| Literature DB >> 30594659 |
Amirhosein Kefayat1, Fatemeh Ghahremani2, Hasan Motaghi3, Alireza Amouheidari4.
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to investigate folic acid and BSA decorated gold nanoclusters (FA-AuNCs) effect on the enhancement of intracranial C6 glioma tumors radiation therapy (RT) efficacy. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) measurements exhibited about 2.5 times more FA-AuNCs uptake by C6 cancer cells (32.8 ng/106 cells) than the normal cells. FA-AuNCs had significantly higher concentration in the brain tumors (8.1 μg/mg) in comparison with surrounding normal brain tissue (4.3 μg/mg). Moreover, FA-AuNCs exhibited dose enhancement factor (DEF) of 1.6. The glioma-bearing rats' survival times were almost doubled at radiation therapy + FA-AuNCs (25.0 ± 1.5 days) in comparison with no-treatment group (12.8 ± 0.7 days). The Ki-67 labeling index was 48.89% ± 9.93 for control, 29.98% ± 8.32 for RT, and 11.53% ± 7.65 for RT + FA-AuNCs. Therefore, FA-AuNCs can be effective radiosensitizers for intracranial glioma tumors RT.Entities:
Keywords: Blood–brain barrier; Brain tumor; Folic acid; Gold nanoclusters; Radiosensitizer
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Year: 2018 PMID： 30594659 DOI： 10.1016/j.nano.2018.12.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanomedicine ISSN： 1549-9634 Impact factor: 5.307