title: Distribution, DNA damage and cytotoxic effects of etoposide in human tumor xenografts in vivo.
abstract: Mechanisms of resistance to VP-16 in vivo were studied using sensitive and multidrug resistant human breast tumor (MCF-7) cells, implanted bilaterally in nude mice. Administration of VP-16 (40 mg/kg, i.p.) indicated that there were no significant differences in either accumulation and retention of VP-16 or in the drug-induced bulk DNA damage in sensitive or resistant solid xenografts. Furthermore, under these conditions, no differential cytotoxic response to VP-16 was observed in solid tumors.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ullmann
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Eliot
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004249:DNA Damage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin