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Challenges and Contradictions of Metal Nano-Particle Applications for Radio-Sensitivity Enhancement in Cancer Therapy

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081707%3A_____%2F19%3A00504530" target="_blank" >RIV/68081707:_____/19:00504530 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/00216305:26220/19:PU134051

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/588/pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/588/pdf</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030588" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms20030588</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Challenges and Contradictions of Metal Nano-Particle Applications for Radio-Sensitivity Enhancement in Cancer Therapy

  • Original language description

    From the very beginnings of radiotherapy, a crucial question persists with how to target the radiation effectiveness into the tumor while preserving surrounding tissues as undamaged as possible. One promising approach is to selectively pre-sensitize tumor cells by metallic nanoparticles. However, though the physics behind nanoparticle-mediated radio-interaction has been well elaborated, practical applications in medicine remain challenging and often disappointing because of limited knowledge on biological mechanisms leading to cell damage enhancement and eventually cell death. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of different nanoparticle materials (platinum (Pt), and gold (Au)), cancer cell types (HeLa, U87, and SKBr3), and doses (up to 4 Gy) of low-Linear Energy Transfer (LET) ionizing radiation (- and X-rays) on the extent, complexity and reparability of radiation-induced H2AX + 53BP1 foci, the markers of double stand breaks (DSBs). Firstly, we sensitively compared the focus presence in nuclei during a long period of time post-irradiation (24 h) in spatially (three-dimensionally, 3D) fixed cells incubated and non-incubated with Pt nanoparticles by means of high-resolution immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. The data were compared with our preliminary results obtained for Au nanoparticles and recently published results for gadolinium (Gd) nanoparticles of approximately the same size (2-3 nm). Next, we introduced a novel super-resolution approachsingle molecule localization microscopy (SMLM)to study the internal structure of the repair foci. In these experiments, 10 nm Au nanoparticles were used that could be also visualized by SMLM. Altogether, the data show that different nanoparticles may or may not enhance radiation damage to DNA, so multi-parameter effects have to be considered to better interpret the radiosensitization. Based on these findings, we discussed on conclusions and contradictions related to the effectiveness and presumptive mechanisms of the cell radiosensitization by nanoparticles. We also demonstrate that SMLM offers new perspectives to study internal structures of repair foci with the goal to better evaluate potential differences in DNA damage patterns.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2019

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences

  • ISSN

    1422-0067

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    20

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    CH - SWITZERLAND

  • Number of pages

    25

  • Pages from-to

    588

  • UT code for WoS article

    000462412500132

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database