Braidotti Stefania, Curci Debora, Zampieri Daniele, Covino Cesare, Zanon Davide, Maximova Natalia, Sala Roberto
Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34137 Trieste, Italy.
Advanced Translational Diagnostic Laboratory, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, 34137 Trieste, Italy.
Biomedicines. 2023 Oct 31;11(11):2940. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11112940.
Oligodendroglioma (OG) is a brain tumor that contributes to <1% of brain tumor diagnoses in the pediatric population. Unfortunately, pediatric OG remains without definitive molecular characteristics to aid in diagnosis, and little is known about the tumor microenvironment. Tumor cells' metabolism and proliferation rate are generally higher than those of healthy cells, so their iron demand is also significantly higher. This consideration underlines the great importance of iron for tumor development and progression. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the effect of iron in a cellular in vitro model of human oligodendroglioma brain tumor. Cell morphology, the effect of siderotic medium on cell growth, iron uptake, and the expression of iron-metabolism-related genes were evaluated via optic microscopy, ICP-MS, confocal microscopy, and real-time PCR, respectively. This study underlines the great importance of iron for tumor development and progression and also the possibility of reducing the available iron concentration to determine an antiproliferative effect on OG. Therefore, every attempt can be promising to defeat OG for which there are currently no long-term curative therapies.
少突胶质细胞瘤(OG)是一种脑肿瘤,在儿童脑肿瘤诊断中占比不到1%。不幸的是,儿童OG仍缺乏有助于诊断的确切分子特征,且对肿瘤微环境了解甚少。肿瘤细胞的代谢和增殖速率通常高于健康细胞,因此它们对铁的需求也显著更高。这一考量凸显了铁对肿瘤发生发展的重要性。在此背景下,本研究旨在评估铁在人少突胶质细胞瘤脑肿瘤细胞体外模型中的作用。分别通过光学显微镜、电感耦合等离子体质谱法(ICP-MS)、共聚焦显微镜和实时聚合酶链反应(PCR)评估细胞形态、高铁培养基对细胞生长的影响、铁摄取以及铁代谢相关基因的表达。本研究强调了铁对肿瘤发生发展的重要性,以及降低可用铁浓度以确定对OG的抗增殖作用的可能性。因此,每一次尝试都有望战胜目前尚无长期治愈疗法的OG。
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