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Mokhtari Z, Seyedhashemi E, Eftekhari M, Ghasemi S, Sabouri A, Abbaszadeh-Goudarzi K, Abuali M, Azimi H, Kesharwani P, Pourghadamyari H, Sahebkar A. Enhancement of cisplatin-induced apoptosis by saffron in human lung cancer cells. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2023; 79:127229. [PMID: 37315393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2023.127229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cisplatin is a prevalent chemotherapeutic agent, and it has been used extensively to treat lung cancer. However, its clinical efficacy is hampered by its safety profile and dose-limiting toxicity. Saffron is a natural product that has shown significant anticancer effects. The combination treatment of saffron with chemotherapeutic agents has been considered a new strategy. METHODS Herein, saffron extract as a natural anticancer substance was combined with cisplatin to assess their combined efficacy against tumor development in vitro. In A549 and QU-DB cell lines, the combined effect of the saffron extract with cisplatin led to a significant reduction in cell viability as compared to cisplatin alone. RESULTS After 48 h incubation a considerable reduction in ROS levels in the QU-DB cell line upon treatment with cisplatin in the presence of saffron extract in comparison with cells treated with cisplatin alone. Furthermore, apoptosis increased significantly when in cells treated with cisplatin in combination with saffron extract compared to cisplatin alone. CONCLUSION Our data establish that the combination of saffron extract as a natural anticancer substance with cisplatin leads to improved cell toxicity of cisplatin as an anticancer agent. Therefore, the saffron extract could be potentially used as an additive to enable a reduction in cisplatin dosages and its side effects.
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- Zeinab Mokhtari
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetic, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetic, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Hormozegan, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Tehran Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, East Branch of Payamnoor University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Islamic Azad University of Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110062, India; Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, India
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- Herbal and Traditional Medicines Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Institute of Basic and Clinical hysiology Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Davenne T, Percier P, Larbanoix L, Moser M, Leo O, Meylan E, Goriely S, Gérard P, Wauthoz N, Laurent S, Amighi K, Rosière R. Inhaled dry powder cisplatin increases antitumour response to anti-PD1 in a murine lung cancer model. J Control Release 2023; 353:317-326. [PMID: 36470334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Despite advances in targeted therapies and immunotherapy in lung cancer, chemotherapy remains the backbone of treatment in most patients at different stages of the disease. Inhaled chemotherapy is a promising strategy to target lung tumours and to limit the induced severe systemic toxicities. Cisplatin dry powder for inhalation (CIS-DPI) was tested as an innovative way to deliver cisplatin locally via the pulmonary route with minimal systemic toxicities. In vivo, CIS-DPI demonstrated a dose-dependent antiproliferative activity in the M109 orthotopic murine lung tumour model and upregulated the immune checkpoint PD-L1 on lung tumour cells. Combination of CIS-DPI with the immune checkpoint inhibitor anti-PD1 showed significantly reduced tumour size, increased the number of responders and prolonged median survival over time in comparison to the anti-PD1 monotherapy. Furthermore, the CIS-DPI and anti-PD1 combination induced an intra-tumour recruitment of conventional dendritic cells and tumour infiltrating lymphocytes, highlighting an anti-tumour immune response. This study demonstrates that combining CIS-DPI with anti-PD1 is a promising strategy to improve lung cancer therapy.
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- Tamara Davenne
- InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2, Gosselies, Belgium; Laboratory of Immunobiology, U-CRI, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Gosselies, Belgium; Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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- InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2, Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Université de Mons, Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, U-CRI, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, U-CRI, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, U-CRI, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Gosselies, Belgium; Lung Cancer and Immuno-Oncology Laboratory, Bordet Cancer Research Laboratories, Institut Jules Bordet, ULB, Anderlecht, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, U-CRI, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Gosselies, Belgium.
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- InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), Université de Mons, Gosselies, Belgium.
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- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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- InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2, Gosselies, Belgium; Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, ULB, Brussels, Belgium.
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Chraibi S, Rosière R, De Prez E, Gérard P, Antoine MH, Langer I, Nortier J, Remmelink M, Amighi K, Wauthoz N. Preclinical tolerance evaluation of the addition of a cisplatin-based dry powder for inhalation to the conventional carboplatin-paclitaxel doublet for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 139:111716. [PMID: 34243618 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the advances in targeted therapies and immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, the intravenous administration of carboplatin (CARB) and paclitaxel (PTX) in well-spaced cycles is widely indicated for the treatment of NSCLC from stage II to stage IV. Our strategy was to add a controlled-release cisplatin-based dry-powder for inhalation (CIS-DPI-ET) to the conventional CARB-PTX-IV doublet, administered during the treatment off-cycles to intensify the therapeutic response while avoiding the impairment of pulmonary, renal and haematological tolerance of these combinations. The co-administration of CIS-DPI-ET (0.5 mg/kg) and CARB-PTX-IV (17-10 mg/kg) the same day showed a higher proportion of neutrophils in BALF (35 ± 7% vs 1.3 ± 0.8%), with earlier regenerative anaemia than with CARB-PTX-IV alone. A first strategy of CARB-PTX-IV dose reduction by 25% also induced neutrophil recruitment, but in a lower proportion than with the first combination (20 ± 6% vs 0.3 ± 0.3%) and avoiding regenerative anaemia. A second strategy of delaying CIS-DPI-ET and CARB-PTX-IV administrations by 24 h avoided both the recruitment of neutrophils in BALF and regenerative anaemia. Moreover, all these groups showed higher cytotoxicity (LDH activity, protein content) with no higher renal toxicities. These two strategies seem interesting to be assessed in terms of antitumor efficacy in mice.
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- S Chraibi
- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.
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- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium; InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Auguste Piccard 37, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- InhaTarget Therapeutics, Rue Auguste Piccard 37, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire (IRIBHM), ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, ULB, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Unit of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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