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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) enhances the antitumor effect of etoposide (VP16) in lung cancer cells.

Abstract
We have previously reported that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) enhances the cytotoxic effects of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4HC) on leukemia cells without affecting the normal hematopoietic stem cells. Increased cell membrane permeability induced by ATP may cause high incorporation of 4HC into leukemia cells, ultimately leading to cell death. In the present study, we show that ATP has cytotoxicity against PC14, a lung adenocarcinoma cell line. When PC14 cells were cultured with 1, 3, and 5 mM ATP, colony number significantly decreased to 91.0, 48.8, and 2.3% respectively, compared to untreated controls. Additionally, ATP enhanced the antitumor effects of etoposide (VP16) in PC14 and another lung adenocarcinoma cell line, A549. With 5, 25, and 50 mM VP16, the percentage of colony numbers compared to control was 95.5, 75.8, and 61.3% in PC14 and 86.0, 65.0, and 57.1% in A549 cells, respectively. In the presence of 3 mM ATP, however, the colony number of PC14 was further limited to 49.6, 34.1, and 24.4% of the untreated level in 5, 25, and 50 mM VP16, respectively. When A549 cells were incubated with 1 mM ATP, the proportion of clonogeneic cells significantly fell to 62.5, 41.7, and 31.7% in 5, 25, and 50 mM VP16, respectively. With 3 and 5 mM of ATP, uptake of [3H]VP16 in PC14 cells increased respectively to 8.9- and 14.1-fold of the negative controls. These results suggest that ATP itself has antitumor effects on lung cancer cells and enhances the cytotoxicity of VP16 through the increased uptake of VP16 into the cells. The combined use of ATP and antitumor agents such as VP16 may have the potential to improve the therapeutic index in human lung carcinoma.
AuthorsYoshihiro Hatta, Miki Takahashi, Yuko Enomoto, Noriaki Takahashi, Umihiko Sawada, Takashi Horie
JournalOncology reports (Oncol Rep) Vol. 12 Issue 5 Pg. 1139-42 (Nov 2004) ISSN: 1021-335X [Print] Greece
PMID15492806 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Etoposide
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
Topics
  • Adenocarcinoma (metabolism, pathology)
  • Adenosine Triphosphate (pharmacology)
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (pharmacology)
  • Apoptosis (drug effects)
  • Drug Synergism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Etoposide (pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms (metabolism, pathology)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured (drug effects)
  • Tumor Stem Cell Assay

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