Effect of Cold Atmospheric Plasma Jet and Gamma Radiation Treatments on Gingivobuccal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Breast Adenocarcinoma Cells

Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the conventional treatment modalities of cancer though successful are limited by presence of residual tumor cells, toxic side-effects and treatment resistance, thus raising the need for investigating other novel approaches. Here, we have used a cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) jet and assessed the in vitro efficacy in gingivobuccal squamous cell carcinoma (GB-SCC) – ITOC-03, breast adenocarcinoma—MCF7 and HEK293 cells. Cells lines were subjected to varying doses of ionizing radiation (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 Gy) and CAP jet treatment (0, 60, 180, 240, 300 s). CAP jet treatment showed time dependent increase in H₂O₂ and NO₂^? concentration. Cell viability assay showed potent effect of CAP jet on all three cell lines in comparison to radiation treatment, while helium gas treatment showed minimal inhibitory effect. Irradiated, CAP jet and helium gas treated cells showed loss of nucleic acid features, 788 cm^?1 and 1340 cm^?1 in Raman spectra, indicating DNA damage. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed distinct classification of CAP-treated and control cells, while Principal Component – Linear Discriminant Analysis (PC-LDA) based classification of Raman spectra showed ITOC-03 and HEK293 cells to be sensitive to CAP jet and radiation treatment in comparison to MCF7 cells. Collectively, cell viability assay and Raman spectroscopy have shown potent effect of CAP jet in GB-SCC and breast adenocarcinoma cells.

     

Heat and mass transfer on unsteady three-dimensional convective MHD flow past a porous plate moving in a parallel free stream

The unsteady three-dimensional convective flow of a viscous incompressible, electrically conducting fluid over a vertical, insulated, porous surface moving in a parallel free stream has been investigated, which flows belong to a separate class of problem of boundary layer theory. The effects of heat and mass transfer on this unsteady laminar flow past porous surface with transverse sinusoidal suction and oscillatory wall temperature have been analysed and discussed.     

Synthesis of novel 1,3-thiazin-4-ones by acetylene diester cyclization and their anticancer activities

A novel series of 1,3-thiazin-4-one derivatives containing a piperidyl ring (7–16) were designed and synthesized efficiently by thioamide and acetylene diester cyclization reaction via aminolysis of the ester group and the elimination of an alcohol molecule. The structures of all the novel compounds were established by their FTIR, Mass, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR spectral techniques. The newly synthesized compounds (7–16) were studied for their in vitro anticancer activity against human liver cancer cell lines Hep G2 using MTT assay. The IC₅₀ values of the tested compounds were ranging in between 7.48 ± 0.71 and 56.57 ± 1.37 µM. Further, the apoptosis evaluation by the mitochondrial membrane potential using JC-1 dye was carried out and the results are in good agreement with the cytotoxicity studies.