scholarly journals Protective effects of tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) on fibroblast and melanoma cell lines in vitro: it’s implication for wound healing

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 1137-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Kumar Trivedi ◽  
Mayank Gangwar ◽  
Sambhu Charan Mondal ◽  
Snehasis Jana
Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2012
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Appleton ◽  
Charuta C. Palsuledesai ◽  
Sean A. Misek ◽  
Maja Blake ◽  
Joseph Zagorski ◽  
...  

The Ras/MEK/ERK pathway has been the primary focus of targeted therapies in melanoma; it is aberrantly activated in almost 80% of human cutaneous melanomas (≈50% BRAFV600 mutations and ≈30% NRAS mutations). While drugs targeting the MAPK pathway have yielded success in BRAFV600 mutant melanoma patients, such therapies have been ineffective in patients with NRAS mutant melanomas in part due to their cytostatic effects and primary resistance. Here, we demonstrate that increased Rho/MRTF-pathway activation correlates with high intrinsic resistance to the MEK inhibitor, trametinib, in a panel of NRAS mutant melanoma cell lines. A combination of trametinib with the Rho/MRTF-pathway inhibitor, CCG-222740, synergistically reduced cell viability in NRAS mutant melanoma cell lines in vitro. Furthermore, the combination of CCG-222740 with trametinib induced apoptosis and reduced clonogenicity in SK-Mel-147 cells, which are highly resistant to trametinib. These findings suggest a role of the Rho/MRTF-pathway in intrinsic trametinib resistance in a subset of NRAS mutant melanoma cell lines and highlight the therapeutic potential of concurrently targeting the Rho/MRTF-pathway and MEK in NRAS mutant melanomas.


1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Photiou ◽  
P. Shah ◽  
L.K. Leong ◽  
J. Moss ◽  
S. Retsas

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
Maryam Malek ◽  
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Maedeh Ghasemi ◽  
Golnaz Vaseghi ◽  
Ahmad Ghasemi ◽  
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Introduction: Tamoxifen has been used in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma more common with other agents in the combined therapy. Up-regulated activity of the mevalonate pathway has been shown in a range of different cancers. Atorvastatin is the most commonly used statin approved for cholesterol reduction by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway and has been shown to inhibit tumor growth. In the present study, we used atorvastatin and tamoxifen combination therapy on B16f10 mouse melanoma cell lines to study whether atorvastatin could increase the sensitivity of melanoma cells to the chemotherapeutic agent such as tamoxifen. Methods: The cell line was treated with different concentrations of tamoxifen and/or atorvastatin for 24 and 48h and the effects of treatment on p53 and RhoA were investigated using quantitative RT-PCR. Results: The combination of atorvastatin and tamoxifen resulted in a potentiation antitumor effect via up-regulation of p53 and down-regulation of RhoA expression against melanoma tumors in vitro. Furthermore, we demonstrated the combination of atorvastatin with tamoxifen could reduce tamoxifen dose to minimize possible detrimental side effects in melanoma. Conclusion: Our results suggested that atorvastatin as a combined therapy with tamoxifen may provide a new approach for improving the efficacy and treating against melanoma cancer but needs further exploration in clinical trials.


2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 1039-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Maicas Gabas ◽  
Grazyna Stepien ◽  
María Moros ◽  
Scott G. Mitchell ◽  
Jesús M. de la Fuente

Polyoxometalate-stabilised gold nanoparticles internalise in vast quantities into kidney epithelial and skin melanoma cell lines causing antiproliferative action on tumoural cells.


1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Enzmann ◽  
Frank Faude ◽  
Leon Kohen ◽  
Peter Wiedemann

1993 ◽  
Vol 178 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Brichard ◽  
A Van Pel ◽  
T Wölfel ◽  
C Wölfel ◽  
E De Plaen ◽  
...  

Lymphocytes of melanoma patients can be restimulated in vitro with autologous tumor cells to generate antitumor cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL). Previous reports have indicated that, when such CTL are obtained from HLA-A2 melanoma patients, they often display broad reactivity on A2 melanoma cell lines. Such antitumor CTL clones, which appeared to recognize the same antigen, were isolated from two patients. We report here the cloning of a cDNA that directs the expression of the antigen recognized by these CTL. This cDNA corresponds to the transcript of the tyrosinase gene. The gene was found to be active in all tested melanoma samples and in most melanoma cell lines. Among normal cells, only melanocytes appear to express the gene. The tyrosinase antigen presented by HLA-A2 may therefore constitute a useful target for specific immunotherapy of melanoma. But possible adverse effects of antityrosinase immunization, such as the destruction of normal melanocytes and its consequences, will have to be examined before clinical pilot studies can be undertaken.


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