SYNERGISTIC POTENTIATION OF CISPLATIN CYTOTOXICITY BY CAFFEINE IN A CISPLATIN-RESISTANT RAT OVARIAN TUMOR-CELL LINE

  • Authors:
    • G CHEN
    • WJ ZELLER
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  • Published online on: July 1, 1992     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.1.2.129
  • Pages: 129-134
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Abstract

The combined cytotoxicity of cisplatin (DDP) and caffeine (CA) against DDP-sensitive (O-342) and -resistant (O-342/DDP) rat ovarian tumor cell lines in vitro was investigated. 0-342/DDP cells showed a similar sensitivity to CA as O-342 cells did. Simultaneous administration of DDP and CA resulted in infra-additive to additive cytotoxicity in O-342 cells, whereas in O-342/DDP cells, combination of DDP with CA produced effects from infra-additivity to synergism. The strength of this enhancement of DDP cytotoxicity by CA in both cell lines varied in a CA-dose dependent manner but inversely with DDP concentrations. ADP-ribosyl transferase (ADPRT) activity was 2.6-fold in O-342/DDP cells compared to that in O-342 cells. CA (2.5 mM) caused 53.4% and 28.9% inhibition of ADPRT activity in control and DDP-treated O-342/DDP cells, respectively. This inhibitory effect, however, was not observed in 0-342 cells. Our results suggest that CA may have some potential in combination with DDP for treatment of DDP-resistant malignancies in the clinic. One of the possible mechanisms involved in this process might be that CA inhibits ADPRT-associated DNA repair in the resistant cells.

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CHEN G and CHEN G: SYNERGISTIC POTENTIATION OF CISPLATIN CYTOTOXICITY BY CAFFEINE IN A CISPLATIN-RESISTANT RAT OVARIAN TUMOR-CELL LINE. Int J Oncol 1: 129-134, 1992
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CHEN, G., & CHEN, G. (1992). SYNERGISTIC POTENTIATION OF CISPLATIN CYTOTOXICITY BY CAFFEINE IN A CISPLATIN-RESISTANT RAT OVARIAN TUMOR-CELL LINE. International Journal of Oncology, 1, 129-134. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.1.2.129
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CHEN, G., ZELLER, W."SYNERGISTIC POTENTIATION OF CISPLATIN CYTOTOXICITY BY CAFFEINE IN A CISPLATIN-RESISTANT RAT OVARIAN TUMOR-CELL LINE". International Journal of Oncology 1.2 (1992): 129-134.
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CHEN, G., ZELLER, W."SYNERGISTIC POTENTIATION OF CISPLATIN CYTOTOXICITY BY CAFFEINE IN A CISPLATIN-RESISTANT RAT OVARIAN TUMOR-CELL LINE". International Journal of Oncology 1, no. 2 (1992): 129-134. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.1.2.129