Evaluation Of Boron's Anticancer Effect

Abstract

Boron, which is a micronutrient, has various important biological functions in plants, animals, and humans. Cancer, the disease of our time with high incidence and mortality rates worldwide, is a genomic disease that profoundly affects quality of life. Despite the discovery of new drugs and new treatment methods thanks to advancing technology, the disease's recovery and survival rates have not yet reached the desired levels. Additionally, due to the side effects, drug resistances, and toxicities caused by the drugs used, researchers continue their relentless search for natural products that can be used in cancer treatment and/or supportive treatment. Recent studies have shown that boron exhibits anticancer effects on certain types of cancer, exerting this effect by influencing the migration, proliferation, and survival properties of cancer cells. In addition to boron's biological effects, advances in nanotechnology have also enabled boron to be transformed into more targeted, controlled, and powerful treatment approaches in the form of nanoparticles. Within the scope of this review, the effects of boron on cancer cell lines have been evaluated in the literature, and it has been emphasized that both elemental boron and boron-based nanotechnological platforms hold promising potential for cancer treatment. However, in order to translate this potential into clinical practice, comprehensive in vitro, in vivo, and clinical researches involving boron and boron nanoparticles are required.

Keywords

• Anticancer effect
• apoptosis
• boron
• boron nanoparticles
• cancer

Borun Antikanser Etkisinin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Bor, silisyum, germanyum, arsenik, antimon ve tellür içeren bir metaloid elementtir. Bir mikro besin maddesi olan bor, bitkilerde, hayvanlarda ve insanlarda çeşitli önemli biyolojik işlevlere sahiptir. Dünya çapında yüksek görülme sıklığı ve ölüm oranlarına sahip çağımızın hastalığı kanser, yaşam kalitesini derinden etkileyen genomik bir hastalıktır. İlerleyen teknoloji sayesinde yeni ilaçlar ve yeni tedavi yöntemleri keşfedilmesine rağmen, hastalığın iyileşme ve sağ kalım oranları henüz istenen seviyelere ulaşamamıştır. Ayrıca, kullanılan ilaçların neden olduğu yan etkiler, ilaç dirençleri ve toksisiteler nedeniyle araştırmacılar kanser tedavisinde ve/veya tedaviyi desteklemede kullanılabilecek doğal ürünler için durmaksızın arayışlarını sürdürmektedir. Son çalışmalar, borun belirli kanser türleri üzerinde kanser hücrelerinin göçünü, çoğalmasını ve sağ kalım özelliklerini etkileyerek antikanser etkiler gösterdiğini göstermiştir. Borun biyolojik etkilerine ek olarak, nanoteknolojideki gelişmeler borun nanopartiküller formunda daha hedefli, kontrollü ve güçlü tedavi yaklaşımlarına dönüştürülmesini de sağlamıştır. Bu derleme kapsamında, borun kanser hücre hatları üzerindeki etkileri literatürde değerlendirilmiş ve hem elementel bor hem de bor bazlı nanoteknolojik platformların kanser tedavisi için umut verici bir potansiyele sahip olduğu vurgulanmıştır. Ancak, bu potansiyelin klinik uygulamaya dönüştürülebilmesi için bor ve bor nanopartiküllerini içeren kapsamlı in vitro, in vivo ve klinik araştırmalara ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

Keywords

• antikanser etki
• apoptoz
• bor
• bor nanopartikülleri
• kanser

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