• Title of article

    Edaravone, a known free radical scavenger, enhances X-ray-induced apoptosis at low concentrations

  • Author/Authors

    Sasano، نويسنده , , N. and Enomoto، نويسنده , , A. and Hosoi، نويسنده , , Y. and Katsumura، نويسنده , , Y. and Matsumoto، نويسنده , , Y. and Morita، نويسنده , , A. and Shiraishi، نويسنده , , K. and Miyagawa، نويسنده , , K. and Igaki، نويسنده , , H. and Nakagawa، نويسنده , , K.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    52
  • To page
    57
  • Abstract
    Edaravone has been reported to have a radioprotective effect at high concentrations. We now report that a lower dose of edaravone enhanced X-ray-induced apoptosis of some cell lines harboring p53 wild-type status, such as MOLT-4, Nalm-6, and HepG2. The knock-down of p53 using siRNA in MOLT-4 cells abolished the radiosensitizing effect of edaravone. Enhanced phosphorylations of p53 at Ser 15 and Ser 20 and up-regulation of PUMA, a p53 target protein, were observed after X-irradiation in the presence of edaravone. We conclude that the low dose of edaravone sensitized cells to X-irradiation by promoting the p53-dependent apoptotic signaling pathway.
  • Keywords
    Radiosensitizer , p53 , Edaravone , apoptosis
  • Journal title
    Cancer Letters
  • Serial Year
    2010
  • Journal title
    Cancer Letters
  • Record number

    1818686