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CANCER LETTERS
卷 297, 期 2, 页码 182-189出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2010.05.010
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Anti-cancer reagents; Acidic pH; Lovastatin; Cantharidin; Mesothelioma; Pancreatic carcinoma
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21590879] Funding Source: KAKEN
In tumor cell masses, the extracellular pH decreases below 6.5. The effect of external acidic pH on the efficacy of 24 chemical compounds including molecular-targeted inhibitors and anti-tumor reagents was investigated in human cancer cells. Lovastatin showed no cytotoxicity in mesothelioma or pancreatic carcinoma cells at concentrations up to 10 mu M and pH around 7.4, but 10 mu M lovastatin decreased the survival of these cells below 40% at acidic pH. Lovastatin inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, resulting in a decrease in the levels of cholesterol and prenylated proteins. An inhibitor of the former pathway showed pH-independent cytotoxic activity, whereas an inhibitor of the latter pathway had stronger activity at acidic pH. The inhibitory efficacy of cantharidin also increased at acidic pH. On the other hands, no pH dependency or slightly impaired efficacy at low pH conditions was observed in other 20 reagents, and especially, the activity of aphidicolin was suppressed under acidic conditions. These results suggested that screening under acidic conditions would be useful for developing new chemotherapeutic reagents. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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