title: [Effect of combinations of anticancer drugs with interferons on human lung cancer cell lines evaluated by human tumor clonogenic assay].
abstract: Using the double agar layer method of human tumor clonogenic assay, the anticancer effect of different combinations of anticancer drugs and interferons was tested on 3 lung cancer cell lines, PC-13, PC-14, and Calu-1. The anticancer drugs and the concentrations used in this study were cisplatin (1.0 microgram/mL), adriamycin (1.0 microgram/mL), mitomycin C (0.2 microgram/mL), VP-16 (5.0 micrograms/mL) and 5-FU (5.0 micrograms/mL). Three kinds of interferon, alpha, beta and gamma in 5,000 units/mL, were tested in combination or in sequence with other anticancer drugs on lung cancer cell lines. The results demonstrate an enhanced anticancer effect on PC-14 only with sequential or simultaneous combination of VP-16 with alpha, beta and gamma interferons; and on Calu-1, only with sequential use of adriamycin and beta-interferon. Our results indicate that there is no unique way of combining anticancer drugs and interferons which can obtain an enhanced anticancer effect on all lung cancer cell lines. The best combination of interferon and anticancer drugs seems to be influenced by the biological characteristics of the cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons