Preclinical rationale for synergistic interaction of pemetrexed and cytotoxic nucleoside analogues.
Preclinical rationale for synergistic interaction of pemetrexed and cytotoxic nucleoside analogues.
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10.3892/ol.2012.773
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2012-09
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2.9
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T. Oguri;H. Ozasa;T. Uemura;O. Takakuwa;E. Kunii;Daishi Kasai;H. Ohkubo;M. Miyazaki;K. Maeno;Shigeki Sato
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T. Oguri;H. Ozasa;T. Uemura;O. Takakuwa;E. Kunii;Daishi Kasai;H. Ohkubo;M. Miyazaki;K. Maeno;Shigeki Sato
Cytotoxic nucleoside analogues are widely used in cancer chemotherapy. We used the cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C)-resistant erythroleukaemia cell line K562 and the Ara-C-sensitive myeloid leukaemia cell line HL60 to examine the differential expression of molecular markers. We found increased expression levels of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) and human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1) and decreased levels of multidrug resistance protein 5 (ABCC5) and ribonucleoside reductase subunit M1 (RRM1) expression in Ara-C-sensitive HL60 cells. We previously established the pemetrexed (MTA)-resistant small cell lung cancer cell lines PC6/MTA-0.4 and PC6/MTA-1.6 and found that MTA-resistant cells are more sensitive to gemcitabine (GEM) and Ara-C compared with parental PC-6 cells. We examined the molecular markers for GEM and Ara-C sensitivity in MTA-resistant cells and found increased gene expression of dCK and hENT1. Furthermore, treatment with MTA resulted in increased expression of dCK and hENT1 and decreased expression of ABCC5 and RRM1, concomitant with the alteration of the resistance to Ara-C in Ara-C-resistant K562 cells. These results provide evidence that the chemotherapeutic activity of the combination of MTA and cytotoxic nucleoside analogues is synergistic with regard to the alteration of metabolic molecules.