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Title: | Megavoltage radiosensitization of gold nanoparticles on a glioblastoma cancer cell line using a clinical platform | Authors: | Kazmi, F. Vallis, K.A. Vellayappan, B.A. Bandla, A. Yukun, D. Carlisle, R. |
Keywords: | External beam radiotherapy Glioblastoma multiform Nanoparticles Radiosensitizers |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Citation: | Kazmi, F., Vallis, K.A., Vellayappan, B.A., Bandla, A., Yukun, D., Carlisle, R. (2020). Megavoltage radiosensitization of gold nanoparticles on a glioblastoma cancer cell line using a clinical platform. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (2) : 429. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21020429 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International | Abstract: | Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have demonstrated significant dose enhancement with kilovoltage (kV) X-rays; however, recent studies have shown inconsistent findings with megavoltage (MV) X-rays. We propose to evaluate the radiosensitization effect on U87 glioblastoma (GBM) cells in the presence of 42 nm GNPs and irradiated with a clinical 6 MV photon beam. Cytotoxicity and radiosensitization were measured using MTS and clonogenic cellular radiation sensitivity assays, respectively. The sensitization enhancement ratio was calculated for 2 Gy (SER2Gy) with GNP (100 µg/mL). Dark field and MTS assays revealed high co-localization and good biocompatibility of the GNPs with GBM cells. A significant sensitization enhancement of 1.45 (p = 0.001) was observed with GNP 100 µg/mL. Similarly, at 6 Gy, there was significant difference in the survival fraction between the GBM alone group (mean (M) = 0.26, standard deviation (SD) = 0.008) and the GBM plus GNP group (M = 0.07, SD = 0.05, p = 0.03). GNPs enabled radiosensitization in U87 GBM cells at 2 Gy when irradiated using a clinical platform. In addition to the potential clinical utility of GNPs, these studies demonstrate the effectiveness of a robust and easy to standardize an in-vitro model that can be employed for future studies involving metal nanoparticle plus irradiation. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | Source Title: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/198271 | ISSN: | 1661-6596 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijms21020429 | Rights: | Attribution 4.0 International |
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