title: Synergistic lethal effect of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum and 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine.
abstract: cis-Dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) and 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine display a dramatic synergistic effect when tested in simultaneous combination on LoVo cells, a human colon carcinoma cell line. 1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine alone does not induce any cytotoxicity on LoVo cells even at high concentrations but is able to increase up to 1000 times the lethal effects of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II). DNA elution experiments show that 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine increases the amount of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)-induced DNA cross-links. The possible mechanisms of this effect are discussed, and some explanations are proposed.
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000633:toxicity*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000633:toxicity*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006801:Humans; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D002945:Cisplatin