Photosensitizing effect of Photolon using optical fiber probe to laser-irradiate thyroid cancer cells: oxidative stress-directed cell death

Author(s):  
Ga-ye Park ◽  
Yun-Hee Rhee ◽  
HyeYeon Lee ◽  
Junho Lee ◽  
Hyunjoo Kim ◽  
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Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 691-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvette J. E. Sloot ◽  
Katrin Rabold ◽  
Thomas Ulas ◽  
Dennis M. De Graaf ◽  
Bas Heinhuis ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 117005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Scordino ◽  
Agata Campisi ◽  
Rosaria Grasso ◽  
Roberta Bonfanti ◽  
Marisa Gulino ◽  
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2021 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Li Zhang ◽  
Shichen Xu ◽  
Xian Cheng ◽  
Jing Wu ◽  
Liying Wu ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Wächter ◽  
Alexander Damanakis ◽  
Moritz Elxnat ◽  
Silvia Roth ◽  
Annette Wunderlich ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ergül Mutlu Altundağ ◽  
Tolga Kasacı ◽  
Ayşe Mine Yılmaz ◽  
Betül Karademir ◽  
Semra Koçtürk ◽  
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In this study, we have investigated the antiproliferative effect of quercetin on human papillary thyroid cancer cells and determined the apoptotic mechanisms underlying its actions. We have used different concentrations of quercetin to induce apoptosis and measured cell viability. Apoptosis and cell cycle analysis was determined by flow cytometry using Annexin V and propidium iodide. Finally, we have measured changes in caspase-3 and cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) protein expression levels as hallmarks of apoptosis and Hsp90 protein expression level as a marker of proteasome activity in treated and control cells. Quercetin treatment of human papillary thyroid cancer cells resulted in decreased cell proliferation and increased rate of apoptosis by caspase activation. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that quercetin induces cancer cell apoptosis by downregulating the levels of Hsp90. In conclusion, we have shown that quercetin induces downregulation of Hsp90 expression that may be involved in the decrease of chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity which, in order, induces inhibition of growth and causes cell death in thyroid cancer cells. Thus, quercetin appears to be a promising candidate drug for Hsp90 downregulation and apoptosis of thyroid cancer cells.


Endocrinology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 148 (9) ◽  
pp. 4352-4361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Xian Du ◽  
Hua-Qin Wang ◽  
Hai-Yan Zhang ◽  
Da-Xin Gao

TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is cytotoxic to most thyroid cancer cell lines, including those originating from anaplastic carcinomas, implying TRAIL as a promising therapeutic agent against thyroid cancers. However, signal transduction in TRAIL-mediated apoptosis is not clearly understood. In addition to its well-known glycolytic functions, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a multifunctional protein, including its surprising role as a mediator for cell death. In this study we explored the involvement of GAPDH in TRAIL-mediated thyroid cancer cell death. In follicular undifferentiated thyroid cells, S-nitrosylation and nuclear translocation of GAPDH appear to mediate TRAIL-induced cell death at least partially, as evidenced by pretreatment with N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a competitive nitric oxide synthase inhibitor that partially but significantly attenuated TRAIL-induced apoptosis through the reduction of S-nitrosylation and nuclear translocation of GAPDH. In addition, GAPDH small interfering RNA partially prevented the apoptotic effect of TRAIL, although TRAIL-induced nitric oxide synthase stimulation and production of nitric oxide were not attenuated. Furthermore, nuclear localization of GAPDH was observed in another thyroid cancer cell line, KTC2, which is also sensitive to TRAIL, but not in those TRAIL insensitive cell lines: ARO, KTC1, and KTC3. These data indicate that nitric oxide-mediated S-nitrosylation of GAPDH and subsequent nuclear translocation of GAPDH might function as a mediator of TRAIL-induced cell death in thyroid cancer cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen-Xian Du ◽  
Ying Yan ◽  
Hai-Yan Zhang ◽  
Bao-Qin Liu ◽  
Yan-Yan Gao ◽  
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Proteasome inhibitors represent a novel class of antitumor agents with pre-clinical and clinical evidence of activity against hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. However, emerging evidence indicates that antiapoptotic factors may also accumulate as a consequence of exposure to these drugs, thus it seems plausible that the activation of survival signaling cascades might compromise their antitumoral effects. Peroxiredoxins (PRDXs) are a family of thiol-containing peroxidases identified primarily by their ability to remove cellular hydroperoxides. The function of PRDX1 in particular has been implicated in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Another important finding is that aberrant upregulation of PRDX1 has been discovered in various cancers. Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase kinase that is regulated under conditions of cellular stress. ASK1 phosphorylates c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 MAPK, and elicits an apoptotic response. ASK1 activity is regulated at multiple levels, one of which is through interaction with PRDX1. In this study, for the first time we report that upregulation of PRDX1 expression was found in thyroid cancer cells treated with proteasome inhibitors, and PRDX1 knockdown resulted in accelerated proteasome inhibitor-induced cell death. In addition, we demonstrated that ASK1 activity was implicated in the PRDX1-dependent response of thyroid cancer cells to proteasome inhibitor-mediated cell death.


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