provides insights into the importance of the propensity to form covalent adducts for such biomarkers.
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- Romain Bejot
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom.
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Yu DY, Zhao QL, Wei ZL, Nomura T, Kashiwakura I, Kagiya TV, Kondo T. Enhancement of radiation-induced apoptosis of human lymphoma U937 cells by sanazole. Apoptosis 2009; 14:655-64. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-009-0329-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Ito M, Shibamoto Y, Ayakawa S, Tomita N, Sugie C, Ogino H. Low-dose whole-body irradiation induced radioadaptive response in C57BL/6 mice. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2007; 48:455-60. [PMID: 17785936 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.07022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Radioadaptive survival responses after relatively low doses of radiation were investigated in C57BL/6 mice. The 8-week-old mice received whole-body mid-lethal challenging irradiation (5.9 Gy) at various intervals after conditioning whole-body irradiation with 50-400 mGy. Thereafter, survival of the mice was observed for 30 days. The mice receiving 400 mGy at 6 h before the challenging dose had a lower survival rate than the control group, but it was not observed when the conditioning 400-mGy irradiation was given 24 h beforehand. The conditioning doses of 100 and 200 mGy did not influence the survival of mice after the challenging dose. The mice receiving 50 mGy at 1 day, 3 days or 1 week before the challenging dose had a higher survival rate than the control, although this adaptive response was not observed when 50 mGy was given 6 h, 12 h, 3.5 weeks, or 5 weeks beforehand. When 50 mGy was given 2 weeks before the challenging dose, the adaptive response was observed in an experiment in which the mice were caged in our laboratory at the age of 5 weeks, whereas it was not observed in another experiment in which the mice were caged at 3 weeks. This study confirmed the presence of radioadaptive survival responses at the dose of 50 mGy given relatively shortly before the challenging dose.
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- Masato Ito
- Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
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Wardman P. Chemical radiosensitizers for use in radiotherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2007; 19:397-417. [PMID: 17478086 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Radiosensitizers are intended to enhance tumour cell killing while having much less effect on normal tissues. Some drugs target different physiological characteristics of the tumour, particularly hypoxia associated with radioresistance. Oxygen is the definitive hypoxic cell radiosensitizer, the large differential radiosensitivity of oxic vs hypoxic cells being an attractive factor. The combination of nicotinamide to reduce acute hypoxia with normobaric carbogen breathing is showing clinical promise. 'Electron-affinic' chemicals that react with DNA free radicals have the potential for universal activity to combat hypoxia-associated radioresistance; a nitroimidazole, nimorazole, is clinically effective at tolerable doses. Hypoxia-specific cytotoxins, such as tirapazamine, are valuable adjuncts to radiotherapy. Nitric oxide is a potent hypoxic cell radiosensitizer; variations in endogenous levels might have prognostic significance, and routes to deliver nitric oxide specifically to tumours are being developed. In principle, many drugs can be delivered selectively to hypoxic tumours using either reductase enzymes or radiation-produced free radicals to activate drug release from electron-affinic prodrugs. A redox-active agent based on a gadolinium chelate is being evaluated clinically. Pyrimidines substituted with bromine or iodine are incorporated into DNA and enhance free radical damage; fluoropyrimidines act by different mechanisms. A wide variety of drugs that influence the nature or repair of DNA damage are being evaluated in conjunction with radiation; it is often difficult to define the mechanisms underlying chemoradiation regimens. Drugs being evaluated include topoisomerase inhibitors (e.g. camptothecin, topotecan), and the hypoxia-activated anthraquinone AQ4N; alkylating agents include temozolomide. Drugs involved in DNA repair pathways being investigated include the potent poly(ADP ribose)polymerase inhibitor, AG14,361. Proteins involved in cell signalling, such as the Ras family, are attractive targets linked to radioresistance, as are epidermal growth factor receptors and linked kinases (drugs including vandetanib [ZD6,474], cetuximab and gefitinib), and cyclooxygenase-2 (celecoxib). The suppression of radioprotective thiols seems to offer more potential with alkylating agents than with radiotherapy, although it remains a strategy worthy of exploration.
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- P Wardman
- University of Oxford, Gray Cancer Institute, PO Box 100, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood HA6 2JR, UK.
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Haveman J, Rodermond H, van Bree C, Wondergem J, Franken NAP. Residual late radiation damage in mouse stromal tissue assessed by the tumor bed effect. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2007; 48:107-12. [PMID: 17299252 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.0631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Irradiation of murine subcutaneous stroma before implantation of tumor cells leads to retarded tumor growth. This effect is called Tumor Bed Effect (TBE) and can be used to assess the sensitivity of stromal tissue to radiation. We tested the ability of stromal tissue to recover from X-ray-induced damage as a function of the time interval between X-irradiation and implantation of tumor cells over a period of 195 days. We also assessed the effects of a second test treatment of X-irradiation before implantation to assess residual damage by the first radiation treatment. The tumor bed effect in C57Bl10xDBA2 mice observed after X-ray treatment and implantation of M8013 cells (from a transplantable mouse mammary carcinoma) declines with the time that elapses between X-rays and implantation. Implantation of tumor cells 195 days after initial irradiation of 10 or 20 Gy resulted in a considerably smaller TBE. The half-time of the decay is estimated as about 50 days. The extent of the recovery was then tested in two-fraction experiments, with radiation fractions separated by intervals of 30 or 180 days. In the experiment with re-irradiation at an interval of 30 days after the first radiation dose of 20 Gy hardly any recovery was observed, whereas at an interval of 180 days a considerable recovery was observed. We presume that the recovery in TBE that was observed a long time after the irradiation results from a proliferative stimulus to endothelial cells which takes place during the post-irradiation period. The proliferative response leads to cell death of the X-ray damaged endothelial cells and thereafter these are replaced by healthy cells.
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- Jaap Haveman
- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam Laboratory for Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology (LEXOR), Department of Radiotherapy, The Netherlands.
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Nakazato T, Nakanishi M, Kita S, Okuyama F, Shibamoto Y, Otsuka T. Biological effects of field emission-type X-rays generated by nanotechnology. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2007; 48:153-61. [PMID: 17314470 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.06071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Thermionic emission (TE)-type X-ray generators have been exclusively used in medicine, but there are many difficulties in making these X-ray sources compact. A field emission (FE)-type X-ray generator using carbon nanotubes is a newly-developed compact system that can be as small as several cm in length. Considering the compactness of the equipment, the FE-type X-ray generator may become a useful tool for endoscopic, intracavitary or intraoperative radiotherapy in the future. The aim of this study was to investigate the biological effects of X-rays generated by the FE-type X-ray source in comparison with those of conventional TE-type X-rays. Mouse thymic lymphoma 3SB cells were irradiated by an FE-type X-ray generator developed by our group and a conventional TE-type X-ray source under identical conditions. DNA damage after radiation was detected by foci formation of phospho-H2AX (gamma-H2AX). Effect on the cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry. Activation of the DNA damage checkpoint was analyzed by immunoblotting. Induction of apoptosis was studied using the TUNEL assay. In terms of induction of DNA damage (DNA double-strand breaks), activation of cell cycle checkpoints (p53 stabilization, p21 induction, Chk1 and Chk2 phosphorylations), and induction of apoptotic cell death, FE-type X-rays were as effective as TE-type X-rays, and FE-type X-rays appeared to be applicable to radiation therapy.
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- Tomoharu Nakazato
- Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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Nagasawa H, Uto Y, Kirk KL, Hori H. Design of hypoxia-targeting drugs as new cancer chemotherapeutics. Biol Pharm Bull 2007; 29:2335-42. [PMID: 17142959 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.29.2335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The tumor microenvironment is now recognized as a major factor that influences not only the response to conventional anti-cancer therapies but also helps define the potential for malignant progression and metastasis. In particular, hypoxia is now considered a fundamentally important characteristic of the tumor microenvironment. Furthermore, discovery of the hypoxia inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) has led to a rapidly increasing understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in tumor hypoxia. This in turn has led to the current extensive interest in the signal molecules related to tumor hypoxia as potential molecular targets for cancer therapeutics. In this paper we give an overview of recent advances in hypoxia research, including cancer treatments that target tumor hypoxia. Progress in the development of hypoxia-targeting drugs will be discussed, including antiangiogenic hypoxic cell radiosensitizers and hypoxic cytotoxins, hypoxia targeting boron carriers and p53-inhibiting bifunctional radiosensitizers. We will also review our own recent research results in these areas. For example, we have found that certain of the 2-nitroimidazole radiosensitizers and heterocycle-N-oxide hypoxic cytotoxins we developed have antiangiogenic activity and antimetastatic activity. We propose that these activities are based on the inhibition of signal transduction mediated by HIF-1alpha. The anti-tumor activities of hypoxia response are considered to be cytostatic (tumor dormancy-inducing) effects in contrast to cytotoxic DNA damaging effects. The combination of these cytostatic effects that are related to radiosensitization with the cytotoxic effects of radiation should improve the prognosis and QOL of patients receiving radiation and lead to an overall response to treatment. Based on these considerations, we developed the antiangiogenic hypoxic cell radiosensitizers, TX-1877, TX-1898 and the hypoxic cytotoxin TX-402 that inhibits the HIF-1alpha pathway We will also discuss our research involved with the development of other drugs to exploit tumor hypoxia, including a hypoxia-targeting boron carrier for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and a p53 inhibiting radiosensitizer.
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- Hideko Nagasawa
- Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
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