Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is one of the promising treatment methods for malignant melanoma. The main issue of this technology is the insufficient selectivity of <sup>10</sup>B accumulation in tumor cells. As a result of the neutron absorption by boron, an 84% energy release oc...
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| author | Iuliia Taskaeva Anna Kasatova Dmitry Surodin Nataliya Bgatova Sergey Taskaev |
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| description | Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is one of the promising treatment methods for malignant melanoma. The main issue of this technology is the insufficient selectivity of <sup>10</sup>B accumulation in tumor cells. As a result of the neutron absorption by boron, an 84% energy release occurred within the cell by the nuclear reaction <sup>10</sup>B (n, α)<sup>7</sup>Li, which lead to tumor cell death. The use of lithium instead of boron brings a new unique opportunity—local 100% energy release—since all products of the <sup>6</sup>Li (n, α)<sup>3</sup>H reaction have high linear energy transfer characteristics. The aim of this study was to determine the concentrations of Li in the tumor, skin, blood, brain and kidney in experimental animals with B16 melanoma and to analyze the potential Li toxicity after lithium carbonate administration at single doses of 300 and 400 mg/kg. Lithium carbonate was chosen since there is a long-term experience of its use in clinical practice for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry was used to evaluate Li concentrations in tissue samples. The accumulation efficiency of Li in the tumor was the highest at a time point of 30 min (22.4 µg/g; at a dose of 400 mg/kg). Despite the high lithium accumulation in the kidneys, the pathological changes in kidney tissues were not found. Thus, lithium may actually be used for the Li-NCT development and future studies can be conducted using <sup>6</sup>Li and following irradiation of tumor cells using the schemes of lithium administration tested in this work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1396b83c2b794028862ba7365209c3c22023-11-16T21:42:22ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292023-02-0113251810.3390/life13020518Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture TherapyIuliia Taskaeva0Anna Kasatova1Dmitry Surodin2Nataliya Bgatova3Sergey Taskaev4Laboratory of Ultrastructural Research, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology—Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630060 Novosibirsk, RussiaBudker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, RussiaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Research, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology—Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630060 Novosibirsk, RussiaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Research, Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology—Branch of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 630060 Novosibirsk, RussiaBudker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, RussiaBoron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is one of the promising treatment methods for malignant melanoma. The main issue of this technology is the insufficient selectivity of <sup>10</sup>B accumulation in tumor cells. As a result of the neutron absorption by boron, an 84% energy release occurred within the cell by the nuclear reaction <sup>10</sup>B (n, α)<sup>7</sup>Li, which lead to tumor cell death. The use of lithium instead of boron brings a new unique opportunity—local 100% energy release—since all products of the <sup>6</sup>Li (n, α)<sup>3</sup>H reaction have high linear energy transfer characteristics. The aim of this study was to determine the concentrations of Li in the tumor, skin, blood, brain and kidney in experimental animals with B16 melanoma and to analyze the potential Li toxicity after lithium carbonate administration at single doses of 300 and 400 mg/kg. Lithium carbonate was chosen since there is a long-term experience of its use in clinical practice for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry was used to evaluate Li concentrations in tissue samples. The accumulation efficiency of Li in the tumor was the highest at a time point of 30 min (22.4 µg/g; at a dose of 400 mg/kg). Despite the high lithium accumulation in the kidneys, the pathological changes in kidney tissues were not found. Thus, lithium may actually be used for the Li-NCT development and future studies can be conducted using <sup>6</sup>Li and following irradiation of tumor cells using the schemes of lithium administration tested in this work.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/2/518skin melanomalithium carbonatekidneytoxicitylithium neutron capture therapy |
| spellingShingle | Iuliia Taskaeva Anna Kasatova Dmitry Surodin Nataliya Bgatova Sergey Taskaev Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy Life skin melanoma lithium carbonate kidney toxicity lithium neutron capture therapy |
| title | Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy |
| title_full | Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy |
| title_fullStr | Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy |
| title_short | Study of Lithium Biodistribution and Nephrotoxicity in Skin Melanoma Mice Model: The First Step towards Implementing Lithium Neutron Capture Therapy |
| title_sort | study of lithium biodistribution and nephrotoxicity in skin melanoma mice model the first step towards implementing lithium neutron capture therapy |
| topic | skin melanoma lithium carbonate kidney toxicity lithium neutron capture therapy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/2/518 |
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