Epirubicin-gold nanoparticles suppress hepatocellular carcinoma xenograft growth in nude mice
Autor: | William C. S. Meng, Xiaoxu Zhao, Yunlong Pan |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment General Medicine Pharmacology medicine.disease epirubicin nanogold General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology HUVEC In vivo Colloidal gold Hepg2 cells Hepatocellular carcinoma Tumor Weight medicine Original Article business HepG2 cells Saline hepatoma xenograft Epirubicin medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Journal of Biomedical Research |
ISSN: | 1674-8301 |
DOI: | 10.7555/jbr.29.20140044 |
Popis: | We sought to investigate the effects of epirubicin-nanogold compounds (EPI-AuNP) on hepatocellular carcinoma xenograft growth in nude mice. EPI-AuNP was prepared and hepatoma xenograft model was established in nude mice. The mice were then randomly divided into four groups: the control group with injection of saline, the AuNP treatment group, the EPI treatment group and the EPI-AuNP treatment group. After two weeks, the hepatoma weight and volume of the xenografts were assessed. Our transmission electron microscopy revealed that epirubicin-gold nanoparticles caused significantly more structural changes of hepatocellular carcinoma cells HepG2. The tumor weight in the Epi-AuNP treatment group (0.80±0.11 g) was significantly lower than that of the control group (2.48±0.15 g), the AuNP treatment group (1.67±0.17 g), and the EPI treatment group (1.39±0.10 g) (P |
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