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Title: | A triple-drug combination induces apoptosis in cervical cancer-derived cell lines | Authors: | Delgado-Waldo, Izamary Contreras-Romero, Carlos Salazar-Aguilar, Sandra Pessoa, João Mitre-Aguilar, Irma García-Castillo, Verónica Pérez-Plasencia, Carlos Jacobo-Herrera, Nadia Judith |
Keywords: | cervical cancer; apoptosis; combinatorial therapy; repurposing drugs; mTOR pathway | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. | Project: | CONACYT, Mexico, project nos. CB-2016-285884 and UNAM/PAPIIT-IN231420 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Frontiers in Oncology | Volume: | 13 | Abstract: | Introduction: Cervical cancer is a worldwide health problem due to the number of deaths caused by this neoplasm. In particular, in 2020, 30,000 deaths of this type of tumor were reported in Latin America. Treatments used to manage patients diagnosed in the early stages have excellent results as measured by different clinical outcomes. Existing first-line treatments are not enough to avoid cancer recurrence, progression, or metastasis in locally advanced and advanced stages. Therefore, there is a need to continue with the proposal of new therapies. Drug repositioning is a strategy to explore known medicines as treatments for other diseases. In this scenario, drugs used in other pathologies that have antitumor activity, such as metformin and sodium oxamate, are analyzed. Methods: In this research,we combined the drugsmetformin and sodium oxamate with doxorubicin (named triple therapy or TT) based on their mechanism of action and previous investigation of our group against three CC cell lines. Results: Through flow cytometry, Western blot, and protein microarray experiments, we found TT-induced apoptosis on HeLa, CaSki, and SiHa through the caspase 3 intrinsic pathway, including the critical proapoptotic proteins BAD, BAX, cytochrome-C, and p21. In addition,mTOR and S6K phosphorylated proteins were inhibited in the three cell lines. Also, we show an anti-migratory activity of the TT, suggesting other targets of the drug combination in the late CC stages. Discussion: These results, together with our former studies, conclude that TT inhibits the mTOR pathway leading to cell death by apoptosis. Our work provides new evidence of TT against cervical cancer as a promising antineoplastic therapy. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/114706 | ISSN: | 2234-943X | DOI: | 10.3389/fonc.2023.1106667 | Rights: | openAccess |
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