title: Treatment of lycorine on SCID mice model with human APL cells.
abstract: In our previous study, lycorine, a natural alkaloid extracted from Amaryllidaceae, exhibited anti-leukemia effects in vitro. To determine whether lycorine has an anti-tumor effect in vivo, a series of experiments were carried out in this study. HL-60 cells (5 x 10(6)) were inoculated i.v. into severe combined immuno-deficiency (SCID) mice after these mice had been irradiated (total body receiving 200cGy chi irradiation). Treatment was given once a day from day 2 to 6, and from day 14 to 18. Lycorine (5 or 10 mg/kg/day i.p.) was found to decrease the percentages of immature granular leukocytes and of monocytes among the peripheral blood cells, and the mean survival time of both lycorine-treated groups was longer than that of the control group. Compared with the asynchronous and cytosine arabinoside- (Ara-C) treated (20 mg/kg/day i.p.) group, treatment with lycorine was more effective. Lycorine was also found to alleviate the infiltration of tumor cells into the liver, bone, and marrow. When SCID mice inoculated with HL-60 cells were then treated with lycorine, no severe adverse effects were observed. This study revealed that lycorine, when tested in the human leukemia xenograft models, appears to exhibit anti-tumor activity in vivo and is a useful therapy against acute promyelocytic leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Research Center, School of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University, 110 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410078, PR China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W X
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D047151:Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010617:Phenanthridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D047151:Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D010617:Phenanthridines; C015330:lycorine