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ArticleNature communications2023

Photothermia at the nanoscale induces ferroptosis via nanoparticle degradation.

Alexandre Fromain, Jose Efrain Perez, Aurore Van de Walle, Yoann Lalatonne, Claire Wilhelm

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexandre Fromain *Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, PCC, CNRS UMR168, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France.
Jose Efrain Perez *Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, PCC, CNRS UMR168, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2206-0034
Aurore Van de WalleLaboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, PCC, CNRS UMR168, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France.
Yoann LalatonneUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, Université Paris Cité, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, LVTS, INSERM, UMR 1148, F‑ 93017, Bobigny, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2235-6561
Claire WilhelmLaboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, PCC, CNRS UMR168, Institut Curie, Sorbonne University, PSL University, 75005, Paris, France. claire.wilhelm@cnrs.fr.ORCID 0000-0001-7024-9627
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Fe(II)-induced ferroptotic cell death pathway is an asset in cancer therapy, yet it calls into question the biocompatibility of magnetic nanoparticles. In the latter, Fe(II) is sequestered within the crystal structure and is released only upon nanoparticle degradation, a transition that is not well understood. Here, we dissect the chemical environment necessary for nanoparticle degradation and subsequent Fe(II) release. Importantly, temperature acts as an accelerator of the process and can be triggered remotely by laser-mediated photothermal conversion, as evidenced by the loss of the nanoparticles' magnetic fingerprint. Remarkably, the local hot-spot temperature generated at the nanoscale can be measured in operando, in the vicinity of each nanoparticle, by comparing the photothermal-induced nanoparticle degradation patterns with those of global heating. Further, remote photothermal irradiation accelerates degradation inside cancer cells in a tumor spheroid model, with efficiency correlating with the endocytosis progression state of the nanoparticles. High-throughput imaging quantification of Fe

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FerroptosisNanoparticlesNeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFerrous CompoundsHot TemperatureHumansPhototherapyFerrous Compounds

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PMID37532698
PMCPMC10397343
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