Vincristine- and cisplatin-induced apoptosis in human retinoblastoma. Potentiation by sodium butyrate
| Autor: | Robert Max Conway, Philip L. Penfold, Michele C. Madigan, Francis A. Billson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Cancer Research
Vincristine Programmed cell death Retinal Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Antineoplastic Agents Apoptosis Butyrate Biology chemistry.chemical_compound Tumor Cells Cultured medicine Humans Cisplatin Chemotherapy Dose-Response Relationship Drug Retinoblastoma Drug Synergism Sodium butyrate DNA Neoplasm Endonucleases medicine.disease eye diseases Drug Combinations Oncology chemistry Cancer research Butyric Acid medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Cancer. 34:1741-1748 |
| ISSN: | 0959-8049 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0959-8049(98)00234-2 |
| Popis: | Chemotherapy alone has largely been unsuccessful in controlling retinoblastoma growth, and has traditionally been limited in use as an alternative to irradiation for the treatment of retinoblastoma. Recently, clinical studies combining chemotherapy with local therapies, including radiotherapy, laser therapy or cryotherapy and in some cases, cyclosporine A, have been effective in treating retinoblastoma. Differentiating agents may also be combined with chemotherapy to enhance the action of cytotoxic drugs on tumor cell growth, although this approach has not been fully investigated in retinoblastoma. In this study, we evaluated the cytotoxic response of human retinoblastoma cell lines (Y79 and WERI-Rb1) to two chemotherapy agents commonly used in treating retinoblastoma, vincristine (VCR) and cisplatin (CDDP). Retinoblastoma cells have been shown to be sensitive to the differentiating agent sodium butyrate, and cell lines were also treated with a combination of VCR or CDDP with sodium butyrate, and the effects on retinoblastoma viability assessed. Both VCR and CDDP induced dose-dependent death of Y79 and WERI-Rb1 cells, accompanied by nuclear and cytoplasmic condensation and DNA laddering, features characteristic of apoptosis. Inhibitors of macromolecular synthesis, cycloheximide and actinomycin-D, significantly reduced VCR- and CDDP-induced apoptosis, although putative endonuclease inhibitors zinc sulphate and aurintricarboxylic acid had no apparent effect. Treatment with 0.5 mM or 1 mM sodium butyrate combined with VCR or CDDP significantly increased induction of apoptosis by these agents. This augmentation of chemotherapy-induced apoptosis may have implications for retinoblastoma therapy. |
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