Experimental study of 131I-caerin 1.1 and 131I-c(RGD)2 for internal radiation therapy of esophageal cancer xenografts

Authors:He, Tiantian; Du, Juan; Zhu, Keke; Zhou, Yixuan; Xiao, Zewei; Liu, Wenjie; Ren, Weiwei; Liu, Xiongying; Chen, Tongsheng; Liu, Wenjuan; Chen, Zhuanming; Ni, Guoying; Liu, Xiaosong; Wang, Tianfang; Quan, Jiangtao*; Zhang, Peipei*; Yuan, Jianwei*
Source:Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2023, 164: 114891.
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114891

Summary

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the therapeutic effects of 131I-caerin 1.1 and 131I-c (RGD)2 on TE-1 esophageal cancer cell xenografts.Methods: (1) The in vitro antitumor effects of the polypeptides caerin 1.1 and c(RGD)2 were verified by MTT and clonogenic assays. 131I-caerin 1.1 and 131I-c(RGD)2 were prepared by chloramine-T (Ch-T) direct labeling, and their basic properties were measured. The binding and elution of 131I-caerin 1.1, 131I-c(RGD)2, and Na131I (control group) in esophageal cancer TE-1 cells were studied through cell binding and elution assays. (2) The antiproliferative effect and cytotoxicity of 131I-caerin 1.1, 131I-c(RGD)2, Na131I, caerin 1.1 and c(RGD)2 on TE-1 cells were detected by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. (3) A nude mouse esophageal cancer (TE-1) xenograft model was established to study and compare the efficacy of 131I-caerin 1.1 and 131I-c(RGD)2 in internal radiation therapy for esophageal cancer. Results: (1) Caerin 1.1 inhibited the in vitro proliferation of TE-1 cells in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC50 of 13.00 mu g/mL. The polypeptide c(RGD)2 had no evident inhibitory effect on the in vitro proliferation of TE-1 cells. Therefore, the antiproliferative effects of caerin 1.1 and c(RGD)2 on esophageal cancer cells were significantly different (P < 0.05). The clonogenic assay showed that the clonal proliferation of TE-1 cells decreased as the concentration of caerin 1.1 increased. Compared with the control group (drug concentration of 0 mu g/mL), the caerin 1.1 group showed significantly lower clonal proliferation of TE-1 cells (P < 0.05). (2) The CCK-8 assay showed that 131I-caerin 1.1 inhibited the in vitro proliferation of TE-1 cells, while 131I-c(RGD)2 had no evident inhibitory effect on proliferation. The two polypeptides showed significantly different anti-proliferative effects on esophageal cancer cells at higher concentrations (P < 0.05). Cell binding and elution assays showed that 131I-caerin 1.1 stably bound to TE-1 cells. The cell binding rate of 131I-caerin 1.1 was 15.8 % +/- 1.09 % at 24 h and 6.95 % +/- 0.22 % after 24 h of incubation and elution. The cell binding rate of 131I-c(RGD)2 was 0.06 % +/- 0.02 % at 24 h and 0.23 % +/- 0.11 % after 24 h of incubation and elution. (3) In the in vivo experiment, 3 days after the last treatment, the tumor sizes of the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) group, caerin 1.1 group, c(RGD)2 group, 131I group, 131I-caerin 1.1 group, and 131I-c(RGD)2 group were 68.29 +/- 2.67 mm3, 61.78 +/- 3.58 mm3, 56.67 +/- 5.65 mm3, 58.88 +/- 1.71 mm3, 14.40 +/- 1.38 mm3, and 60.14 +/- 0.47 mm3, respectively. Compared with the other treatment groups, the 131I-caerin 1.1 group had significantly smaller tumor sizes (P < 0.001). After treatment, the tumors were isolated and weighed. The tumor weights in the PBS group, caerin 1.1 group, c(RGD)2 group, 131I group, 131I-caerin 1.1 group, and 131I-c(RGD)2 group were 39.50 +/- 9.54 mg, 38.25 +/- 5.38 mg, 38.35 +/- 9.53 mg, 28.25 +/- 8.50 mg, 9.50 +/- 4.43 mg, and 34.75 +/- 8.06 mg, respectively. The tumor weights in the 131I-caerin 1.1 group were significantly lighter than those in the other groups (P < 0.01).Conclusion: 131I-caerin 1.1 has tumor-targeting properties, is capable of targeted binding to TE-1 esophageal cancer cells, can be stably retained in tumor cells, and has an evident cytotoxic killing effect, while 131I-c(RGD)2 has no evident cytotoxic effect. 131I-caerin 1. @@@ 1 better suppressed tumor cell proliferation and tumor growth than pure caerin 1.1, 131I-c(RGD)2, and pure c(RGD)2.

  • Institution
    1; 广东药学院; 佛山市第一人民医院

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