Anti-Tumor Drug-Loaded Oxygen Nanobubbles for the Degradation of HIF-1α and the Upregulation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Tumor Cells.
Muhammad Saad KhanJangsun HwangKyungwoo LeeYonghyun ChoiYoungmin SeoHojeong JeonJong Wook HongJonghoon ChoiPublished in: Cancers (2019)
Hypoxia is a key concern during the treatment of tumors, and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) has been associated with increased tumor resistance to therapeutic modalities. In this study, doxorubicin-loaded oxygen nanobubbles (Dox/ONBs) were synthesized, and the effectiveness of drug delivery to MDA-MB-231 breast cancer and HeLa cells was evaluated. Dox/ONBs were characterized using optical and fluorescence microscopy, and size measurements were performed through nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA). The working mechanism of Dox was evaluated using reactive oxygen species (ROS) assays, and cellular penetration was assessed with confocal microscopy. Hypoxic conditions were established to assess the effect of Dox/ONBs under hypoxic conditions compared with normoxic conditions. Our results indicate that Dox/ONBs are effective for drug delivery, enhancing oxygen levels, and ROS generation in tumor-derived cell lines.
Keyphrases
- drug delivery
- reactive oxygen species
- cancer therapy
- cell cycle arrest
- cell death
- drug release
- high resolution
- endothelial cells
- single molecule
- induced apoptosis
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- high throughput
- high speed
- dna damage
- oxidative stress
- optical coherence tomography
- pi k akt
- signaling pathway
- poor prognosis
- adverse drug
- quantum dots