Overproduction of reactive oxygen species - obligatory or not for induction of apoptosis by anticancer drugs

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摘要 Manystudiesdemonstratethatconventionalanticancerdrugselevateintracellularlevelofreactiveoxygenspecies(ROS)andalterredox-homeostasisofcancercells.ItiswidelyacceptedthatanticancereffectofthesechemotherapeuticsisduetoinductionofoxidativestressandROS-mediatedapoptosisincancer.Ontheotherhand,theharmfulsideeffectsofconventionalanticancerchemotherapyarealsoduetoincreasedproductionofROSanddisruptionofredox-homeostasisofnormalcellsandtissues.ThisarticledescribesthemechanismsfortriggeringandmodulationofapoptosisthroughROS-dependentandROS-independentpathways.Wetrytoanswerthequestion:'Isitpossibletoinducehighlyspecificapoptosisonlyincancercells,withoutoverproductionofROS,aswellaswithoutharmfuleffectsonnormalcellsandtissues?'Thereviewalsosuggestsanewtherapeuticstrategyforselectivekillingofcancercells,withoutsignificantimpactonviabilityofnormalcellsandtissues,bycombininganticancerdrugswithredox-modulators,affectingspecificsignalingpathwaysandavoidingoxidativestress.
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出版日期 2016年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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