title: Enhancement of the activity of phenoxodiol by cisplatin in prostate cancer cells.
abstract: Phenoxodiol is a novel isoflav-3-ene, currently undergoing clinical trials, that has a broad in vitro activity against a number of human cancer cell lines. Phenoxodiol alone inhibited DU145 and PC3 in a dose- and time-dependent manner with IC(50) values of 8+/-1 and 38+/-9 microM, respectively. The combination of phenoxodiol and cisplatin was synergistic in DU145, and additive in PC3, as assessed by the Chou-Talalay method. Carboplatin was also synergistic in combination with phenoxodiol in DU145 cells. The activity of the phenoxodiol and cisplatin combination was confirmed in vivo using a DU145 xenograft model in nude mice. Pharmacokinetic data from these mice suggest that the mechanism of synergy may occur through a pharmacodynamic mechanism. An intracellular cisplatin accumulation assay showed a 35% (P<0.05) increase in the uptake of cisplatin when it was combined in a ratio of 1 microM:5 microM phenoxodiol, resulting in a 300% (P<0.05) increase in DNA adducts. Taken together, our results suggest that phenoxodiol has interesting properties that make combination therapy with cisplatin or carboplatin appealing.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Pharmacology and Therapeutics Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: R A C
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: McPherson
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Galettis
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: de Souza
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007529:Isoflavones; C471183:phenoxodiol; D002945:Cisplatin