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Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

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    • Mingjiang Yao
    • Bo Yuan
    • Xiao Wang
    • Ai Sato
    • Kana Sakuma
    • Kurumi Kaneko
    • Hana Komuro
    • Ayane Okazaki
    • Hideki Hayashi
    • Hiroo Toyoda
    • Xiaohua Pei
    • Xiaomei Hu
    • Toshihiko Hirano
    • Norio Takagi
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    Affiliations: Department of Applied Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan, Department of Clinical Molecular Genetics, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P.R. China, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, P.R. China, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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To provide novel insight into the development of new therapeutic strategies to combat breast cancer using trivalent arsenic (AsIII)-based combination therapy, the cytotoxicity of a combination of AsIII and tetrandrine (Tetra), a Chinese plant-derived alkaloid, was investigated in the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Cytotoxicity was evaluated using cell viability, colony formation, wound healing, lactate dehydrogenase leakage and cell cycle assay. Alterations of genes associated with cell proliferation and death were analyzed using real-time PCR and western blotting. Intracellular arsenic accumulation (As[i]) was also determined. Tetra significantly enhanced the cytotoxicity of AsIII in MCF-7 cells in a synergistic manner. The combined treatment upregulated the expression level of FOXO3a, and subsequently resulted in a concomitant increase in the expression levels of p21, p27, and decrease of cycline D1, which occurred in parallel with G0/G1 phase arrest. Autophagy induction was also observed in the combination treatment. Importantly, combining AsIII with Tetra exhibited a synergistic inhibitory effect on the expression level of survivin. Furthermore, enhanced As[i] along with synergistic cytotoxicity was observed in MCF-7 cells treated with AsIII combined with Tetra or Ko134, an inhibitor of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), suggesting that Tetra or the BCRP inhibitor probably intervened in the occurrence of resistance to arsenic therapy by enhancing the As[i] via modulation of multidrug efflux transporters. These results may provide a rational molecular basis for the combination regimen of AsIII plus Tetra, facilitating the development of AsIII-based anticancer strategies and combination therapies for patients with solid tumors, especially breast cancer.
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Yao M, Yuan B, Wang X, Sato A, Sakuma K, Kaneko K, Komuro H, Okazaki A, Hayashi H, Toyoda H, Toyoda H, et al: Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Int J Oncol 51: 587-598, 2017.
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Yao, M., Yuan, B., Wang, X., Sato, A., Sakuma, K., Kaneko, K. ... Takagi, N. (2017). Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. International Journal of Oncology, 51, 587-598. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4052
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Yao, M., Yuan, B., Wang, X., Sato, A., Sakuma, K., Kaneko, K., Komuro, H., Okazaki, A., Hayashi, H., Toyoda, H., Pei, X., Hu, X., Hirano, T., Takagi, N."Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7". International Journal of Oncology 51.2 (2017): 587-598.
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Yao, M., Yuan, B., Wang, X., Sato, A., Sakuma, K., Kaneko, K., Komuro, H., Okazaki, A., Hayashi, H., Toyoda, H., Pei, X., Hu, X., Hirano, T., Takagi, N."Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7". International Journal of Oncology 51, no. 2 (2017): 587-598. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4052
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Yao M, Yuan B, Wang X, Sato A, Sakuma K, Kaneko K, Komuro H, Okazaki A, Hayashi H, Toyoda H, Toyoda H, et al: Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Int J Oncol 51: 587-598, 2017.
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Yao, M., Yuan, B., Wang, X., Sato, A., Sakuma, K., Kaneko, K. ... Takagi, N. (2017). Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. International Journal of Oncology, 51, 587-598. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2017.4052
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Yao, M., Yuan, B., Wang, X., Sato, A., Sakuma, K., Kaneko, K., Komuro, H., Okazaki, A., Hayashi, H., Toyoda, H., Pei, X., Hu, X., Hirano, T., Takagi, N."Synergistic cytotoxic effects of arsenite and tetrandrine in human breast cancer cell line MCF-7". International Journal of Oncology 51.2 (2017): 587-598.
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