Molecular mechanisms involved in the antitumor activity of cannabinoids on gliomas: role for oxidative stress
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2010
Citazione:
Molecular mechanisms involved in the antitumor activity of cannabinoids on gliomas: role for oxidative stress / P. Massi, M. Valenti, M. Solinas, D. Parolaro. - In: CANCERS. - ISSN 2072-6694. - 2010:2(2010), pp. 1013-1026. [10.3390/cancers2021013]
Abstract:
Cannabinoids, the active components of Cannabis sativa, have been shown to exert antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on a wide spectrum of tumor cells and tissues. Of interest, cannabinoids have displayed great potency in reducing the growth of glioma tumors, one of the most aggressive CNS tumors, either in vitro or in animal experimental models curbing the growth of xenografts generated by subcutaneous or intrathecal injection of glioma cells in immune-deficient mice. Cannabinoids appear to be selective antitumoral agents as they kill glioma cells without affecting the viability of non-transformed cells. This review will summarize the anti-cancer properties that cannabinoids exert on gliomas and discuss their potential action mechanisms that appear complex, involving modulation of multiple key cell signaling pathways and induction of oxidative stress in glioma cells
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
cannabinoids ; gliomas ; apoptosis ; cellular mechanism ; oxidative stress
Elenco autori:
P. Massi, M. Valenti, M. Solinas, D. Parolaro
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