Selenium promotes immunogenic radiotherapy against cervical cancer metastasis through evoking P53 activation

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Radiotherapy is still the recommended treatment for cervical cancer. However, radioresistance and radiation-induced side effects remain one of the biggest clinical problems. Selenium (Se) has been confirmed to exhibit radiation-enhancing effects for cancer treatment. However, Se species dominate the biological activities and which form of Se possesses better radiosensitizing properties and radiation safety remains elusive. Here, different Se species (the valence state of Se ranged from - 2, 0, +4 to + 6) synergy screen was carried out to identify the potential radiosensitizing effects and radiation safety of Se against cervical cancer. We found that the therapeutic effects varied with the changes in the Se valence state. Sodium selenite (+4) displayed strong cancer-killing effects but also possessed severe cytotoxicity. Sodium selenate (+6) neither enhanced the killing effects of X-ray nor possessed anticancer activity by its alone treatment. Although nano-selenium (0), especially Let-SeNPs, has better radiosensitizing activity, the - 2 organic Se, such as selenadiazole derivative SeD (-2) exhibited more potent anticancer effects and possessed a higher safe index. Overall, the selected Se drugs were able to synergize with X-ray to inhibit cell growth, clone formation, and cell migration by triggering G2/M phase arrest and apoptosis, and SeD (-2) was found to exhibit more potent enhancing capacity. Further mechanism studies showed that SeD mediated p53 pathway activation by inducing DNA damage through promoting ROS production. Additionally, SeD combined with X-ray therapy can induce an anti-tumor immune response in vivo. More importantly, SeD combined with X-ray significantly inhibited the liver metastasis of tumor cells and alleviated the side effects caused by radiation therapy in tumor-bearing mice. Taken together, this study demonstrates the radiosensitization and radiation safety effects of different Se species, which may shed light on the application of such Se-containing drugs serving as side effects-reducing agents for cervical cancer radiation treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:305

Enthalten in:

Biomaterials - 305(2024) vom: 06. Jan., Seite 122452

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Yanchao [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Haoqiang [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Shuya [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Liuliu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ziyi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Tianfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xueqiong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cervical cancer
H6241UJ22B
Journal Article
Metastasis
Radiation safety
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
Radiosensitization
Selenium
Selenium species
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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Date Completed 29.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122452

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NLM366450840