TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of tumor necrosis factor, alone or in combination with topoisomerase‐ii‐targeted drugs, on human lung cancer cell lines
AU - Giaccone, G.
AU - Kadoyama, C.
AU - Maneckjee, R.
AU - Venzon, D.
AU - Alexander, R. B.
AU - Gazdar, A. F.
PY - 1990/8/15
Y1 - 1990/8/15
N2 - Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF) exhibits cytotoxic activity on some solid tumors and has been reported to be synergistic with topoisomerase‐II‐targeted antineoplastic agents. A wide range of TNF concentrations (from 10 to 10,000 U/ml) was tested in 9 human lung cancer cell lines (5 small‐cell and 4 non‐small‐cell carcinomas) using a semi‐automated MTT assay. TNF was not cytotoxic in 8 cell lines, while an adenocarcinoma cell line was marginally sensitive to the cytokine. Using 125I‐TNF we were able to show the presence of specific binding sites for TNF in 4/9 human lung cancer cell lines. Scatchard analysis of the marginally sensitive cell line showed high‐affinity, saturable binding. With 5 cell lines we also tested whether TNF affected the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin and etoposide, 2 topoisomerase II‐targeted drugs which are widely used in the therapy of lung cancer. No significant increase in cytotoxicity was seen when TNF was added to the 2 anti‐neoplastic agents. In contrast to certain other human and mouse lines, human lung cancer cell lines appear to be resistant to TNF, despite the presence of the receptor in some of them; moreover, no synergistic effect of TNF and 2 topoisomerase‐II‐targeted drugs was evident in these human cell lines.
AB - Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF) exhibits cytotoxic activity on some solid tumors and has been reported to be synergistic with topoisomerase‐II‐targeted antineoplastic agents. A wide range of TNF concentrations (from 10 to 10,000 U/ml) was tested in 9 human lung cancer cell lines (5 small‐cell and 4 non‐small‐cell carcinomas) using a semi‐automated MTT assay. TNF was not cytotoxic in 8 cell lines, while an adenocarcinoma cell line was marginally sensitive to the cytokine. Using 125I‐TNF we were able to show the presence of specific binding sites for TNF in 4/9 human lung cancer cell lines. Scatchard analysis of the marginally sensitive cell line showed high‐affinity, saturable binding. With 5 cell lines we also tested whether TNF affected the cytotoxicity of doxorubicin and etoposide, 2 topoisomerase II‐targeted drugs which are widely used in the therapy of lung cancer. No significant increase in cytotoxicity was seen when TNF was added to the 2 anti‐neoplastic agents. In contrast to certain other human and mouse lines, human lung cancer cell lines appear to be resistant to TNF, despite the presence of the receptor in some of them; moreover, no synergistic effect of TNF and 2 topoisomerase‐II‐targeted drugs was evident in these human cell lines.
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U2 - 10.1002/ijc.2910460231
DO - 10.1002/ijc.2910460231
M3 - Article
C2 - 2166714
AN - SCOPUS:0025151059
SN - 0020-7136
VL - 46
SP - 326
EP - 329
JO - International Journal of Cancer
JF - International Journal of Cancer
IS - 2
ER -