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Abstract

Prostate cancer is a significant global health problem, being the second most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of death in men worldwide. Standard chemotherapy, though effective, often lacks selectivity for tumor cells, resulting in dose-limiting side effects. To address this, innovative biomedical approaches such as electrochemotherapy and electromagnetic hyperthermia have emerged. Electrochemotherapy improves drug delivery by facilitating electroporation, thereby increasing intracellular concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents. This approach reduces dosages and associated adverse effects. Meanwhile, electromagnetic hyperthermia raises the temperature of tumor cells, enhancing their sensitivity to chemotherapy. While previous research has demonstrated the inhibitory effects of magnetic hyperthermia on prostate cancer cell growth both in vitro and in vivo, and its synergy with chemotherapy has shown enhanced tumor remission, limited studies have focused on electrochemotherapy alone or in combination with hyperthermia in prostate cancer models. This study aims to assess the synergistic effects of electromagnetic hyperthermia, with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and electrochemotherapy, with electroporation and the chemotherapeutic drugs bleomycin and cisplatin, on the prostate cancer-derived cell line DU-145/GFP and prostate-derived cell line RWPE-1. Results indicate enhanced cytotoxicity with both treatments (bleomycin and cisplatin) by adding electroporation, demonstrating a particularly pronounced effect with bleomycin. Combining electroporation with hyperthermia significantly augments cytotoxicity. Moreover, electroporation effectively reduced the time of exposure to electromagnetic hyperthermia while magnifying its cytotoxic effects. Future research in in vivo trials may reveal additional insights into the combined effects of these therapies.

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Title
Synergistic Strategies in Prostate Cancer Therapy: Electrochemotherapy and Electromagnetic Hyperthermia
Author
Vizcarra-Ramos, Sayma 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Molina-Pineda, Andrea 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gutiérrez-Ortega, Abel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Herrera-Rodríguez, Sara E 1 ; Aguilar-Lemarroy, Adriana 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Jave-Suárez, Luis F 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; López, Zaira 3 ; Cano, Mario E 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hernández-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C. (CIATEJ), Guadalajara 44270, Mexico; [email protected] (S.V.-R.); [email protected] (A.G.-O.); [email protected] (S.E.H.-R.) 
 Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente (CIBO), División de Inmunología, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Guadalajara 44340, Mexico; [email protected] (A.A.-L.); [email protected] (L.F.J.-S.) 
 Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, Avenida Universidad 1115, Ocotlan 47810, Mexico; [email protected] (Z.L.); [email protected] (M.E.C.) 
First page
1109
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19994923
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3110649224
Copyright
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.