Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, cilt.74, sa.2, ss.161-174, 2017 (Scopus)
Nitric oxide (NO) is unique molecule involved in many intracellular or intercellular signaling pathways and its importance varies from cell to cell. It is demonstrated that heterogeneous regulating responses to various NO levels have been observed in in different types of tumors. Constitutively expressed NO plays an important role in drawing up the phenotype of tumor cells. The roles of NO in tumor growth cover the tumor penetration into the surrounding tissues to spread to remote areas and the development of the neovascularization to obtain the highest blood flow for the necessary resources. Generally, effects of NO at low concentrations considered as protumoral. In very high concentrations of NO, it serves as a potent anti-tumor agent by inhibiting angiogenesis or inducing apoptosis and/or necrosis. While NOS activation is expected to show anti-tumor effect, it has been demonstrated that NO may increase the progression and propagation of cancer due to the effects on metastasis process. The effect of NO on metastasis is affected by different factors such as cell type, dose, the types of participating organs or the period in which NO involved in the tumor development. These different characteristic effects of NO expression are used therapeutically in many preclinical models of cancer in order to increase the inhibition of tumor growth and chemotherapy/ radiotherapy efficiency. These approaches are envisaged as new anticancer strategies.