title: Interactions of interferon-alpha 2a with 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine in colorectal cancer cells in vitro.
abstract: The biological activity of 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-dFUrd) depends upon intracellular enzymatic cleavage by pyrimidine phosphorylase to form 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Interferon-alpha 2a (IFN-alpha) effect was analysed alone and combined with 5-FU or 5'-dFUrd, on proliferation inhibition of eight human colorectal cancer cell lines. The toxicity of 5-FU was enhanced by IFN-alpha in only one line (SW-480). In contrast, interactive enhancement of IFN-alpha was observed with 5'-dFUrd in five lines (WiDr, HT-29, 513, SW-480 and Co-115). In each of the lines showing potentiation by IFN/5'dFUrd but not by IFN/5-FU, cytoplasmic pyrimidine phosphorylase activity was increased after 5 days' incubation with IFN-alpha in a dose-dependent manner. Two lines (LISP-1 and SW-620) showed no potentiation of either 5-FU or 5'-dFUrd toxicity by IFN-alpha, and no change in pyrimidine phosphorylase activity. Potentiation of 5'-dFUrd effect by IFN-alpha may thus be explained by an enhancement of its conversion to 5-FU through stimulation of pyrimidine phosphorylase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Tevaearai
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Suardet
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Eliason
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Givel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Odartchenko
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005467:Floxuridine; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase; C025034:doxifluridine