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Szlasa W, Mazurek W, Szewczyk A, Rembiałkowska N, Tunikowska J, Kulbacka J. The Antagonistic and Synergistic Role of Fe 3+ Compounds in Chemo- and Electrochemotherapy in Human Colon Cancer In Vitro. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2024; 17:651. [PMID: 38794222 PMCID: PMC11124256 DOI: 10.3390/ph17050651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Colon cancer (CC) management includes surgery, radio- and chemotherapy based on treatment with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) or its derivatives. However, its application is limited to low-grade carcinomas. Thus, much research has been conducted to introduce new techniques and drugs to the therapy. CC mostly affects older people suffering from cardiac diseases, where iron compounds are commonly used. Ferric citrate and iron (III)-EDTA complexes have proven to be effective in colon cancer in vitro. This study aimed to determine the potency and action of iron-containing compounds in colon cancer treatment by chemo- and electrochemotherapy in both nano- and microsecond protocols. The viability of the cells was assessed after standalone iron (III) citrate and iron (III)-EDTA incubation. Both compounds were also assessed with 5-FU to determine the combination index. Additionally, frataxin expression was taken as the quantitative response to the exposition of iron compounds. Each of the substances exhibited a cytotoxic effect on the LoVo cell line. Electroporation with standalone drugs revealed the potency of 5-FU and iron(III)-EDTA in CC treatment. The combination of 5-FU with iron(III)-EDTA acted synergistically, increasing the viability of the cells in the nanosecond electrochemotherapy protocol. Iron(III)-EDTA decreased the frataxin expression, thus inducing ferroptosis. Iron(III) citrate induced the progression of cancer; therefore, it should not be considered as a potential therapeutic option. The relatively low stability of iron(III) citrate leads to the delivery of citrate anions to cancer cells, which could increase the Krebs cycle rate and promote progression.
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- Wojciech Szlasa
- Medical University Hospital, Borowska 213, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.S.); (N.R.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.S.); (N.R.)
- Department of Immunology and Bioelectrochemistry, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08410 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.S.); (N.R.)
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-356 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.S.); (N.R.)
- Department of Immunology and Bioelectrochemistry, State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, 08410 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Orlacchio R, Kolosnjaj-Tabi J, Mattei N, Lévêque P, Rols MP, Arnaud-Cormos D, Golzio M. Effects of Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field (nsPEF) on a Multicellular Spheroid Tumor Model: Influence of Pulse Duration, Pulse Repetition Rate, Absorbed Energy, and Temperature. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14999. [PMID: 37834447 PMCID: PMC10573334 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Cellular response upon nsPEF exposure depends on different parameters, such as pulse number and duration, the intensity of the electric field, pulse repetition rate (PRR), pulsing buffer composition, absorbed energy, and local temperature increase. Therefore, a deep insight into the impact of such parameters on cellular response is paramount to adaptively optimize nsPEF treatment. Herein, we examined the effects of nsPEF ≤ 10 ns on long-term cellular viability and growth as a function of pulse duration (2-10 ns), PRR (20 and 200 Hz), cumulative time duration (1-5 µs), and absorbed electrical energy density (up to 81 mJ/mm3 in sucrose-containing low-conductivity buffer and up to 700 mJ/mm3 in high-conductivity HBSS buffer). Our results show that the effectiveness of nsPEFs in ablating 3D-grown cancer cells depends on the medium to which the cells are exposed and the PRR. When a medium with low-conductivity is used, the pulses do not result in cell ablation. Conversely, when the same pulse parameters are applied in a high-conductivity HBSS buffer and high PRRs are applied, the local temperature rises and yields either cell sensitization to nsPEFs or thermal damage.
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- Rosa Orlacchio
- University Bordeaux, CNRS, IMS, UMR 5218, 33400 Talence, France;
- École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, 75014 Paris, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier (UT3), 31062 Toulouse, France; (J.K.-T.); (N.M.); (M.P.R.)
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier (UT3), 31062 Toulouse, France; (J.K.-T.); (N.M.); (M.P.R.)
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- University Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252, 87000 Limoges, France; (P.L.); (D.A.-C.)
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier (UT3), 31062 Toulouse, France; (J.K.-T.); (N.M.); (M.P.R.)
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- University Limoges, CNRS, XLIM, UMR 7252, 87000 Limoges, France; (P.L.); (D.A.-C.)
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier (UT3), 31062 Toulouse, France; (J.K.-T.); (N.M.); (M.P.R.)
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Cavallo D, Fresegna AM, Ciervo A, Maiello R, Chiarella P, Buresti G, Del Frate V, Di Basilio M, Iavicoli S, Ursini CL. Evaluation of Systemic Genotoxic/Oxidative and Proinflammatory Effects in Workers of a Titanium Dioxide Production Plant. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 2023:7066090. [PMID: 37521120 PMCID: PMC10386898 DOI: 10.1155/2023/7066090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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This study is aimed at evaluating whether the occupational exposure to TiO2 during the industrial production process is able to induce genotoxic, oxidative, and inflammatory effects on blood, biomonitoring the same workers that showed micronucleus induction in the exfoliated buccal cells, as previous published. The final aim was to find sensitive and suitable biomarkers to evaluate potential early toxicity of occupational exposure to TiO2. On the same 40 workers involved in the manufacture of TiO2 pigment, 5 office workers, and 18 controls previously studied, we used formamidopyrimidine glycosylase- (Fpg-) comet assay on lymphocytes to evaluate genotoxic/oxidative effects and detected cytokine (IL-6, IL-8, and TNFα) release by ELISA to evaluate proinflammation. Moreover, we studied the possible influence of single nucleotide polymorphisms of XRCC1 and hOGG1 DNA repair genes and of GST metabolism-related genes (GSTT1 and GSTM1) on the evaluated effects. We did not find statistically significant differences in the mean values of the analysed Fpg-comet assay parameters; only the percentage of DNA damaged cells appearing in the test as comets (% comets) resulted higher in the exposed workers compared to controls. Also, the data analysed taking into account the specific task (bagging, industrial cleaning, mobile operations, maintaining, and production) showed differences only for % comets which resulted higher in industrial cleaners compared to controls. We found variations of IL-6 and IL-8 levels in the exposed workers with concentrations that were lower for IL-6 and higher for IL-8 compared to the control group. XRCC1, hOGG1, and GSTT1 polymorphisms did not influence neither comet parameters nor cytokine release. These findings demonstrate that TiO2 production process is able to induce slight proinflammatory effects in terms of IL-8 increased release but not significant genotoxic/oxidative effects on lymphocytes, which do not seem to be a target of TiO2, prevalently inhalable particles, generated in the studied production site.
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- Delia Cavallo
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Technological Innovation and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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