Effectiveness of Rhenium(I)-diselenoether Low Doses in a Triple-negative Breast Cancer Chicken Embryo Model

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Rhenium(I)-diselenoether (Re-diSe) is a promising anticancer agent composed of one rhenium and two selenium atoms. Its effectiveness was established in inhibiting cancer cells while maintaining low toxicity toward normal cells at a 5 μM dose for 120 hours in MDA-MB-231 cells. In MDA-MB-231 breast tumor-bearing mice, anti-tumor and anti-metastatic effects were observed at a 10 mg/kg dose. However, contradictory results were observed in the 4T1 breast cancer model, where a dose of 60 mg/kg had a pro-tumor effect. To address these discrepancies, the efficacy of Re-diSe at the effective 10 mg/kg dose was validated in a transplanted MDA-MB-231 breast tumor model using the chicken chorioallantoic membrane assay.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: MDA-MB-231 cancer cells were xenografted onto the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM), and daily drug administration was carried out for nine days at doses of 0.1, 1, and 10 mg/kg. At the study's conclusion, a standard histological analysis was conducted.

RESULTS: The low dose of 0.1 mg/kg showed a significant reduction in tumor weights compared to controls. The 1 mg/kg dose resulted in an increased inflammation score but did not induce a significant difference in tumor weights compared to the 0.1 mg/kg dose. Notably, at the 10 mg/kg dose, six out of 11 treated embryos displayed no visible signs of tumors. These tumors exhibited extensive tumor necrosis and significant infiltration by inflammatory cells.

CONCLUSION: In this particular model, the anticancer efficacy of Re-diSe was achieved at the low dose of 0.1 mg/kg. The higher dose of 10 mg/kg, while eliminating visible tumors, might have immune-mediated effects, as indicated by substantial tumor necrosis and infiltration by inflammatory cells. Overall, this study successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of Re-diSe as an anticancer agent.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

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Anticancer research - 44(2024), 3 vom: 29. März, Seite 941-951

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Collery, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Prunier, Chloe [VerfasserIn]
Dosda, Emilien [VerfasserIn]
Viallet, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Harikrishnan, Adhikesavan [VerfasserIn]
Veena, Vijay [VerfasserIn]
Desmaele, Didier [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7440-15-5
Antineoplastic Agents
Breast cancer
Chicken embryo model
Dose-effect
Inflammation
Journal Article
Rhenium
Selenium

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.21873/anticanres.16889

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36913558X