| Autor: |
Mennaallah Hassan, Masao Nakayama, Mohammed Salah, Hiroaki Akasaka, Hikaru Kubota, Makiko Nakahana, Tatsuichiro Tagawa, Kenta Morita, Ai Nakaoka, Takeaki Ishihara, Daisuke Miyawaki, Kenji Yoshida, Yuya Nishimura, Chiaki Ogino, Ryohei Sasaki |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nanomaterials, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 1125 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2079-4991 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/nano10061125 |
| Popis: |
The development of potentially safe radiosensitizing agents is essential to enhance the treatment outcomes of radioresistant cancers. The titanium peroxide nanoparticle (TiOxNP) was originally produced using the titanium dioxide nanoparticle, and it showed excellent reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in response to ionizing radiation. Surface coating the TiOxNPs with polyacrylic acid (PAA) showed low toxicity to the living body and excellent radiosensitizing effect on cancer cells. Herein, we evaluated the mechanism of radiosensitization by PAA-TiOxNPs in comparison with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) which represent high-atomic-number nanoparticles that show a radiosensitizing effect through the emission of secondary electrons. The anticancer effects of both nanoparticles were compared by induction of apoptosis, colony-forming assay, and the inhibition of tumor growth. PAA-TiOxNPs showed a significantly more radiosensitizing effect than that of AuNPs. A comparison of the types and amounts of ROS generated showed that hydrogen peroxide generation by PAA-TiOxNPs was the major factor that contributed to the nanoparticle radiosensitization. Importantly, PAA-TiOxNPs were generally nontoxic to healthy mice and caused no histological abnormalities in the liver, kidney, lung, and heart tissues. |
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