Haiping Wang1, Long Li1, Pan Wang1, Xiaobing Wang1, Kun Zhang2, Quanhong Liu3. 1. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Plant Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, China. 2. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Plant Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, China. Electronic address: zkxian@snnu.edu.cn. 3. Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Medicinal Plant Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, China. Electronic address: lshaof@snnu.edu.cn.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance (MDR) of breast cancer is a major obstacle in chemotherapy of cancer treatments. Recently the anti-tumor effects of Chlorin e6 (Ce6) mediated photodynamic therapy (Ce6-PDT) were reported in skin cancer and hepatoma in vitro. However, its therapeutic potential in killing human breast cancer especially those with MDR and the differences between MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR after PDT treatment has not been fully investigated. METHODS: MTT assay was used to measure cell survival rate of MCF-7 cells and MCF-7/ADR cells. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured by monitoring the fluorescence intensity of dichlorofluorescein (DCF) by flow cytometry. Nuclear morphology changes and DNA damage in both MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR after Ce6-PDT were analyzed by hochest33342 staining and comet assay. Western blot and monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining were used to monitor autophagic response in MCF-7/ADR. RESULTS: Ce6-PDT induced cell viability decrease, intracellular ROS generation, and DNA damage in concentration-dependent and cell-specific manner, and MCF-7 was more sensitive to Ce6-PDT than MCF-7/ADR cells at the same PDT condition. PDT treatment could trigger cell death via apoptosis in MCF-7 cells but autophagic cell death in MCF-7/ADR cells. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that MCF-7 was more sensitive to Ce6-PDT than MCF-7/ADR, and PDT treatment could trigger apoptotic response in MCF-7 cells, but stimulate autophagic response in MCF-7/ADR cells. Copyright Â
BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance (MDR) of breast cancer is a major obstacle in chemotherapy of cancer treatments. Recently the anti-tumor effects of Chlorin e6 (Ce6) mediated photodynamic therapy (Ce6-PDT) were reported in skin cancer and hepatoma in vitro. However, its therapeutic potential in killing humanbreast cancer especially those with MDR and the differences between MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR after PDT treatment has not been fully investigated. METHODS:MTT assay was used to measure cell survival rate of MCF-7 cells and MCF-7/ADR cells. Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation was measured by monitoring the fluorescence intensity of dichlorofluorescein (DCF) by flow cytometry. Nuclear morphology changes and DNA damage in both MCF-7 and MCF-7/ADR after Ce6-PDT were analyzed by hochest33342 staining and comet assay. Western blot and monodansylcadaverine (MDC) staining were used to monitor autophagic response in MCF-7/ADR. RESULTS:Ce6-PDT induced cell viability decrease, intracellular ROS generation, and DNA damage in concentration-dependent and cell-specific manner, and MCF-7 was more sensitive to Ce6-PDT than MCF-7/ADR cells at the same PDT condition. PDT treatment could trigger cell death via apoptosis in MCF-7 cells but autophagic cell death in MCF-7/ADR cells. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that MCF-7 was more sensitive to Ce6-PDT than MCF-7/ADR, and PDT treatment could trigger apoptotic response in MCF-7 cells, but stimulate autophagic response in MCF-7/ADR cells. Copyright Â
Authors: Waleska K Martins; Renata Belotto; Maryana N Silva; Daniel Grasso; Maynne D Suriani; Tayná S Lavor; Rosangela Itri; Mauricio S Baptista; Tayana M Tsubone Journal: Front Oncol Date: 2021-01-20 Impact factor: 6.244