title: Evidence for abrogation of oncogene-induced radioresistance of mammary cancer cells by hexadecylphosphocholine in vitro.
abstract: Hexadecylphosphocholine (HePC), an experimental and clinical antitumour agent of the alkyllysophospholipid group, was tested for its radiosensitising effect on a panel of nine human mammary cancer cell lines in vitro. Growth inhibition by ionising radiation and recovery from it were not influenced by pretreatment with HePC in most cases, except for two cell lines expressing an activated ras oncogene. In the latter we found an enhanced radioresistance that was abolished by pretreatment with HePC. Our results suggest that HePC may act as a radiosensitiser for cells carrying an activated ras oncogene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bruyneel
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Storme
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schallier
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Van den Berge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hilgard
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mareel
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; C039128:miltefosine