The Combination Sorafenib-raloxifene-loratadine as a Novel Potential Therapeutic Approach Against Human Liver Cancer.
| Autor: | Villarruel-Melquiades F; Departamento de Farmacología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México., Hernandez-Gallegos E; Departamento de Farmacología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México., Solano-Agama C; Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México., Mendoza-Garrido ME; Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México., Camacho J; Departamento de Farmacología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Ciudad de México, México fcamacho@cinvestav.mx. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | In vivo (Athens, Greece) [In Vivo] 2023 May-Jun; Vol. 37 (3), pp. 1156-1163. |
| DOI: | 10.21873/invivo.13190 |
| Abstrakt: | Background/aim: Liver cancer is one of the malignancies with the highest mortality-to-incidence ratio worldwide. Therefore, novel therapeutic approaches are urgently needed. Combination therapy and drug repurposing can improve the response of the patients to therapy in several cancers. The aim of the present study was to merge these two strategies and evaluate whether the two-drug- or three-drug- combination of sorafenib, raloxifene, and loratadine improves the antineoplastic effect on human liver cancer cells in comparison to the single-drug effect. Materials and Methods: The human liver cancer cell lines HepG2 and HuH7 were studied. The effect of sorafenib, raloxifene, and loratadine on the metabolic activity was determined using the MTT assay. The inhibitory concentrations (IC Results: In both cell lines, sorafenib, raloxifene, and loratadine in two-drug and three-drug combinations significantly reduced metabolic activity and significantly increased the percentage of apoptotic cells compared to the single-drug effect. In addition, all the combinations significantly reduced the colony-forming capacity in the HepG2 cell line. Surprisingly, the effect of raloxifene on apoptosis was similar to that observed using the combinations. Conclusion: The triple combination sorafenib-raloxifene-loratadine may be a novel promising approach in the treatment of liver cancer patients. (Copyright © 2023, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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