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Cellular Uptake of the ATSM-Cu(II) Complex under Hypoxic Conditions.


ABSTRACT: The Cu(II)-diacetyl-bis (N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) complex (ATSM-Cu(II)) has been suggested as a promising positron emission tomography (PET) agent for hypoxia imaging. Several in-vivo studies have shown its potential to detect hypoxic tumors. However, its uptake mechanism and its specificity to various cancer cell lines have been less studied. Herein, we tested ATSM-Cu(II) toxicity, uptake, and reduction, using four different cell types: (1) mouse breast cancer cells (DA-3), (2) human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-293), (3) breast cancer cells (MCF-7), and (4) cervical cancer cells (Hela) under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. We showed that ATSM-Cu(II) is toxic to breast cancer cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions; however, it is not toxic to normal HEK-293 non-cancer cells. We showed that the Cu(I) content in breast cancer cell after treatment with ATSM-Cu(II) under hypoxic conditions is higher than in normal cells, despite that the uptake of ATSM-Cu(II) is a bit higher in normal cells than in breast cancer cells. This study suggests that the redox potential of ATSM-Cu(II) is higher in breast cancer cells than in normal cells; thus, its toxicity to cancer cells is increased.

SUBMITTER: Walke GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080296 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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