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Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment
Background: Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic malignancy despite current first-line treatment with a platinum and taxane doublet. Artesunate has broad antineoplastic properties but has not been investigated in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for ovarian cancer treatment. Method...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33652561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11030395 |
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author | McDowell, Anthony Hill, Kristen S. McCorkle, Joseph Robert Gorski, Justin Zhang, Yilin Salahudeen, Ameen A. Ueland, Fred Kolesar, Jill M. |
author_facet | McDowell, Anthony Hill, Kristen S. McCorkle, Joseph Robert Gorski, Justin Zhang, Yilin Salahudeen, Ameen A. Ueland, Fred Kolesar, Jill M. |
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description | Background: Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic malignancy despite current first-line treatment with a platinum and taxane doublet. Artesunate has broad antineoplastic properties but has not been investigated in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for ovarian cancer treatment. Methods: Standard cell culture technique with commercially available ovarian cancer cell lines were utilized in cell viability, DNA damage, and cell cycle progression assays to qualify and quantify artesunate treatment effects. Additionally, the sequence of administering artesunate in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin was determined. The activity of artesunate was also assessed in 3D organoid models of primary ovarian cancer and RNAseq analysis was utilized to identify genes and the associated genetic pathways that were differentially regulated in artesunate resistant organoid models compared to organoids that were sensitive to artesunate. Results: Artesunate treatment reduces cell viability in 2D and 3D ovarian cancer cell models. Clinically relevant concentrations of artesunate induce G1 arrest, but do not induce DNA damage. Pathways related to cell cycle progression, specifically G1/S transition, are upregulated in ovarian organoid models that are innately more resistant to artesunate compared to more sensitive models. Depending on the sequence of administration, the addition of artesunate to carboplatin and paclitaxel improves their effectiveness. Conclusions: Artesunate has preclinical activity in ovarian cancer that merits further investigation to treat ovarian cancer. |
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spelling | pubmed-79966212021-03-27 Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment McDowell, Anthony Hill, Kristen S. McCorkle, Joseph Robert Gorski, Justin Zhang, Yilin Salahudeen, Ameen A. Ueland, Fred Kolesar, Jill M. Diagnostics (Basel) Article Background: Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic malignancy despite current first-line treatment with a platinum and taxane doublet. Artesunate has broad antineoplastic properties but has not been investigated in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel for ovarian cancer treatment. Methods: Standard cell culture technique with commercially available ovarian cancer cell lines were utilized in cell viability, DNA damage, and cell cycle progression assays to qualify and quantify artesunate treatment effects. Additionally, the sequence of administering artesunate in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin was determined. The activity of artesunate was also assessed in 3D organoid models of primary ovarian cancer and RNAseq analysis was utilized to identify genes and the associated genetic pathways that were differentially regulated in artesunate resistant organoid models compared to organoids that were sensitive to artesunate. Results: Artesunate treatment reduces cell viability in 2D and 3D ovarian cancer cell models. Clinically relevant concentrations of artesunate induce G1 arrest, but do not induce DNA damage. Pathways related to cell cycle progression, specifically G1/S transition, are upregulated in ovarian organoid models that are innately more resistant to artesunate compared to more sensitive models. Depending on the sequence of administration, the addition of artesunate to carboplatin and paclitaxel improves their effectiveness. Conclusions: Artesunate has preclinical activity in ovarian cancer that merits further investigation to treat ovarian cancer. MDPI 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7996621/ /pubmed/33652561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11030395 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ). |
spellingShingle | Article McDowell, Anthony Hill, Kristen S. McCorkle, Joseph Robert Gorski, Justin Zhang, Yilin Salahudeen, Ameen A. Ueland, Fred Kolesar, Jill M. Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title | Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title_full | Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title_fullStr | Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title_short | Preclinical Evaluation of Artesunate as an Antineoplastic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Treatment |
title_sort | preclinical evaluation of artesunate as an antineoplastic agent in ovarian cancer treatment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33652561 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11030395 |
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