[HTML][HTML] Bacteriocins in cancer treatment: Mechanisms and clinical potentials

Y Wang, Y Wang, T Sun, J Xu - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cancer poses a severe threat to human health. Although conventional chemotherapy
remains a cornerstone of cancer treatment, its significant side effects and the growing issue …

Nisin variants generated by protein engineering and their properties

Y Zheng, Y Du, Z Qiu, Z Liu, J Qiao, Y Li, Q Caiyin - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nisin, a typical lantibiotic, has robust antimicrobial activity combined with limited cytotoxicity,
and the development of resistance to it is slow. These properties make nisin a promising …

Stabilization and anticancer enhancing activity of the peptide nisin by cyclodextrin-based nanosponges against colon and breast cancer cells

Y Khazaei Monfared, M Mahmoudian, C Cecone… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The great variability of cancer types demands novel drugs with broad spectrum, this is the
case of Nisin, a polycyclic antibacterial peptide that recently has been considered for …

Repurposing antidepressants and phenothiazine antipsychotics as efflux pump inhibitors in cancer and infectious diseases

B Rácz, G Spengler - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle in the therapy of infectious diseases and
cancer. One of the major mechanisms of MDR is the overexpression of efflux pumps (EPs) …

Nisin delivery by nanosponges increases its anticancer activity against in-vivo melanoma model

YK Monfared, M Mahmoudian, F Caldera… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nisin, a small antimicrobial peptide, has been recently suggested as a novel potential
therapeutic approach to treat cancer with no toxicity in humans. The current study used cross …

Emerging lactic acid bacteria bacteriocins as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents for human health

AK Niamah, STG Al-Sahlany, DK Verma, RM Shukla… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Modern cancer diagnostics and treatment options have greatly improved survival rates; the
illness remains a major cause of mortality worldwide. Current treatments for cancer, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Combinatory effect of nisin antimicrobial peptide with bioactive molecules: A review

TD Tavares, ARM Ribeiro, C Silva, JC Antunes… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global concern over the emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is growing,
demanding for new and more effective antimicrobial strategies. Antimicrobial peptides …

An investigation of bacteriocin nisin anti-cancer effects and FZD7 protein interactions in liver cancer cells

P Balcik-Ercin, B Sever - Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2022 - Elsevier
The bacteriocin, nisin, produced by Lactococcus and Streptococcus species during
fermentation, is widely used for bio preservatives in a wide variety of foods. Liver cancer has …

Discovery of the potentiator of the pore-forming ability of lantibiotic nisin: Perspectives for anticancer therapy

DN Chernyshova, AA Tyulin, OS Ostroumova… - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study was focused on the action of lantibiotic nisin on the phospholipid membranes.
Nisin did not produce ion-permeable pores in the membranes composed of DOPC or DOPE …

[HTML][HTML] The impacts of prepared plasma-activated medium (PAM) combined with doxorubicin on the viability of MCF-7 breast cancer cells: a new cancer treatment …

S Zahedian, A Hekmat, SH Tackallou… - … of Biochemistry & …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: For many years, the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin (DOX) has been
used to treat various cancers; however, DOX initiates several critical adverse effects. Many …