Trolox Enhances Curcumin's Cytotoxicity through Induction of Oxidative Stress

Trolox selectively enhances arsenic-mediated oxidative stress and apoptosis in APL and other malignant cell lines.

Although arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) is an effective therapy in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), its use in other malignancies is limited by the toxicity of concentrations required to induce apoptosis in non-APL tumor cells. We looked for agents that would synergize with As(2)O(3) to induce apoptosis in malignant cells, but not in normal cells. We found that trolox (6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetram...

Hyperosmotic stress enhances cytotoxicity of SMAC mimetics

Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAP) proteins contribute to cell death resistance in malignancies and emerged as promising targets in cancer therapy. Currently, small molecules mimicking the IAP-antagonizing activity of endogenous second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases (SMAC) are evaluated in phase 1/2 clinical trials. In cancer cells, SMAC mimetic (SM)-mediated IAP depletion induces tumor ...

Oxidative Stress – Environmental Induction

Datura Aqueous Leaf Extract Enhances Cytotoxicity via Metabolic Oxidative Stress on Different Human Cancer Cells

صخلملا This study was designed to evaluate the cytotoxic effect ةتبن قارولأ يئاملا صلختسملا ةيمس ىدم ميقتل ةساردلا هذه تممص ايلاخ ضر MDA-MB231 و FaDu ةدملل ةيناطرسلا ايلاخلا ةجلا يف تابارطضاب صلختسملا اذهب لختسم ص ملا ةتبن قارولأ يئا © 2009 Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences. All rights reserved

The induction of oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity by dental adhesives.

OBJECTIVES Polymerized dental resin materials release residual monomers that may interact with pulp tissues. We hypothesized that dental adhesives might cause cytotoxicity in pulp cells via the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which may also contribute to genotoxic effects in vitro. METHODS For cytotoxicity testing, transformed human pulp-derived cells were exposed to extracts of ...