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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
The anti-proliferative activity of human interferon (HuIFN) was enhanced by dipyridamole, 2,6-bis-(diethanolamino)-4,8-dipiperidinopyrimido-[5,4-d]-py rimidine, when tested against various human tumor cell lines, including KT (breast carcinoma), PLC/PRF/5 (hepatoma), MGC-I, U251-SP and T98 (glioma), HAC-2 and SHIN-3 (ovarian carcinoma), and MM-ICB (melanoma). The enhancement occurred irrespective of the kind of HuIFN used (alpha, beta or gamma) and the original degree of susceptibility of the cells to HuIFN. Even low doses down to 0.01 microM of dipyridamole that had no intrinsic anti-proliferative activity could enhance the effect of HuIFN. The enhancement of HuIFN effects seems not to be caused by induction of HuIFN production, because neither anti-viral activity nor HuIFN antigens were detected in culture medium in cells treated with dipyridamole. Mopidamole, a derivative of dipyridamole lacking one piperidine residue, produced little enhancement of the effects of HuIFN. Among ovarian cancer cell lines tested, the enhancement of the activity of HuIFN by dipyridamole for HAC-2 and SHIN-3 cells was equivalent to or greater than that for 3 chemotherapy agents (adriamycin, vincristine, and a camptothecin derivative). However, neither HOC-21 ovarian cancer cells nor HEC-1 endometrial adenocarcinoma cells were susceptible to any combinations. When MGC-1, U251-SP, and HAC-2 cells were injected into nude mice, the growth of tumors was more markedly inhibited by the subcutaneous administration of HuIFN in combination with oral administration of dipyridamole than by the HuIFN alone. Thus, this combination therapy seems to be worth trying for human cancer, although the enhancement of the effects of HuIFN by dipyridamole varied among the cell lines examined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Dipyridamole enhances an anti-proliferative effect of interferon in various types of human tumor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Biochemistry, Chiba University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article