Review Article

Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Tumor Microenvironment Transformation: The Mechanism of Radioresistant Gastric Cancer

Table 3

Novel therapies targeting the ROS-mediated TME alteration.

TherapyTargetMaterial typeMechanismReferences

BEMER electromagnetic field therapyROSCancer cell linesEnhanced ROS formation and induced DNA damage[64]
X-ray responsive selenium nanoparticlesROSHeLa and NIH3T3 cellsROS overproduction causing the cell apoptosis[65]
Diisopropylamine dichloroacetateROSHuman esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell lines Eca-109 and TE-13Modulated mitochondrial oxidation[66]
Bortezomib, romidepsinNF-κBHuman NSCLC cell lines (A549)Increasing ROS and stimulating the extrinsic pathway of apoptosis[67]
BortezomibROS, NoxaMantle-cell lymphoma cell lines and patientsCytotoxic effect through ROS generation and Noxa induction[68]
Celecoxib, 5-FUROSHuman squamous cell lines (SNU-1041 and SNU-1076), orthotopic tongue cancer mouse modelInhibiting the AKT pathway and enhancing ROS production[69]
Selenium nanoparticlesTNF, IRF1Human prostate adenocarcinoma cell line (PC-3)Causing TNF and IRF1-induced ROS-mediated necroptosis[70]
miR-139-5pMultiple genesBreast cancer patients, human breast cancer cell line (MCF7), xenograft mouse modelSuppression of gene networks of DNA repair and ROS defense[71]
Ursolic acidBGC-823 human adenocarcinoma gastric cancer cell lineEnhanced G2/M arrest, increasing ROS, promoting apoptosis[72]
miR-200c nanoparticlesCSCHuman gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines (BGC823, SGC7901, and MKN45) and an immortalized human gastric mucosa cell line (GES-1)Impairing ROS generation and DNA repair by the miR-200c[73]