title: Inhibition of DNA repair and sensitization of cisplatin in human ovarian carcinoma cells by interleukin-1 alpha.
abstract: Interleukin-1 alpha induced an increase in both the cellular accumulation of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin) and DNA platination and significantly reduced the removal of platinum from DNA of human ovarian (NIH: OVCAR-3) carcinoma cells in culture. The combinations of IL-1 alpha and cisplatin were highly synergistic against these ovarian carcinoma cells and maximum levels of sensitization (15-20-fold) were observed during simultaneous exposure of cisplatin and IL-1 alpha. IL-1 alpha specific receptor antagonist decreased this synergy. These results strongly indicate that IL-1 alpha inhibits DNA repair, and this inhibition of DNA repair may explain, in part, a strong synergistic interaction between IL-1 alpha and cisplatin in NIH: OVCAR-3 cells.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Benchekroun
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sinha
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000633:toxicity*; D007700:Kinetics; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000633:toxicity; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002945:Cisplatin