scholarly journals Systemic Evaluation on the Pharmacokinetics of Platinum-Based Anticancer Drugs From Animal to Cell Level: Based on Total Platinum and Intact Drugs

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiying Qin ◽  
Guanghui Ren ◽  
Jinjie Yuan ◽  
Huili Chen ◽  
Yang Lu ◽  
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Author(s):  
E D Boyes ◽  
L Hanna

A VG HB501 FEG STEM has been modified to provide track whilst tilt [TWIT] facilities for controllably tilting selected and initially randomly aligned nanometer-sized particles into the high symmetry zone-axis orientations required for microdiffraction, lattice imaging and chemical microanalysis at the unit cell level. New electronics display in alternate TV fields and effectively in parallel on split [+VTR] or adjacent externally synchronized screens, the micro-diffraction pattern from a selected area down to <1nm2 in size, together with the bright field and high angle annular dark field [HADF] STEM images of a much wider [˜1μm] area centered on the same spot. The new system makes it possible to tilt each selected and initially randomly aligned small particle into a zone axis orientation for microdiffraction, or away from it to minimize orientation effects in chemical microanalysis. Tracking of the inevitable specimen movement with tilt is controlled by the operator, with realtime [60Hz] update of the target designation in real space and the diffraction data in reciprocal space. The spot mode micro-DP and images of the surrounding area are displayed continuously. The regular motorized goniometer stage for the HB501STEM is a top entry design but the new control facilities are almost equivalent to having a stage which is eucentric with nanometric precision about both tilt axes.


2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (2F) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herlinde Dumez ◽  
Martin Highley ◽  
Gunther Guetens ◽  
Gert De Boeck ◽  
Axel Hanauske ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mayson H. Alkhatib ◽  
Dalal Al-Saedi ◽  
Wadiah S. Backer

The combination of anticancer drugs in nanoparticles has great potential as a promising strategy to maximize efficacies by eradicating resistant, reduce the dosage of the drug and minimize toxicities on the normal cells. Gemcitabine (GEM), a nucleoside analogue, and atorvastatin (ATV), a cholesterol lowering agent, have shown anticancer effect with some limitations. The objective of this in vitro study was to evaluate the antitumor activity of the combination therapy of GEM and ATVencapsulated in a microemulsion (ME) formulation in the HCT116 colon cancer cells. The cytotoxicity and efficacy of the formulation were assessed by the 3- (4,5dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5-diphyneltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The mechanism of cell death was examined by observing the morphological changes of treated cells under light microscope, identifying apoptosis by using the ApopNexin apoptosis detection kit, and viewing the morphological changes in the chromatin structure stained with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) under the inverted fluorescence microscope. It has been found that reducing the concentration of GEM loaded on ME (GEM-ME) from 5μM to 1.67μM by combining it with 3.33μM of ATV in a ME formulation (GEM/2ATV-ME) has preserved the strong cytotoxicity of GEM-ME against HCT116 cells. The current study proved that formulating GEM with ATV in ME has improved the therapeutic potential of GEM and ATV as anticancer drugs.


Author(s):  
Joachim Delasoie ◽  
Aleksandar Pavic ◽  
Noémie Voutier ◽  
Sandra Vojnovic ◽  
Aurélien Crochet ◽  
...  

Synthesized and characterized a series of rhenium(I) trycarbonyl-based complexes with increased lipophilicity. Two of these novel compounds were discovered to possess remarkable anticancer, anti-angiogenic and antimetastatic activity <i>in vivo</i> (zebrafish-human CRC xenograft model), being effective at very low doses (1-3 µM). At doses as high as 250 µM the complexes did not provoke toxicity issues encountered in clinical anticancer drugs (cardio-, hepato-, and myelotoxicity). The two compounds exceed the antiproliferative and anti-angiogenic potency of clinical drugs cisplatin and sunitinib-malate, and display a large therapeutic window.


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