Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IBFM-CNR), Cefalù, (PA), Italy.
SYSBIO Centre of Systems Biology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 31;9(1):11134. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47553-2.
In breast cancer (BC) care, radiotherapy is considered an efficient treatment, prescribed both for controlling localized tumors or as a therapeutic option in case of inoperable, incompletely resected or recurrent tumors. However, approximately 90% of BC-related deaths are due to the metastatic tumor progression. Then, it is strongly desirable to improve tumor radiosensitivity using molecules with synergistic action. The main aim of this study is to develop curcumin-loaded solid nanoparticles (Cur-SLN) in order to increase curcumin bioavailability and to evaluate their radiosensitizing ability in comparison to free curcumin (free-Cur), by using an in vitro approach on BC cell lines. In addition, transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles, induced by Cur-SLN treatments, highlighted networks involved in this radiosensitization ability. The non tumorigenic MCF10A and the tumorigenic MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 BC cell lines were used. Curcumin-loaded solid nanoparticles were prepared using ethanolic precipitation and the loading capacity was evaluated by UV spectrophotometer analysis. Cell survival after treatments was evaluated by clonogenic assay. Dose-response curves were generated testing three concentrations of free-Cur and Cur-SLN in combination with increasing doses of IR (2-9 Gy). IC value and Dose Modifying Factor (DMF) was measured to quantify the sensitivity to curcumin and to combined treatments. A multi-"omic" approach was used to explain the Cur-SLN radiosensitizer effect by microarray and metobolomic analysis. We have shown the efficacy of the Cur-SLN formulation as radiosensitizer on three BC cell lines. The DMFs values, calculated at the isoeffect of SF = 50%, showed that the Luminal A MCF7 resulted sensitive to the combined treatments using increasing concentration of vehicled curcumin Cur-SLN (DMF: 1,78 with 10 µM Cur-SLN.) Instead, triple negative MDA-MB-231 cells were more sensitive to free-Cur, although these cells also receive a radiosensitization effect by combination with Cur-SLN (DMF: 1.38 with 10 µM Cur-SLN). The Cur-SLN radiosensitizing function, evaluated by transcriptomic and metabolomic approach, revealed anti-oxidant and anti-tumor effects. Curcumin loaded- SLN can be suggested in future preclinical and clinical studies to test its concomitant use during radiotherapy treatments with the double implications of being a radiosensitizing molecule against cancer cells, with a protective role against IR side effects.
在乳腺癌(BC)治疗中,放射疗法被认为是一种有效的治疗方法,既可以用于控制局部肿瘤,也可以作为无法手术、不完全切除或复发肿瘤的治疗选择。然而,大约 90%的 BC 相关死亡是由于转移性肿瘤进展。因此,强烈需要使用具有协同作用的分子来提高肿瘤的放射敏感性。本研究的主要目的是开发负载姜黄素的固体纳米粒子(Cur-SLN),以提高姜黄素的生物利用度,并通过使用体外方法比较负载姜黄素的固体纳米粒子(Cur-SLN)与游离姜黄素(free-Cur)在 BC 细胞系中的放射增敏能力。此外,Cur-SLN 处理后转录组和代谢组学谱突出了涉及这种放射增敏能力的网络。使用非致瘤 MCF10A 和致瘤 MCF7 和 MDA-MB-231 BC 细胞系进行了研究。使用乙醇沉淀法制备负载姜黄素的固体纳米粒子,并通过紫外分光光度计分析评估载药量。通过集落形成实验评估处理后的细胞存活率。生成剂量-反应曲线,测试三种浓度的游离姜黄素和 Cur-SLN 与增加剂量的 IR(2-9 Gy)相结合。测量 IC 值和剂量修正因子(DMF),以量化对姜黄素和联合治疗的敏感性。通过微阵列和代谢组学分析,使用多“组学”方法来解释 Cur-SLN 放射增敏剂的作用。我们已经证明了 Cur-SLN 配方作为三种 BC 细胞系放射增敏剂的功效。在 SF=50%的等效应计算中,DMFs 值表明,Luminal A MCF7 对载药姜黄素 Cur-SLN 的浓度增加的联合治疗敏感(DMF:1.78 与 10 μM Cur-SLN)。相反,三阴性 MDA-MB-231 细胞对游离姜黄素更敏感,尽管这些细胞通过与 Cur-SLN 联合也受到放射增敏作用(DMF:1.38 与 10 μM Cur-SLN)。通过转录组学和代谢组学方法评估的 Cur-SLN 放射增敏功能显示出抗氧化和抗肿瘤作用。负载姜黄素的 SLN 可以在未来的临床前和临床研究中进行测试,以检验其在放射治疗期间与放射增敏分子同时使用的效果,这具有双重意义,既是癌细胞的放射增敏分子,又具有对抗 IR 副作用的保护作用。
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