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Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line

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    • A. Carmo
    • H. Carvalheiro
    • I. Crespo
    • I. Nunes
    • M. C. Lopes
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    Affiliations: Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
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    Published online on: September 2, 2011
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.406
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Abstract

Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most lethal subtype of astrocytomas, with a mean patient survival rate of 12 months after diagnosis. The gold standard treatment of GBM, which includes surgery followed by the combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ), increases the survival rate to 14.6 months. The success of TMZ appears to be limited by the occurrence of chemoresistance that allows glioma cells to escape from death signaling pathways. However, the mechanism of TMZ action is yet to be clarified although some controversial results have been reported. Therefore, our aim was to evaluate the occurrence of apoptosis and autophagy in glioma cells treated with TMZ and to correlate TMZ action with the survival pathways Pi3K/Akt and ERK1/2 MAP kinase. Cell proliferation was evaluated by incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine. Apoptosis was studied by flow cytometry as well as by fluorescence confocal microscopy in order to evaluate the sub G0/G1 percentage of cells and chromatin condensation. The expression of the autophagy-associated protein, LC3, as well as Akt and ERK1/2 was performed by Western blotting. In TMZ-treated GBM cells the expression of LC3, the autophagy-associated protein, was increased and only a reduced percentage of cells underwent apoptosis. In addition, we showed that the phosphorylation status of Pi3K/Akt and ERK1/2 MAP kinase was maintained during the treatment with TMZ, suggesting that glioma cells escape from TMZ-induced cell death due to these signaling pathways. The chemoresistance of U-118 cells to TMZ was partially eradicated when cells were simultaneously treated with specific inhibitors of Pi3K/Akt and ERK1/2 MAP kinase signaling pathways and TMZ. Therefore, we hypothesized that in order to induce glioma cell death it is essential to evaluate the activation of the survival pathways and establish a combined therapy using TMZ and inhibitors of those signaling pathways.
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Carmo A, Carvalheiro H, Crespo I, Nunes I and Lopes MC: Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line. Oncol Lett 2: 1165-1170, 2011.
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., & Lopes, M.C. (2011). Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line. Oncology Letters, 2, 1165-1170. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.406
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., Lopes, M. C."Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line". Oncology Letters 2.6 (2011): 1165-1170.
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., Lopes, M. C."Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line". Oncology Letters 2, no. 6 (2011): 1165-1170. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.406
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Carmo A, Carvalheiro H, Crespo I, Nunes I and Lopes MC: Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line. Oncol Lett 2: 1165-1170, 2011.
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., & Lopes, M.C. (2011). Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line. Oncology Letters, 2, 1165-1170. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.406
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., Lopes, M. C."Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line". Oncology Letters 2.6 (2011): 1165-1170.
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Carmo, A., Carvalheiro, H., Crespo, I., Nunes, I., Lopes, M. C."Effect of temozolomide on the U-118 glioma cell line". Oncology Letters 2, no. 6 (2011): 1165-1170. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2011.406
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