Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pain research center, Neuroscience Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pathol Res Pract. 2023 May;245:154427. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2023.154427. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
Glioblastoma (GBM) remains the most lethal brain tumor without any curative treatment. Exosomes can mediate cell-to-cell communication, and may function as a new type of targeted therapy. In this study, the therapeutic benefits of exosomes generated by U87 cells treated with curcumin and/or temozolomide were investigated. The cells were cultured and treated with temozolomide (TMZ), curcumin (Cur), or their combination (TMZ+Cur). Exosomes were isolated with a centrifugation kit and characterized using DLS, SEM, TEM, and Western blotting. The levels of exosomal BDNF and TNF-α were measured. Naïve U87 cells were treated with the isolated exosomes, and the effects on apoptosis-related proteins HSP27, HSP70, HSP90, and P53 were assessed. All exosomes, Cur-Exo, TMZ-Exo, and TMZ+Cur-Exo increased cleaved caspase 3, Bax, and P53 proteins, while reducing HSP27, HSP70, HSP90, and Bcl2 proteins. Moreover all treatment groups increased apoptosis in naïve U87 recipient cells. Exosomes released from treated U87 cells had less BDNF and more TNF-α compared to exosomes released from naive U87 cells. In conclusion, we showed for the first time that exosomes released from drug-treated U87 cells could be a new therapeutic approach in glioblastoma, and could reduce the side effects produced by drugs alone. This concept needs to be further examined in animal models before clinical trials could be considered.
胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)仍然是最致命的脑肿瘤,没有任何治愈性的治疗方法。外泌体可以介导细胞间的通讯,并可能作为一种新型的靶向治疗方法。在这项研究中,研究了用姜黄素和/或替莫唑胺处理的 U87 细胞产生的外泌体的治疗益处。将细胞进行培养并分别用替莫唑胺(TMZ)、姜黄素(Cur)或两者联合(TMZ+Cur)处理。用离心试剂盒分离外泌体,并通过 DLS、SEM、TEM 和 Western blot 进行表征。测量外泌体 BDNF 和 TNF-α 的水平。用分离的外泌体处理幼稚的 U87 细胞,并评估对外泌体 HSP27、HSP70、HSP90 和 P53 相关蛋白的凋亡的影响。所有外泌体、Cur-Exo、TMZ-Exo 和 TMZ+Cur-Exo 均增加了裂解的 caspase 3、Bax 和 P53 蛋白,同时减少了 HSP27、HSP70、HSP90 和 Bcl2 蛋白。此外,所有治疗组均增加了幼稚 U87 受体细胞的凋亡。与来自幼稚 U87 细胞的外泌体相比,来自经药物处理的 U87 细胞释放的外泌体具有更少的 BDNF 和更多的 TNF-α。总之,我们首次表明,来自药物处理的 U87 细胞释放的外泌体可能是胶质母细胞瘤的一种新的治疗方法,并可能减少单独使用药物产生的副作用。在考虑临床试验之前,需要在动物模型中进一步研究这一概念。