Antitumor activity of a new antibiotic, kazusamycin.

Abstract

The antitumor activity of a new antibiotic, kazusamycin, against various murine tumors was studied by various treatment schedules. Single, intermittent, and successive injections of the antibiotic were almost equally effective against Ehrlich carcinoma, IMC carcinoma and sarcoma 180 tumor, but successive injections showed more efficacy than the other schedules against Meth A fibrosarcoma and Lewis lung carcinoma. Interestingly, there was no clear dose response for the efficacy of kazusamycin on murine tumors. When HeLa cells were exposed to kazusamycin for 72 hours in vitro, the IC50 value was about 1 ng/ml, however the cytotoxicity of the antibiotic depended on the incubation time.

• Authors: K Komiyama, K Okada, Y Hirokawa, K Masuda, S Tomisaka, I Umezawa
• Journal: The Journal of antibiotics (J Antibiot (Tokyo)) Vol. 38 Issue 2 Pg. 224-9 (Feb 1985) ISSN: 0021-8820 [Print] England
• PMID: 3922935 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
• Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
• kazusamycin A

Topics

• Animals
• Antibiotics, Antineoplastic (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor (drug therapy)
• Cell Survival (drug effects)
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
• Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
• HeLa Cells (drug effects)
• Melanoma (drug therapy)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Neoplasms, Experimental (drug therapy)
• Sarcoma 180 (drug therapy)