title: [An in vitro and in vivo study of antitumor effects of rHTNF-alpha on human ovarian cancer].
abstract: We examined the cytotoxic activities of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor (rHTNF-alpha) and five chemotherapeutic agents, CTX, 5-Fu, VCR, DDP, KSM, against two human ovarian cancer cell lines, OVCAR3 and CAOV3, using the MTT assay. The results showed that cytotoxicities of rHTNF-alpha at 5 x 10-5 x 10(4) u/ml against OVCAR3 cell line for 24 h exposure were from 14.2 +/- 6.8% to 67.2 +/- 3.0%, and those against CAOV3 cell line were from 8.2 +/- 4.3% to 60.9 +/- 1.3%. The cytotoxic effects of all five chemotherapeutic agents against the two cell lines were much lower than that of rHTNF-alpha. Further, we studied the combined anticancer potential of rHTNF-alpha with chemotherapeutic agents against the two cell lines. Various degrees of synergism in cytotoxicities of DDP or KSM in combination with rHTNF-alpha were observed. The cytotoxic effect of rHTNF-alpha on CAOV3 cell were also morphologically observed under phase contrast and electron microscope. Based on experiment in vitro, the in vivo anticancer activity of rHTNF-alpha alone or in combination with KSM was examined against human ovarian cancer OVCAR3 subcutaneously transplanted in nude mice. After 8 weeks of treatment, a statistically significant difference of mean tumor volume was found between the control group and groups that received rHTNF-alpha or rHTNF-alpha plus KSM (P < 0.01).
authors: General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing.
authors: E F
authors: EF
authors: Zhao
authors: M Q
authors: MQ
authors: Zhou
authors: C Y
authors: CY
authors: Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha