title: Combination of N-methylformamide with cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) in murine mammary carcinoma: importance of timing.
abstract: The maturational agent N-methylformamide (NMF) is an antitumor agent that also enhances the response of tumor cells in vitro to chemotherapeutic agents. Here, we tested whether NMF can improve therapy of the murine MCA-K mammary carcinoma with cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cis-DDP). Although the in vitro cell cultures of MCA-K tumor cells exhibited increased sensitivity to cis-DDP cytotoxicity when they were first treated with NMF, administration of NMF to mice bearing MCA-K tumors did not enhance cis-DDP-induced tumor growth delay. However, when NMF treatment was begun after cis-DDP administration, the growth delays were significantly greater than those induced by the individual treatment, with an increase in temporary tumor regression and a small proportion of cures. These results indicate that therapeutic benefit can be achieved in this experimental tumor system when NMF is administered after cis-DDP. In addition, they demonstrate the significance of the timing of administration in combined protocols involving NMF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwakawa
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tofilon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arundel
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005559:Formamides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005559:Formamides; D002945:Cisplatin; C002950:methylformamide