ArticleCancer biology & therapy2012
Lipoic acid inhibits cell proliferation of tumor cells in vitro and in vivo.
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- Alpha-Lipoic Acid Modulates Melanoma Survival Networks via ER Stress Induction, Mitochondrial Apoptosis, and Kinase Pathway Suppression in B16F10 Cells.Current issues in molecular biology · 2026Article
- Inflammaging: Immune-Metabolic Crosstalk Between the Prostate-Testis and Musculoskeletal System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Enhanced anticancer efficacy of α-lipoic acid-loaded TPGS micelles: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation in a 4T1 breast cancer model.BioImpacts : BI · 2026Article
- Advances in pH-responsive drug delivery systems for periodontitis treatment.Drug delivery · 2025Review
- Prooxidant state in anticancer drugs and prospect use of mitochondrial cofactors and anti-inflammatory agents in cancer prevention.Inflammopharmacology · 2025Review
- Alpha-lipoic Acid: An Antioxidant with Anti-aging Properties for Disease Therapy.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Facts, Dogmas, and Unknowns About Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species in Cancer.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Biological Mechanisms and Health Benefits.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Dichloroacetate for Cancer Treatment: Some Facts and Many Doubts.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Targeting the Metabolic Paradigms in Cancer and Diabetes.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Combination of High-Dose Parenteral Ascorbate (Vitamin C) and Alpha-Lipoic Acid Failed to Enhance Tumor-Inhibitory Effect But Increased Toxicity in Preclinical Cancer Models.Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology · 2024Article
- Knockdown of heat shock protein family D member 1 (HSPD1) promotes proliferation and migration of ovarian cancer cells via disrupting the stability of mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthase (OXSM).Journal of ovarian research · 2023Article
- Molecular and Therapeutic Insights of Alpha-Lipoic Acid as a Potential Molecule for Disease Prevention.Revista brasileira de farmacognosia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia · 2023Review
- Effect of Alpha-Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions-Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Alternative medicine: therapeutic effects on gastric original signet ring carcinoma via ascorbate and combination with sodium alpha lipoate.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Article
- Lipoic acid. Kinetics and pluripotent biological properties and derivatives.Molecular biology reports · 2021Review
- Metabolic Strategies for Inhibiting Cancer Development.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2021Review
- Synergistic Tumoricidal Effects of Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Radiotherapy on Human Breast Cancer Cells via HMGB1.Cancer research and treatment · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cancer cells convert glucose preferentially to lactate even in the presence of oxygen (aerobic glycolysis-Warburg effect). New concepts in cancer treatment aim at inhibition of aerobic glycolysis. Pyruvate dehydrogenase converts pyruvate to acetylCoA thus preventing lactate formation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate compounds that could activate pyruvate dehydrogenase in cancer cells. We investigated the effects of (R)-(+)-α-lipoic acid (LPA) and dichloroacetate (DCA), possible activators of pyruvate dehydrogenase, on suppression of aerobic glycolysis and induction of cell death. The neuroblastoma cell lines Kelly, SK-N-SH, Neuro-2a and the breast cancer cell line SkBr3 were incubated with different concentrations (0.1-30 mM) of LPA and DCA. The effects of both compounds on cell viability/proliferation (WST-1 assay), [18F]-FDG uptake, lactate production and induction of apoptosis (flow cytometric detection of caspase-3) were evaluated. Furthermore, NMRI nu/nu mice that had been inoculated s.c. with SkBr3 cells were treated daily for four weeks with LPA (i.p, 18.5 mg/kg) starting at day 7 p.i.. Tumor development was measured with a sliding caliper and monitored via [18F]-FDG-PET. Residual tumors after therapy were examined histopathologically. These data suggests that LPA can reduce (1) cell viability/proliferation, (2) uptake of [18F]-FDG and (3) lactate production and increase apoptosis in all investigated cell lines. In contrast, DCA was almost ineffective. In the mouse xenograft model with s.c. SkBr3 cells, daily treatment with LPA retarded tumor progression. Therefore, LPA seems to be a promising compound for cancer treatment.
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