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A novel fluorescent dye selectively images and kills cancer stem cells by targeting mitochondria: Evidence from a cell line‑based zebrafish xenograft model

  • Authors:
    • Tao Ren
    • Meng-Zhe Yang
    • Wei-Ming Zhang
    • Liu-Jie Qin
    • Shou-Chang Zhou
    • Nan-Nan Cheng
    • Yuan-Jiao Huang
    • Jing Sun
    • Ning Xu
    • Hua-Bing Sun
    • Bei-Bei Zhang
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  • Published online on: September 20, 2023     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14058
  • Article Number: 472
  • Copyright: © Ren et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Numerous agents such as near‑infrared dyes that are characterized by specialized cancer imaging and cytotoxicity effects have key roles in cancer diagnosis and therapy via molecularly targeting special biological tissues, organelles and processes. In the present study, a novel fluorescent compound was demonstrated to inhibit cancer cell proliferation in a zebrafish model with slight in vivo toxicity. Further studies demonstrated selective staining of cancer cells and even putative cancer stem cells via accumulation of the dye in the mitochondria of cancer cells, compared with normal cells. Moreover, this compound was also used to image cancer cells in vivo using a zebrafish model. The compound displayed no apparent toxicity to the host animal. Overall, the data indicated that this compound was worthy of further evaluation due to its low toxicity and selective cancer cell imaging and killing effects. It could be a useful tool in cancer research.
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Ren T, Yang M, Zhang W, Qin L, Zhou S, Cheng N, Huang Y, Sun J, Xu N, Sun H, Sun H, et al: A novel fluorescent dye selectively images and kills cancer stem cells by targeting mitochondria: Evidence from a cell line‑based zebrafish xenograft model. Oncol Lett 26: 472, 2023
APA
Ren, T., Yang, M., Zhang, W., Qin, L., Zhou, S., Cheng, N. ... Zhang, B. (2023). A novel fluorescent dye selectively images and kills cancer stem cells by targeting mitochondria: Evidence from a cell line‑based zebrafish xenograft model. Oncology Letters, 26, 472. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14058
MLA
Ren, T., Yang, M., Zhang, W., Qin, L., Zhou, S., Cheng, N., Huang, Y., Sun, J., Xu, N., Sun, H., Zhang, B."A novel fluorescent dye selectively images and kills cancer stem cells by targeting mitochondria: Evidence from a cell line‑based zebrafish xenograft model". Oncology Letters 26.5 (2023): 472.
Chicago
Ren, T., Yang, M., Zhang, W., Qin, L., Zhou, S., Cheng, N., Huang, Y., Sun, J., Xu, N., Sun, H., Zhang, B."A novel fluorescent dye selectively images and kills cancer stem cells by targeting mitochondria: Evidence from a cell line‑based zebrafish xenograft model". Oncology Letters 26, no. 5 (2023): 472. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2023.14058