Biphasic effects of l-ascorbate on the tumoricidal activity of non-thermal plasma against malignant mesothelioma cells

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Non-thermal plasma (NTP) is a recently developed technology that elicits a variety of biological effects. This includes cancer cell-specific cytotoxicity, which is mainly attributed to the regional generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We studied the effects of NTP on malignant mesothelioma (MM) and its modulation by l-ascorbate. l-ascorbate is a major water-soluble anti-oxidant in vivo, but its pro-oxidant activity in vitro has been well recognized. Thus, the effects of ascorbate on the efficacy of NTP is important to examine. NTP exposure dose-dependently killed MM cells, whereas MM cells tolerated 1 mM l-ascorbate. However, brief pre-treatment with a pharmacological dose (250-750 μM) of l-ascorbate immediately prior to NTP exposure significantly increased its cytotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner, which was inhibited by the iron chelator, deferoxamine. However, paradoxically, this potentiating effect of l-ascorbate was completely abolished by a prolonged 4 h pre-incubation with l-ascorbate (500 μM). MM cytotoxicity induced by NTP was associated with immediate oxidative stress evaluated by 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorecein diacetate, which was followed by an increase in the expression of the autophagosome marker, LC3B-II. In conclusion, MM can be a target for NTP treatment and l-ascorbate can increase or decrease its efficacy depending on the length of the pre-incubation period.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:605

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Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 605(2016) vom: 01. Sept., Seite 109-16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shi, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yue [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Fumiya [VerfasserIn]
Okazaki, Yasumasa [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Hiromasa [VerfasserIn]
Mizuno, Masaaki [VerfasserIn]
Hori, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Des R [VerfasserIn]
Toyokuni, Shinya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Antioxidants
Ascorbic Acid
Autophagy
Deferoxamine
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Journal Article
L-ascorbate
Mesothelioma
Non-thermal plasma (NTP)
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Plasma Gases
Reactive Oxygen Species
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

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Date Completed 02.05.2017

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.abb.2016.05.016

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NLM26082674X