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Dr. Javed Ahmad

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

كلية العلوم
Room # 2B 121, Second Floor, Bld # 5, Department of Zoology, College of Science
المنشورات
مقال فى مجلة
2012
تم النشر فى:

Zinc oxide nanoparticles selectively induce apoptosis in human cancer cells through reactive oxygen species.

Alrokayan, Mohd Javed Akhtar · Maqusood Ahamed · Sudhir Kumar · MA Majeed Khan · Javed Ahmad · Salman A . 2012

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) have received much attention for their implications in cancer therapy. It has been reported that ZnO NPs induce selective killing of cancer cells. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms behind the anticancer response of ZnO NPs remain unclear.

METHODS AND RESULTS:

We investigated the cytotoxicity of ZnO NPs against three types of cancer cells (human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2, human lung adenocarcinoma A549, and human bronchial epithelial BEAS-2B) and two primary rat cells (astrocytes and hepatocytes). Results showed that ZnO NPs exert distinct effects on mammalian cell viability via killing of all three types of cancer cells while posing no impact on normal rat astrocytes and hepatocytes. The toxicity mechanisms of ZnO NPs were further investigated using human liver cancer HepG2 cells. Both the mRNA and protein levels of tumor suppressor gene p53 and apoptotic gene bax were upregulated while the antiapoptotic gene bcl-2 was downregulated in ZnO NP-treated HepG2 cells. ZnO NPs were also found to induce activity of caspase-3 enzyme, DNA fragmentation, reactive oxygen species generation, and oxidative stress in HepG2 cells.

CONCLUSION:

Overall, our data demonstrated that ZnO NPs selectively induce apoptosis in cancer cells, which is likely to be mediated by reactive oxygen species via p53 pathway, through which most of the anticancer drugs trigger apoptosis. This study provides preliminary guidance for the development of liver cancer therapy using ZnO NPs.

نوع عمل المنشور
KSU Research work
رقم المجلد
7
الصفحات
845-857
مزيد من المنشورات
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Background: Nanotechnology and material science have developed enormously fast in recent years. Due to their excellent magnetic properties, iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been broadly…

بواسطة Maqsood A. Siddiqui , Rizwan Wahab , Quaiser Saquib , Javed Ahmad , Nida N. Farshori , Ebtesam S. Al-Sheddi , Mai M. Al-Oqail , Shaza M. Al-Massarani , Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy.
تم النشر فى:
ELZEVIER
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تم النشر فى:
ELZEVIER
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Vanadium oxide is largely applied as a chemical and industrial product in various field such as in electro- chemical, photochemical and refining industries. Very limited studies are available for…

بواسطة Javed Ahmad a, Rizwan Wahab, Maqsood A. Siddiqui, Quaiser Saquib, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy.
2023
تم النشر فى:
ELZEVIER