Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)), has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine; it has considerable efficacy in the treatment of relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia, inducing partial differentiation and promoting apoptosis of malignant promyelocytes. Although a number of studies have demonstrated that As(2)O(3) has potent activity against cell growth in a series of leukemia cell lines, little information is available regarding this compound's effect on cell growth in solid tumor cell lines. In this study, we investigated the effects of As(2)O(3)in vitro on ovarian cancer cell lines sensitive (3AO) and resistant (3AO/CDDP) to cisplatin. The 3-(4,5-dimethy-thiazoyl-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assay was used to evaluate cytotoxicity. Flow cytometric analysis was used to determine the apoptosis, cell cycle distribution. We clearly demonstrated that As(2)O(3) induced cell apoptosis and inhibition of cell growth in both the cell lines. Furthermore, we identified that As(2)O(3)-induced apoptosis involved Fas pathway. As(2)O(3) is an active agent against ovarian cancer cells and could be effective in the clinical treatment of ovarian cancer.
Small amount of TiB2 (<5 wt%) was added into B4C through a novel method that combines the use of sputter deposition and hot pressing. Sputter deposition provided more uniform dispersion of TiB2 grains with smaller grain sizes as compared to the conventional particulate mixing. Small amount TiB2 addition demonstrated to be an effective way for improving the fracture behavior and toughness of B4C while not sacrificing its outstanding lightweight property to a large extent: 2.3 wt% TiB2 addition brought 15% improvement in indentation fracture toughness while resulting in less than 2% increase in density. The improvement can be attributed to the combination of crack impeding by TiB2 grains and crack deflection at the B4C–TiB2 interfaces. TiB2 also played as grain growth inhibitor resulting in a slight increase (2%) in Vickers hardness. Another intention of employing sputter deposition was to modify the grain boundary of B4C; however, neither formation of Ti‐containing phase nor Ti segregation has been observed at grain boundaries likely due to the poor wettability of B4C.
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