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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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EGFR inhibition by curcumin in cancer cells : a dual mode of action / Inhibition par curcumine de l'EGFR dans des cellules de cancer : un mode dual d'action

Starok, Marcelina Anna 20 November 2014 (has links)
Le récepteur de facteur de croissance épidermique (EGFR) est une cible commune de thérapie anticancéreuse. Aujourd'hui, la recherche de nouvelles molécules inhibitrices de ce récepteur se tourne vers des substances naturelles. Un des composés naturels les plus prometteurs qui ont montré une activité anti-EGFR est la curcumine, un polyphénol présent dans les rhizomes de Curcuma longa. Il y a de nombreux rapports décrivant son effet sur l'activité kinase du récepteur, le rendement d'autophosphorylation, le niveau d'expression et les processus liés à la fonction EGFR comme la prolifération cellulaire. Néanmoins, l'ensemble des mécanismes d’intercation de la curcumine avec l'de l'EGFR n’est pas entièrement élucidée. Nous avons démontré que le mode d'action de la curcumine est double. La curcumine est capable d'inhiber partiellement, mais directement l'activité enzymatique du domaine intracellulaire de l'EGFR. Mais le travail présenté attire l'attention sur le rôle de l'environnement de la membrane de l'EGFR au niveau d'action de la curcumine. Nous avons montré que l'insertion de curcumine dans la membrane plasmique aboutit à sa rigidification et par conséquent la limitation de la diffusion du récepteur. Le suivi de particules à l'unité analyses a confirmé que le coefficient de diffusion de l'EGFR dans la membrane des cellules cancéreuses diminué de manière significative en présence de la curcumine, susceptibles d'influencer la dimérisation du récepteur et l'activation tour à tour. / Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is a common target of anticancer therapy. Nowadays the search for new molecules inhibiting this receptor is turning towards natural substances. One of the most promising natural compounds that have shown an anti-EGFR activity is curcumin, the polyphenol found in the rhizomes of Curcuma longa. There are numerous reports describing its effect on the receptor kinase activity, the autophosphorylation yield, the expression level and the processes related to EGFR function like cell proliferation. Nevertheless, the entire mechanism of how curcumin interact with the EGFR is not fully elucidated. We demonstrated that the mode of action of curcumin is dual. Curcumin is able to inhibit directly but partially the enzymatic activity of the EGFR intracellular domain. But the presented work brings attention to the role of the EGFR membrane environment at the curcumin action level. We showed that the curcumin insertion in plasma membrane leads to its rigidification and as a consequence to limitation of the receptor diffusion. Single particle tracking analyses confirmed that the diffusion coefficient of EGFR in the cancer cell membrane significantly decreased in the presence of the curcumin, which might influence the receptor dimerization and in turns its activation.
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Development of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Specific Nanoprobes for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

Lucas, Leanne Jennifer 29 July 2013 (has links)
Novel biocompatible nanoprobes for optical imaging of Epidermal Growth Factor receptor (EGFR) were created. 5 and 18 nm gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and 5 and 45 nm diameter silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were conjugated to EGF protein via ?-lipoic acid. AgNPs were not previously attached to EGF. TOF-MS confirms EGF-linker formation. ELISA verifies the linked-EGF activity alone and with EGF-NPs. Core-shell silver-gold nanoparticles (AgAuNPs) gave similar results. TEM staining with uranyl acetate exhibits a bright ring, smaller than EGF, around nanoparticles. Dark field microscopy shows localized, intense cytoplasmic scattering, possibly lipid droplets, in cancer cells incubated with or without nanoprobes. Following injection, mice organs were harvested for EGF-NP immune response determination. Sterilization likely inactivated EGF before ICP-MS. Intense surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS, 632.8 nm) follows MgSO4 induced EGF-AgNPs aggregation. Pelleted EGF-AgNP tagged cancer cells lack SERS indicative intensity contrast. AgAuNPs could provide increased stability, brighter SERS, and reduced silver biocompatibility concerns.

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