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Anti-proliferative effects of paroxetine alone or in combination with sorafenib in HepG2 cells

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العنوان: Anti-proliferative effects of paroxetine alone or in combination with sorafenib in HepG2 cells
المؤلفون: Yaprak Donmez Cakil, Zeynep Gunes Ozunal, Damla Gokceoglu Kayali, Ranan Gulhan Aktas, Esra Saglam
المصدر: Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 58 (2023)
بيانات النشر: Universidade de São Paulo, 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Pharmacy and materia medica
مصطلحات موضوعية: Paroxetine, Sorafenib, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441
الوصف: Abstract Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cause of cancer-related death. Sorafenib is the first approved drug for the treatment of advanced HCC. Depression is frequent in cancer patients. Moreover, sorafenib might exert depression as an adverse drug reaction and paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is a recommended pharmacotherapy. This study aimed to investigate the potential synergistic effects of paroxetine and sorafenib on HepG2 cell proliferation and death. Paroxetine and sorafenib were administered to HepG2 cells as single-agents or in combination. Cell viability was determined with XTT cell viability assay. Cellular apoptosis and DNA content were assessed by flow cytometry. The expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was examined by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy. A lower dose of sorafenib was found to be required to inhibit cell proliferation when in combination with paroxetine. Similarly, the coadministration enhanced cellular apoptosis and resulted in cell cycle arrest. Confocal imaging revealed a remarkably lower cell density and increased expression of Bcl-2 following combined treatment of paroxetine with sorafenib. To our knowledge, this is the first study demonstrating the synergistic effect of paroxetine and sorafenib in HCC and might provide a potentially promising therapeutic strategy.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2175-9790
Relation: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502022000100833&tlng=en; https://doaj.org/toc/2175-9790
DOI: 10.1590/s2175-97902022e201148
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/d69c7f828f6f4463a666e27cef99340f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.69c7f828f6f4463a666e27cef99340f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:21759790
DOI:10.1590/s2175-97902022e201148