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A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors

  • Authors:
    • Ning Ding
    • Xiao-Xing Cui
    • Zhi Gao
    • Huarong Huang
    • Xingchuan Wei
    • Zhiyun Du
    • Yong Lin
    • Weichung Joe Shih
    • Arnold B. Rabson
    • Allan H. Conney
    • Chunhong Hu
    • Xi Zheng
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    Affiliations: Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, P.R. China, Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA, Allan H. Conney Laboratory for Anticancer Research, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China, Division of Biometrics, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
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    Published online on: March 19, 2014
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2350
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Abstract

Because K-Ras mutation and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) overexpression are hallmarks of majority of pancreatic cancer patients, an approach to inhibit the progression and growth of pancreatic cancer using the simultaneous administration of agents that inhibit the function of both targets, should be considered. In the present study, we assessed the effects of atorvastatin (Lipitor), celecoxib (Celebrex) and tipifarnib (Zarnestra) on the growth of human pancreatic cancer. In the in vitro studies, we found that treatment of human pancreatic tumor cells with a combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib had a stronger inhibitory effect on growth and a stronger stimulatory effect on apoptosis than each drug alone or for any combination of two drugs. We also found that treatment of Panc-1 cells with a combination of all three drugs strongly decreased the levels of phosphorylated Erk1/2 and Akt. In an animal model of xenograft tumors in severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice, we found that daily i.p. injections of a combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib had a stronger inhibitory effect on the growth of the tumors in mice than each drug alone or for any combination of two drugs. The results of our study indicate that a combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib may be an effective strategy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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Ding N, Cui X, Gao Z, Huang H, Wei X, Du Z, Lin Y, Shih WJ, Rabson AB, Conney AH, Conney AH, et al: A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors. Int J Oncol 44: 2139-2145, 2014.
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z. ... Zheng, X. (2014). A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors. International Journal of Oncology, 44, 2139-2145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2350
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z., Lin, Y., Shih, W. J., Rabson, A. B., Conney, A. H., Hu, C., Zheng, X."A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors". International Journal of Oncology 44.6 (2014): 2139-2145.
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z., Lin, Y., Shih, W. J., Rabson, A. B., Conney, A. H., Hu, C., Zheng, X."A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors". International Journal of Oncology 44, no. 6 (2014): 2139-2145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2350
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Ding N, Cui X, Gao Z, Huang H, Wei X, Du Z, Lin Y, Shih WJ, Rabson AB, Conney AH, Conney AH, et al: A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors. Int J Oncol 44: 2139-2145, 2014.
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z. ... Zheng, X. (2014). A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors. International Journal of Oncology, 44, 2139-2145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2350
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z., Lin, Y., Shih, W. J., Rabson, A. B., Conney, A. H., Hu, C., Zheng, X."A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors". International Journal of Oncology 44.6 (2014): 2139-2145.
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Ding, N., Cui, X., Gao, Z., Huang, H., Wei, X., Du, Z., Lin, Y., Shih, W. J., Rabson, A. B., Conney, A. H., Hu, C., Zheng, X."A triple combination of atorvastatin, celecoxib and tipifarnib strongly inhibits pancreatic cancer cells and xenograft pancreatic tumors". International Journal of Oncology 44, no. 6 (2014): 2139-2145. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2014.2350
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