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Thymoquinone induces apoptosis & DNA damage in 5-Fluorouracil-resistant colorectal cancer

October 22, 2020
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Volume 11, Issue 31 from @Oncotarget reported that TQ decreased the expression levels of colorectal stem cell markers CD44 and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Ep CAM and proliferation marker Ki67 in colonospheres derived from both cell lines and…

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Credit: Correspondence to – Hala Gali-Muhtasib – [email protected] and Wassim Abou-Kheir – [email protected]

Volume XX, Issue XX from @Oncotarget reported that TQ decreased the expression levels of colorectal stem cell markers CD44 and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Ep CAM and proliferation marker Ki67 in colonospheres derived from both cell lines and reduced cellular migration and invasion.

Altogether, the research team’s findings document TQs effect on colorectal cancer stem-like cells and provide insights into its underlying mechanism of action.

Dr. Hala Gali-Muhtasib from The Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon and The Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon and Dr. Wassim Abou-Kheir also from The Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebano said, “Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in both men and women and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.“

“Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in both men and women and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.”

– Dr. Hala Gali-Muhtasib, The Department of Biology, American University of Beirut & The Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut and Dr. Wassim Abou-Kheir, The Center for Drug Discovery and Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, American University of Beirut

The ability of TQ to target nine of the ten hallmarks of cancer as well as its efficacy, selectivity against colorectal cancer and lack of toxicity to normal tissues makes it potentially interesting for colorectal cancer therapy.

TQs ability to inhibit colorectal cancer growth and invasion and induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell culture and animal models have been documented by this Research Team and others.

In this study, the authors focused on investigating TQs efficacy on human colorectal cancer HCT116 cells, which are sensitive and resistant to 5FU. The main aim was to study the effect of TQ on targeting the self-renewal capacity of colorectal CSCs enriched from the parental and 5FU-resistant cell lines using the advanced three-dimensional culture sphere-formation and propagation assay.

In vitro and in vivo studies revealed the significant inhibitory potential of TQ on colorectal cancer cells with stem-like properties, which was found to be mainly mediated by induction of apoptosis.

This study documents TQs promising effect on CRC cancer stem-like cells both in vitro and in vivo.

The Gali-Muhtasib/Abou-Kheir Research Team concluded in their Oncotarget Research Article, “our study demonstrated that low concentrations of TQ could target CSCs enriched from 5FU-sensitive and resistant colorectal cancer HCT116 cell lines, suggesting a promising effect of TQ on chemoresistant cells. This effect, when coupled with the apoptotic effects of TQ in human CRC cultures and xenografts, indicates that this relatively non-toxic and inexpensive compound merits further clinical investigation.“

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DOI – https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27426

Full text – https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27426/text/

Correspondence to – Hala Gali-Muhtasib – [email protected] and Wassim Abou-Kheir – [email protected]

Keywords –
thymoquinone,
colorectal cancer stem cells,
5-Fluorouracil resistance,
colonospheres,
apoptosis

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https://www.oncotarget.com/news/pr/thymoquinone-induces-apoptosis-dna-damage-in-5-fluorouracil-resistant-colorectal-cancer/

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http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27426

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