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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Flavopiridol is a potent inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks). In a large proportion of solid tumor cell lines, the initial response to flavopiridol is cell cycle arrest. NCI-H661 non-small cell lung cancer cells are representative of a subset of more sensitive cell lines in which apoptosis is observed during the first 24 h of drug exposure. Analysis of the apoptotic population indicates that cells in S-phase are preferentially dying. In addition, cells are sensitized to flavopiridol following recruitment to S-phase, whether accomplished by synchronization or by treatment with noncytotoxic concentrations of chemotherapy agents that impose an S-phase delay. Combinations of gemcitabine or cisplatin, followed by flavopiridol at concentrations that correlate with cdk inhibition, produce sequence-dependent cytotoxic synergy. A survey of paired cell lines, including WI38 diploid fibroblasts or normal human bronchial epithelial cells, along with their SV40-transformed counterparts, demonstrates that treatment with flavopiridol during S-phase is selectively cytotoxic to transformed cells. These data suggest that treatment during S-phase may maximize responses to flavopiridol and that the administration of flavopiridol after chemotherapy agents that cause S-phase accumulation may be an efficacious antitumor strategy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1707-17
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Deoxycytidine, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Drug Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Piperidines, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-S Phase, pubmed-meshheading:11912144-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective sensitization of transformed cells to flavopiridol-induced apoptosis following recruitment to S-phase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Adult Oncology and Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.