The synergistic effect of Canady Helios cold atmospheric plasma and a FOLFIRINOX regimen for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma in vitro
Jones, Olivia ; Cheng, Xiaoqian ; Murthy, Saravana R. K. ; Ly, Lawan ; Zhuang, Taisen ; Basadonna, Giacomo ; Keidar, Michael ; Canady, Jerome
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Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare biliary tract cancer with a low five-year survival rate and high recurrence rate after surgical resection. Currently treatment approaches include systemic chemotherapeutics such as FOLFIRINOX, a chemotherapy regimen is a possible treatment for severe CCA cases. A limitation of this chemotherapy regimen is its toxicity to patients and adverse events. There exists a need for therapies to alleviate the toxicity of a FOLFIRINOX regimen while enhancing or not altering its anticancer properties. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a technology with a promising future as a selective cancer treatment. It is critical to know the potential interactions between CAP and adjuvant chemotherapeutics. In this study the aim is to characterize the efficacy of FOLFIRINOX and CAP in combination to understand potential synergetic effect on CCA cells. FOLFIRINOX treatment alone at the highest dose tested (53.8 microM fluorouracil, 13.7 microM Leucovorin, 5.1 microM Irinotecan, and 3.7 microM Oxaliplatin) reduced CCA cell viability to below 20% while CAP treatment alone for 7 min reduced viability to 3% (p < 0.05). An analysis of cell viability, proliferation, and cell cycle demonstrated that CAP in combination with FOLFIRINOX is more effective than either treatment alone at a lower FOLFIRINOX dose of 6.7 microM fluorouracil, 1.7 microM leucovorin, 0.6 microM irinotecan, and 0.5 microM oxaliplatin and a shorter CAP treatment of 1, 3, or 5 min. In conclusion, CAP has the potential to reduce the toxicity burden of FOLFIRINOX and warrants further investigation as an adjuvant therapy.
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Jones O, Cheng X, Murthy SRK, Ly L, Zhuang T, Basadonna G, Keidar M, Canady J. The synergistic effect of Canady Helios cold atmospheric plasma and a FOLFIRINOX regimen for the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma in vitro. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 26;11(1):8967. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88451-w. PMID: 33903679; PMCID: PMC8076226. Link to article on publisher's site