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Hydrogen-bubbled platinum-colloid suppresses human esophagus- or tongue-carcinoma cells with intracellular platinum-uptake and the diminished normal-cell mortality.

Shinya Kato, Yasukazu Saitoh, Nobuhiko Miwa · Human cell · 2020

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Primary topic Cancer and Supportive Oncology Research
Evidence type Laboratory or cellular evidence
Publication type Laboratory Study
Hydrogen method Other or not reported

H2HUBB TAKEAWAY

Hydrogen-bubbled platinum-colloid suppresses human esophagus- or tongue-carcinoma cells with intracellular platinum-uptake and the diminished normal-cell mortality. These findings come from a laboratory model and suggest molecular hydrogen's biological potential. Further research is needed to determine clinical relevance.

What the Researchers Tested

The study examined in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.

How Molecular Hydrogen Was Used

Carcinostatic effects of combined use of hydrogen nano-bubbles (nano-H) and platinum-povidone (PVP–Pt) were examined. Hydrogen-dissolved medium was prepared by hydrogen-gas bubbling with a microporous gas-emittance-terminal into a medium in the absence or presence of PVP-Pt (nano-H, nano-H/PVP-Pt). Human esophagus-derived carcinoma cells KYSE70 were repressed for cell proliferation with nano-H/PVP-Pt more markedly than with nano-H, indicating the hydrogen-intensification for PVP-Pt-alone-carcinostasis.

What Molecular Hydrogen Changed

Carcinostatic effects of combined use of hydrogen nano-bubbles (nano-H) and platinum-povidone (PVP–Pt) were examined. Hydrogen-dissolved medium was prepared by hydrogen-gas bubbling with a microporous gas-emittance-terminal into a medium in the absence or presence of PVP-Pt (nano-H, nano-H/PVP-Pt). Human esophagus-derived carcinoma cells KYSE70 were repressed for cell proliferation with nano-H/PVP-Pt more markedly than with nano-H, indicating the hydrogen-intensification for PVP-Pt-alone-carcinostasis.

H₂ Mechanisms / Biological Findings

The source material reviewed did not establish a specific molecular hydrogen mechanism for the reported findings.

Authors’ Conclusion

A distinct authors’ conclusion was not available in the source material reviewed by H2HUBB.