Journal
ONCOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 2, Issue 5, Pages 905-910Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2011.330
Keywords
safingol; anti-cancer drugs; drug combination; synergism; reactive oxygen species
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- Singapore's Ministry of Education through the National University of Singapore (NUS) [R-148-000-098-112]
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Exploiting the sensitivity of cancer cells to reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been suggested as a strategy for the selective elimination of cancer cells. In this study, the ROS-generating sphingolipid safingol was combined with various conventional chemotherapeutics, and the potential synergism of the safingol-based combination regimen was assessed using a panel of cancer cell lines. The IC50 values of safingol using as a single agent were 1.4-6.3 mu M, which are concentrations that are clinically achievable. While synergism was dependent on the drug molar ratios, a 4:1 molar ratio of safingol to conventional chemotherapeutics exhibited a moderate to strong synergism in MDA-MB-231, JIMT-1, SKOV-3, U937 and KB cells, with combination indices ranging from 0.07 to 0.77. Furthermore, the addition of safingol may reduce the concentrations of conventional chemotherapeutics required to achieve 90% cell-kill by I to >3 log-folds. A significant reduction in the cytotoxicity of safingol-based drug combinations was observed in the presence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine, suggesting that ROS is an important factor in mediating the observed synergism. Taken together, our results suggest that the use of safingol-based drug combinations is promising as an effective strategy for cancer therapy and should be investigated.
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