Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment
Background: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer treatment. Sex hormones, the key drivers for the development of female hormonal dependent cancers, might affect cancer treatment. There are seldom studies to evaluate the effect of sex hormones mimicked the menstrual cycle on the...
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| description | Background: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer treatment. Sex hormones, the key drivers for the development of female hormonal dependent cancers, might affect cancer treatment. There are seldom studies to evaluate the effect of sex hormones mimicked the menstrual cycle on the PDT mediated by prodrug 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its ester derivatives to the hormonal dependent cancers. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of sex hormones on Hexyl-ALA-PDT in hormonal dependent cancers and the effect of the sex hormones on heme biosynthetic pathway. Methods: Cell culture system that mimicked the fluctuation of sex hormones 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (PG) in the menstrual cycle was developed. Two pairs of hormonal-independent and hormonal dependent uterine sarcoma and breast cancer cell lines were used as cell models. Hexyl-ALA induced PpIX production and intracellular localization were examined. Key enzymes for PpIX synthesis were analysed. Hexyl-ALA-PDT mediated phototoxicity was evaluated. Results: The PpIX generation was increased in the hormonal-dependent cells (28–50 %) when cultured in the hormonal microenvironment with long incubation of Hexyl-ALA for 15 and 24 h compared to that cultured without hormones; whereas only slight difference in PpIX generation in their hormonal-independent counterpart. The PpIX generation was in a time-dependent manner. The CPOX, PPOX and FECH expressions were significantly enhanced by Hexyl-ALA-PDT in uterine sarcoma cells in hormonal microenvironment. Hexyl-ALA-PDT triggered significant increase of PPOX expression in breast cancer cells in hormonal microenvironment. The Hexyl-ALA-PDT phototoxicity was enhanced by 18–40 % in cells cultured in the hormonal system in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion: The PpIX generation and the efficacy of Hexyl-ALA-PDT in both uterine sarcoma and breast cancer cells was significantly enhanced by the sex hormones via cultured in the hormonal microenvironment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-799eeb98186c4b8683c0e759e883990c2024-12-11T05:55:41ZengElsevierPhotodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy1572-10002024-02-0145103998Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironmentEllie Shihng-meir Chu0Ricky Wing-kei Wu1Zheng Huang2School of Medical & Health Sciences, Tung Wah College, Hong Kong SAR, China; Corresponding author.Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UKMOE Key Laboratory of Photonics Science and Technology for Medicine, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaBackground: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer treatment. Sex hormones, the key drivers for the development of female hormonal dependent cancers, might affect cancer treatment. There are seldom studies to evaluate the effect of sex hormones mimicked the menstrual cycle on the PDT mediated by prodrug 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and its ester derivatives to the hormonal dependent cancers. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of sex hormones on Hexyl-ALA-PDT in hormonal dependent cancers and the effect of the sex hormones on heme biosynthetic pathway. Methods: Cell culture system that mimicked the fluctuation of sex hormones 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (PG) in the menstrual cycle was developed. Two pairs of hormonal-independent and hormonal dependent uterine sarcoma and breast cancer cell lines were used as cell models. Hexyl-ALA induced PpIX production and intracellular localization were examined. Key enzymes for PpIX synthesis were analysed. Hexyl-ALA-PDT mediated phototoxicity was evaluated. Results: The PpIX generation was increased in the hormonal-dependent cells (28–50 %) when cultured in the hormonal microenvironment with long incubation of Hexyl-ALA for 15 and 24 h compared to that cultured without hormones; whereas only slight difference in PpIX generation in their hormonal-independent counterpart. The PpIX generation was in a time-dependent manner. The CPOX, PPOX and FECH expressions were significantly enhanced by Hexyl-ALA-PDT in uterine sarcoma cells in hormonal microenvironment. Hexyl-ALA-PDT triggered significant increase of PPOX expression in breast cancer cells in hormonal microenvironment. The Hexyl-ALA-PDT phototoxicity was enhanced by 18–40 % in cells cultured in the hormonal system in a dose-dependent manner. Conclusion: The PpIX generation and the efficacy of Hexyl-ALA-PDT in both uterine sarcoma and breast cancer cells was significantly enhanced by the sex hormones via cultured in the hormonal microenvironment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572100024000371Photodynamic therapyHexyl-ALAHormonal microenvironmentHeme pathwaySex hormones |
| spellingShingle | Ellie Shihng-meir Chu Ricky Wing-kei Wu Zheng Huang Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy Photodynamic therapy Hexyl-ALA Hormonal microenvironment Heme pathway Sex hormones |
| title | Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| title_full | Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| title_fullStr | Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| title_short | Potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal-dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| title_sort | potential therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy on female hormonal dependent cancers in a hormonal simulated microenvironment |
| topic | Photodynamic therapy Hexyl-ALA Hormonal microenvironment Heme pathway Sex hormones |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572100024000371 |
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