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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
Three nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines (CNE-1, CNE-2 and NPC/HK-1), two squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cell lines (T2/CUHK and PWH-S1) and six head and neck cancer specimens (NPC [n = 4], SCC tongue [n = 1] and a thyroid cancer [n = 1]) were incubated with interferon (IFN)-alpha (5 x 10(4) iu/mL) and/or 13-cis retinoic acid (13RA; 10(-5) mol/L) for two days at 37 degrees C. In vitro chemosensitivity was measured using MTT assay. Mild growth inhibition of the five cell lines by IFN-alpha ranged from 7.1% to 51.8% (mean: 18.5%), whereas with 13RA it was zero to 19.7% (mean: 7%). Greater inhibition (14.8-51.0%, mean: 31.8%) was achieved when the two drugs were used in combination. Growth inhibition of the six surgical specimens ranged from 6.9% to 21% (mean: 13.6%) with IFN-alpha; zero to 10.3% (mean: 6.0%) with 13RA; and 6.6-26.5% (mean: 17.7%) when the two agents were combined. Four of the 11 samples showed synergistic antitumour effect when IFN-alpha and 13RA were combined, and six showed subadditive effect. The results show that IFN-alpha and 13RA have a mild in vitro antitumour effect on head and neck cancer cells, and the drug synergistic effect demonstrated in this study suggests that the two agents should be used in combination in clinical application.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0967-4845
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro inhibition of head and neck cancer-cell growth by human recombinant interferon-alpha and 13-cis retinoic acid.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin NT. pklam@cuhk.edu.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article