New Carbonate-Based Materials and Study of Cytotoxic Capacity in Cancer Cells

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Abstract

Calcium carbonate, one of the most commonly found biominerals produced by organisms, has shown great potential for the development of systems with biological applications due to its excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, and simple chemical composition. Here, we focus on the synthesis of various carbonate-based materials with vaterite phase control and their subsequent functionalization for applications in treating glioblastoma, one of the most limiting tumors currently without effective treatments. The incorporation of l-cysteine into the systems increased cell selectivity while the incorporation of manganese supplied the materials with cytotoxic capacity. Extensive characterization of the systems by infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and transmission electron microscopy confirmed the incorporation of the different fragments causing selectivity and cytotoxicity to the systems. To verify their therapeutic activity, the vaterite-based materials were tested in the CT2A cell line (murine glioma) and compared to SKBR3 (breast cancer) and HEK-293T (human kidney) cell lines. These studies on the cytotoxicity of the materials have shown promising results that can encourage future in vivo studies in glioblastoma models.

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Niza-Pérez, N., Quiroz-Troncoso, J., Alegría-Aravena, N., Gómez-Ruiz, S., Díaz-García, D., & Ramírez-Castillejo, C. (2023). New Carbonate-Based Materials and Study of Cytotoxic Capacity in Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065546

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