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Ehrhardt, H. ; Pannert, L. ; Pfeiffer, S. ; Wachter, F. ; Amtmann, E.* ; Jeremias, I.

Enhanced anti-tumour effects of vinca alkaloids given separately from cytostatic therapies.

Br. J. Pharmacol. 168, 1558-1569 (2013)
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Background and Purpose In polychemotherapy protocols, that is for treatment of neuroblastoma and Ewing sarcoma, Vinca alkaloids and cell cycle-arresting drugs are usually administered on the same day. Here we studied whether this combination enables the optimal antitumour effects of Vinca alkaloids to be manifested. Experimental Approach Vinca alkaloids were tested in a preclinical mouse model in vivo and in vitro in combination with cell cycle-arresting drugs. Signalling pathways were characterized using RNA interference. Key Results In vitro, knockdown of cyclins significantly inhibited vincristine-induced cell death indicating, in accordance with previous findings, Vinca alkaloids require active cell cycling and M-phase transition for induction of cell death. In contrast, anthracyclines, irradiation and dexamethasone arrested the cell cycle and acted like cytostatic drugs. The combination of Vinca alkaloids with cytostatic therapeutics resulted in diminished cell death in 31 of 36 (86%) tumour cell lines. In a preclinical tumour model, anthracyclines significantly inhibited the antitumour effect of Vinca alkaloids in vivo. Antitumour effects of Vinca alkaloids in the presence of cytostatic drugs were restored by caffeine, which maintained active cell cycling, or by knockdown of p53, which prevented drug-induced cell cycle arrest. Therapeutically most important, optimal antitumour effects were obtained in vivo upon separating the application of Vinca alkaloids from cytostatic therapeutics. Conclusion and Implications Clinical trials are required to prove whether Vinca alkaloids act more efficiently in cancer patients if they are applied uncoupled from cytostatic therapies. On a conceptual level, our data suggest the implementation of polychemotherapy protocols based on molecular mechanisms of drugdrug interactions.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Doxorubicin ; Vincristine ; P53 ; Cell Cycle Arrest ; Application Schedule; Cell-cycle Arrest ; Tumor-cells ; Cancer-therapy ; Arrive Guidelines ; Drug-combinations ; Breast-cancer ; Dna-damage ; In-vitro ; Apoptosis ; P53
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0007-1188
e-ISSN 1476-5381
Journal British Journal of Pharmacology
Quellenangaben Volume: 168, Issue: 7, Pages: 1558-1569 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Research Unit Gene Vector (AGV)