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The Toxicity and Therapeutic Effects of Single-And Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes on Mice Breast Cancer Publisher Pubmed



Kavosi A1 ; Hosseini Ghale Noei S1 ; Madani S1 ; Khalighfard S2, 3 ; Khodayari S3 ; Khodayari H3, 4 ; Mirzaei M5 ; Kalhori MR3 ; Yavarian M6 ; Alizadeh AM3, 4 ; Falahati M7
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  1. 1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Islamic Azad University, Pharmaceutical Science Branch, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Cancer Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Breast Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan Branch, Arsanjan, Iran
  6. 6. Hematology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advance Science and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Source: Scientific Reports Published:2018


Abstract

Herein, we have investigated the toxicity of SWCNTs and MWCNTs in vitro and in vivo, and assessed their therapeutic effects on a typical animal model of breast cancer in order to obtain: first, the cytotoxicity effects of CNTs on MC4L2 cell and mice, second the impact of CNTs on ablation of breast tumor. CNTs especially SWCNTs were toxic to organs and induced death at high dosages. In this case, some of the liver cells showed a relative shrinkage which was also confirmed by Annexin test in MC4L2 cells. Moreover, CNTs decreased the tumor volume. BCL2 gene was down-regulated, and BAX and Caspase-3 were also up-regulated in the treated groups with CNTs. As a result, CNTs especially MWCNT in lower dosages can be used as a promising drug delivery vehicle for targeted therapy of abnormal cells in breast cancer. © 2018 The Author(s).
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