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Table 1 Anti-tumoral effects of resveratrol in glioblastoma radiotherapy/chemotherapy

From: Therapeutic potentials of resveratrol in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy during glioblastoma treatment: a mechanistic review

Model

Cell line(s)

Resveratrol dosage; route of administration

Exposure conditions of RT

Chemotherapeutic drug; dosage; route of administration

Co-treatment outcomes

Refs.

In vitro

U-87MG

20 µM

5 Gy; 180 KV X-rays

Induction of a delay in cell cycle progression, enhancement of GJIC

[82]

In vitro and in vivo

CD133

100 µM

2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 Gy; 1.25 MeV (cobalt-60 γ-rays)

Induction of apoptosis, suppression of STAT3 signaling, ↑survival rate

[70]

In vitro and in vivo

SU-2

75 µmol/L (for in vitro) and 150 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); ip

2, 4 and 6 Gy; 6 MV X-rays

↑radiosensitivity, prevention of self-renewal and stemness, ↑apoptosis, induction of autophagy, inhibition of DNA repair

[101]

In vitro

U87MG

20 µM

2 Gy; 1.25 MeV (cobalt-60 γ-rays)

↓colony number, ↑DNA damage, ↑radiosensitivity

[100]

In vitro

DBTRG

50 µM

Paclitaxel; 50 µM

↑mitochondrial ROS levels, ↑activation of TRPM2 channel, ↑caspase 3 activity, ↑influx of Ca2+ into the cell through TRPM2 channel

[108]

In vitro

T98G

100 µM

Temozolomide; 100 µM

↑chemosensitivity, ↑apoptotic morphology (such as nuclear and cytoplasmic condensation and chromatin aggregation), ↑cleavage of caspase-3, ↓intracellular level and nuclear translocation of NF-κB, repression of MGMT expression

[120]

In vitro and in vivo

GIC400 andGIC411

20 and 40 µM (for in vitro) and 12.5 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); ip

Temozolomide; 200 and 400 µM (for in vitro) and 68 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); oral

↓cell viability, induction of apoptosis, activation of DSBs/pATM/pATR/p53 pathway, inhibition of self-renewal capacity and promotion of cell differentiation, inactivation of STAT3, inhibition of tumor growth

[119]

In vitro and in vivo

T98G and U138

2, 4, 8, 10, 16 and 32 µM (for in vitro) and 10 mg/kg/day; ip

Temozolomide; 400 µM (for in vitro) and 25 mg/kg//day (for in vivo); ip

↓cell viability and proliferation, ↑apoptosis (↑Cleaved caspase-3 and Bax, ↓XIAP and Bcl‐2), suppression of Wnt signaling pathway, downregulation of MGMT expression

[121]

In vitro

RG-2, LN-18 and LN-428

25, 50, 75 and 100 µM

Temozolomide; 250, 500, 750 and 1000 µM

Inhibition of growth cell, down-regulation of MGMT overexpression, ↓expression of STAT3, ↓survivin and Bcl-2 levels, Inhibition of STAT3/Bcl-2/survivin signaling pathway

[122]

In vitro and in vivo

SHG44

10 µM (for in vitro) and 40 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); oral

Temozolomide; 100 µM (for in vitro) and 68 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); oral

Induction of cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase, ↑expression of GFAP, down-regulation of MMP-9 expression, inhibition of cell migration, ↑ROS production, activation of AMPK, inhibition of mTOR signaling, down-regulation of Bcl-2, ↓tumor volume, ↓Ki-67 expression

[133]

In vitro and in vivo

U87 MG

10 µM (for in vitro) and 12.5 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); ip

Temozolomide; 100–400 µM (for in vitro) and 10 mg/kg/day (for in vivo); ip

↓autophagy, ↑apoptosis, ↓cell viability, ↑chemosensitivity,↑cell death, ↓tumor volume, ↓ERK activity and LC3-II protein levels, ↑cleavage of PARP

[172]

In vitro

U87, U138 and U251

30 µM

Temozolomide; 100 µM

↑autophagy, abrogation of temozolomide-induced G2 arrest, ↑gammaH2AX, pATM and pChk2, ↑cyclin B and pRb levels, ↓pWee1 and pCdk1 levels, induction of mitotic catastrophe (aberrant chromosome condensation and mitotic phenotype, micronuclei and nuclearfragmentation, abnormal/triple mitosis, ↑percentages of irregular nuclei and large nuclei), ↓clonogenic growth, ↑senescence

[163]

In vitro and in vivo

U251MG and C6

7.5, 15 and 30 µM and 10 mg/kg/day; ip

Temozolomide; 10 mg/kg/day and thrice a week; ip

Inhibition of temozolomide-induced autophagy and promotion of apoptosis (up to 15 µM resveratrol), inhibition of ERK1/2-dependent autophagy

[164]

  1. ↑, Increase; ↓, Decease; GJIC, Gap junction intercellular communication; MGMT, O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase; STAT3, signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; GFAP, Glial fibrillary acid protein; MMP-9, matrix metalloproteinase-9; ERK, Extracellular signal-regulated kinase; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase; ROS, reactive oxygen species