title: Synergistic anti-tumor effect of 13-cRA and IFN-alpha/beta in mouse renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: The synergistic anti-tumor effect of 13-cis retinoic acid (13-cRA) and interferon-alpha/beta (IFN-alpha/beta) was investigated using a highly metastatic mouse renal cell carcinoma cell subline (RenCa/F). Although 13-cRA inhibited tumor growth in vivo as well as in vitro, IFN-alpha/beta did not. Combined administration of 13-cRA and IFN-alpha/beta significantly enhanced the anti-tumor effect of 13-cRA. The retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha and RAR-gamma were expressed in RenCa/F cells. Treatment with IFN-alpha/beta did not influence the expression level of these receptors at the mRNA level, which suggests that the synergism of 13-cRA and IFN-alpha/beta is not mediated through the RAR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kobe University, School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gohji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamidono
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005260:Female; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015474:Isotretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000097768:Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma
chemical_list: D016898:Interferon-alpha; D016899:Interferon-beta; D015474:Isotretinoin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D000097768:Retinoic Acid Receptor gamma; C000607072:Rara protein, mouse