Exploring the mechanism through which berberine (Ber) reverses the multidrug resistance (MDR) of breast cancer is of great importance. Herein, we used the methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium assay to determine the drug resistance and cytotoxicity of Ber and doxorubicin (DOX) alone or in combination on the breast cancer cell line MCF-7/DOX. The results showed that Ber could synergistically enhance the inhibitory effect of DOX on tumor cell proliferation , and the optimal combination ratio was Ber/DOX = 2:1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To date, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) treatment options are limited because of the loss of target receptors and, as a result, are only managed with chemotherapy. What is worse is that TNBC is frequently developing resistance to chemotherapy. By using small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapeutics, our recent work demonstrated X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1) was linked to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancer development and chemoresistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile elemene (ELE) can reverse tumor multidrug resistance (MDR), the mechanisms for ELE reversing MDR remain unclear. Numerous studies have suggested that the efflux functionality of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, not their quantity, is more relevant to tumor MDR. However, no appropriate methods exist for real-time detection of the intracellular drug efflux caused by ABC transporters , especially , which hinders the examination of MDR reversal mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFsiRNA therapeutics as an emerging class of drug development is successfully coming to clinical utilization. The RNA-based therapy is widely utilized to explore the mechanism and cure a variety of gene-specific diseases. Tumor is an oncogene-driven disease; many genes are related to tumor progression and chemoresistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is one type of hematopoietic stem cell diseases. Although BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors are remarkably effective in inducing remission in chronic phase patients, they are not curative in a majority of patients due to their failure to eradicate residual CML stem/progenitor cells, which reside in bone marrow niches. Here, we presented novel dual oligopeptides-conjugated nanoparticles and demonstrated their effective delivery of arsenic trioxide in bone marrow niches for the elimination of primitive CML cells.
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