c-Met antisense oligodeoxynucleotides increase sensitivity of human glioma cells to paclitaxel.
Cell culture, tissue chemistry and flow cytometry were used to determine whether antisense c-Met oligodeoxynucleotides enhanced the sensitivity of human glioma cells to paclitaxel. A combination of paclitaxel with antisense c-Met oligodeoxynucleotides inhibited cell growth, induced apoptosis and induced c-Met protein expression in U251 and SHG44 human glioma cells more significantly than either paclitaxel or the oligodeoxynucleotides on their own (P<0.01). Thus, c-Met antisense oligodeoxynucleotides increase the sensitivity of human glioma cells to paclitaxel. Combined use of the two agents could be a novel and attractive strategy in human glioma treatment.
Department of Neurosurgery, No.3 People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201900, PR China. shenghuachu@126.com
Sheng-Hua
SH
Chu
Yan-Bin
YB
Ma
Dong-Fu
DF
Feng
Hong
H
Zhang
Jian-Hua
JH
Qiu
Zhi-An
ZA
Zhu
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D020319:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D053148:Caspase 3; D017239:Paclitaxel