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Proteins and their functionalization for finding therapeutic avenues in cancer: Current status and future prospective. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2023; 1878:188862. [PMID: 36791920 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2023.188862] [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: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Despite the remarkable advancement in the health care sector, cancer remains the second most fatal disease globally. The existing conventional cancer treatments primarily include chemotherapy, which has been associated with little to severe side effects, and radiotherapy, which is usually expensive. To overcome these problems, target-specific nanocarriers have been explored for delivering chemo drugs. However, recent reports on using a few proteins having anticancer activity and further use of them as drug carriers have generated tremendous attention for furthering the research towards cancer therapy. Biomolecules, especially proteins, have emerged as suitable alternatives in cancer treatment due to multiple favourable properties including biocompatibility, biodegradability, and structural flexibility for easy surface functionalization. Several in vitro and in vivo studies have reported that various proteins derived from animal, plant, and bacterial species, demonstrated strong cytotoxic and antiproliferative properties against malignant cells in native and their different structural conformations. Moreover, surface tunable properties of these proteins help to bind a range of anticancer drugs and target ligands, thus making them efficient delivery agents in cancer therapy. Here, we discuss various proteins obtained from common exogenous sources and how they transform into effective anticancer agents. We also comprehensively discuss the tumor-killing mechanisms of different dietary proteins such as bovine α-lactalbumin, hen egg-white lysozyme, and their conjugates. We also articulate how protein nanostructures can be used as carriers for delivering cancer drugs and theranostics, and strategies to be adopted for improving their in vivo delivery and targeting. We further discuss the FDA-approved protein-based anticancer formulations along with those in different phases of clinical trials.
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Dávila-Vega JP, Gastelum-Hernández AC, Serrano-Sandoval SN, Serna-Saldívar SO, Guitiérrez-Uribe JA, Milán-Carrillo J, Martínez-Cuesta MC, Guardado-Félix D. Metabolism and Anticancer Mechanisms of Selocompounds: Comprehensive Review. Biol Trace Elem Res 2022:10.1007/s12011-022-03467-1. [PMID: 36342630 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03467-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient with several functions in cellular and molecular anticancer processes. There is evidence that Se depending on its chemical form and the dosage use could act as a modulator in some anticancer mechanisms. However, the metabolism of organic and inorganic forms of dietary selenium converges on the main pathways. Different selenocompounds have been reported to have crucial roles as chemopreventive agents, such as antioxidant activity, activation of apoptotic pathways, selective cytotoxicity, antiangiogenic effect, and cell cycle modulation. Nowadays, great interest has arisen to find therapies that could enhance the antitumor effects of different Se sources. Herein, different studies are reported related to the effects of combinatorial therapies, where Se is used in combination with proteins, polysaccharides, chemotherapeutic agents or as nanoparticles. Another important factor is the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes related to Se metabolism or selenoprotein synthesis which could prevent cancer. These studies and mechanisms show promising results in cancer therapies. This review aims to compile studies that have demonstrated the anticancer effects of Se at molecular levels and its potential to be used as chemopreventive and in cancer treatment.
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- Juan Pablo Dávila-Vega
- Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, México
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Programa Regional de Posgrado en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, FCQB-UAS, AP 1354, CP 80000, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, México
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, México
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
- Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Reserva Territorial Atlixcáyotl, Campus Puebla, Vía Atlixcáyotl 5718, C.P. 72453, Puebla, Pue, México
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, Mexico
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- Department of Food Biotechnology and Microbiology, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de La Alimentación, CIAL (CSIC-UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 9, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Escuela de Ingeniería Y Ciencias, Centro de Biotecnología FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, México.
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, The Institute for Obesity Research, Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, C.P. 64849, Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
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Zhao X, Wang Z, Wu Y, Cai H. Application of an indocyanine green-mediated fluorescence imaging navigation system in detecting mice tumors. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2021; 9:1238. [PMID: 34532375 PMCID: PMC8421949 DOI: 10.21037/atm-21-3050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Surgical operation plays an important role in the treatment of cancer. The success of the operation lies in the complete removal of the primary and disseminated tumor tissue while preserving the normal tissue. The development of optical molecular image navigation technology has provided a new option for intraoperative tumor visualization. In this study, a fluorescence imaging navigation system was used to detect the diameter of mice tumors and provide experimental evidence for the further development of digital diagnosis and treatment equipment. Methods The minimum detection concentration in vitro of the fluorescence imaging navigation system for indocyanine green (ICG) was first detected, then 120 female Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice and 120 female BALB/c nude mice were randomly divided into three groups by weight, high-dose (H, 4 mg/kg), middle-dose (M, 2 mg/kg), and low-dose (L, 1 mg/kg) groups of ICG solution. After inoculating solid tumors, high, medium, and low doses of ICG were injected via the tail vein, and the tumor diameter was measured by a fluorescence imaging navigation system and vernier caliper within 24 hours of injection. Results The minimum detectable diameter of the system could reach 0.2 mm compared with the vernier caliper, and the actual measurement error was within 0.2 mm. Conclusions A fluorescence imaging navigation system has high accuracy and sensitivity in the application of tumor detection, which may assist the clinical diagnosis and treatment of tumors.
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- Xueyan Zhao
- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- Nanjing Nuoyuan Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
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- Nanjing Nuoyuan Medical Devices Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
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Xu X, Lv J, Guo F, Li J, Jia Y, Jiang D, Wang N, Zhang C, Kong L, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Lv J, Li Z. Gut Microbiome Influences the Efficacy of PD-1 Antibody Immunotherapy on MSS-Type Colorectal Cancer via Metabolic Pathway. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:814. [PMID: 32425919 PMCID: PMC7212380 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) appears to be rather refractory to checkpoint blockers except the patient with deficient in mismatch repair (dMMR). Therefore, new advances in the treatment of most mismatch repair proficiency (pMMR) (also known as microsatellite stability, MSS) type of CRC patients are considered to be an important clinical issue associated with programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibitors. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of gut microbiome of MSS-type CRC tumor-bearing mice treated with different antibiotics on PD-1 antibody immunotherapy response. Our results confirmed that the gut microbiome played a key role in the treatment of CT26 tumor-bearing mice with PD-1 antibody. After PD-1 antibody treatment, the injection of antibiotics counteracted the efficacy of PD-1 antibody in inhibiting tumor growth when compared with the Control group (mice were treated with sterile drinking water). Bacteroides_sp._CAG:927 and Bacteroidales_S24-7 were enriched in Control group. Bacteroides_sp._CAG:927, Prevotella_sp._CAG: 1031 and Bacteroides were enriched in Coli group [mice were treated with colistin (2 mg/ml)], Prevotella_sp._CAG:485 and Akkermansia_muciniphila were enriched in Vanc group [mice were treated with vancomycin alone (0.25 mg/ml)]. The metabolites were enriched in the glycerophospholipid metabolic pathway consistent with the metagenomic prediction pathway in Vanc group, Prevotella_sp._CAG:485 and Akkermansia may maintain the normal efficacy of PD-1 antibody by affecting the metabolism of glycerophospholipid. Changes in gut microbiome leaded to changes in glycerophospholipid metabolism level, which may affect the expression of immune-related cytokines IFN-γ and IL-2 in the tumor microenvironment, resulting in a different therapeutic effect of PD-1 antibody. Our findings show that changes in the gut microbiome affect the glycerophospholipid metabolic pathway, thereby regulating the therapeutic potential of PD-1 antibody in the immunotherapy of MSS-type CRC tumor-bearing mice.
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- Xinjian Xu
- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
- Department of Surgery, First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
- College of Combine Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Third Department of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Combine Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Second Department of Surgery, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Zheng GQ, Ji HY, Zhang SJ, Yu J, Liu AJ. Selenious-β-lactoglobulin induces the apoptosis of human lung cancer A549 cells via an intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. Cytotechnology 2018; 70:1551-1563. [PMID: 30097856 PMCID: PMC6269361 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-018-0248-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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In this study, the cytotoxic activity of selenious-β-lactoglobulin (Se-β-Lg) and the anticancer mechanism were investigated in human lung cancer A549 cells in vitro. MTT assay showed that Se-β-Lg at 200 μg/mL exhibited a significant suppression effect on A549 cells and the maximum inhibition rate reached 90% after 72 h treatment. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that 200 μg/mL of Se-β-Lg induced cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase. Cell apoptosis was induced via the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) in a time-dependent manner. Furthermore, Se-β-Lg suppressed the expression of Bcl-2 and improved the level of Bax, leading to the release of cytochrome c and a higher expression of caspase-3 in A549 cells. In summary, Se-β-Lg could induce apoptosis in A549 cells via an intrinsic mitochondrial pathway and it might serve as a potential therapeutic agent for human lung cancer.
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- Guo-Qiang Zheng
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, Tianjin, 300457, China
- QingYunTang Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., No. 14, Zhonghe Street, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Beijing, 100176, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, Tianjin, 300457, China
- QingYunTang Biotech (Beijing) Co., Ltd., No. 14, Zhonghe Street, Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Beijing, 100176, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education, School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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Antitumor effects of seleno-β-lactoglobulin (Se-β-Lg) against human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 833:109-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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