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Chemical and biological basis for development of novel radioprotective drugs for cancer therapy

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FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
卷 55, 期 5, 页码 595-625

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10715762.2021.1876854

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Antioxidant; free radicals; ionizing radiation; oxidative stress; reactive oxygen species (ROS)

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  1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

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Ionizing radiation is widely used in cancer therapy but can cause damage to normal tissues. Radioprotectors are being studied to mitigate these effects, but there is currently no clinically approved radioprotector for whole body radiation.
Ionizing radiation (IR) causes chemical changes in biological systems through direct interaction with the macromolecules or by causing radiolysis of water. This property of IR is harnessed in the clinic for radiotherapy in almost 50% of cancers patients. Despite the advent of stereotactic radiotherapy instruments and other advancements in shielding techniques, the inadvertent deposition of radiation dose in the surrounding normal tissue can cause late effects of radiation injury in normal tissues. Radioprotectors, which are chemical or biological agents, can reduce or mitigate these toxic side-effects of radiotherapy in cancer patients and also during radiation accidents. The desired characteristics of an ideal radioprotector include low chemical toxicity, high risk to benefit ratio and specific protection of normal cells against the harmful effects of radiation without compromising the cytotoxic effects of IR on cancer cells. Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) are the major contributors of IR mediated toxicity, plethora of studies have highlighted the potential role of antioxidants to protect against IR induced damage. However, owing to the lack of any clinically approved radioprotector against whole body radiation, researchers have shifted the focus toward finding alternate targets that could be exploited for the development of novel agents. The present review provides a comprehensive insight in to the different strategies, encompassing prime molecular targets, which have been employed to develop radiation protectors/countermeasures. It is anticipated that understanding such factors will lead to the development of novel strategies for increasing the outcome of radiotherapy by minimizing normal tissue toxicity.

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