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ArticleACS omega2024

Tackling Anticancer Drug Resistance and Endosomal Escape in Aggressive Brain Tumors Using Bioelectronics.

Akhil Jain, Philippa Wade, Snow Stolnik, Alistair N Hume, Ian D Kerr, Beth Coyle, Frankie Rawson

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Article in ACS omega, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Akhil JainDivision of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K.
Philippa WadeChildren's Brain Tumour Research Centre, School of Medicine, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
Snow StolnikDivision of Molecular Therapeutics and Formulation, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
Alistair N HumeSchool of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, U.K.
Ian D KerrSchool of Life Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, U.K.
Beth CoyleChildren's Brain Tumour Research Centre, School of Medicine, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-1862
Frankie RawsonBioelectronics Laboratory, Division of Regenerative Medicine and Cellular Therapies, School of Pharmacy, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-8928

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance mechanisms in brain tumors, such as medulloblastoma and glioblastoma, frequently involve the entrapment of chemotherapeutic agents within endosomes and the extracellular expulsion of drugs. These barriers to effective treatment are exacerbated in nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems, where therapeutic nanoparticles often remain confined within endosomes, thus diminishing their therapeutic efficacy. Addressing this challenge necessitates the development of novel strategies to enhance the efficiency of cancer therapies. This study tests the hypothesis that external electrical stimuli can modulate intracellular trafficking of chemotherapeutic drugs in common malignant brain tumors in children (medulloblastoma) and adults (glioblastoma) by using gold nanoparticles (GNPs). In our experiments, alternating current (AC) stimulation ranging from 1 kHz to 5 MHz and at a strength of 1 V/cm significantly reduced cell viability in drug-resistant medulloblastoma and enhanced delivery of GNPs in glioblastoma. Low-frequency AC resulted in a 50% increase in apoptosis compared to controls and an 8-fold increase in cell death in cisplatin-resistant medulloblastoma cells, accompanied by a substantial reduction in EC

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