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RU 58668: further in vitro and in vivo pharmacological data related to its antitumoral activity.

Abstract
Previous studies with the pure antiestrogen RU 58668 showed that this compound proved to be highly antiproliferative in vitro, and to be the only antiestrogenic compound so far known to induce long-term regression of MCF-7 tumours implanted into nude mice. In order to obtain more insight into the therapeutic potential of this molecule, we performed a new set of experiments in vitro and in vivo in comparison with tamoxifen and/or ICI 182,780. In vitro, 1 nM RU 58668 induced an accumulation of MCF-7 cells in G0/G1 phases of the cell cycle within 48 h and, in contrast to trans-4-hydroxy-tamoxifen, blocked the invasiveness of ras-transfected MCF-7 cells into the chick embryo heart during the three weeks of co-culture. An in vivo dose-effect relationship study showed that RU 58668 induced a regression of MCF-7 tumour with as low a dose as 10 mg/kg/week, and that such an effect can not be obtained either with a sublethal dose of adriamycin or with ICI 182,780, (2-250 mg/kg/week). This reduction in the tumour volumes accords with histological modifications of the tumours, which showed a decrease in the ratio of epithelial cells over the tumoral mass, and with a concomitant decrease in their regrowth potential when reimplanted into naive nude mice. Taken together, these results suggest a promising usefulness for RU 58668 in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in women.
AuthorsP Van de Velde, F Nique, P Planchon, G Prévost, J Brémaud, M C Hameau, V Magnien, D Philibert, G Teutsch
JournalThe Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology (J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol) Vol. 59 Issue 5-6 Pg. 449-57 (Dec 1996) ISSN: 0960-0760 [Print] England
PMID9010350 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Estrogen Antagonists
  • Tamoxifen
  • RU 58668
  • Fulvestrant
  • Estradiol
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents (pharmacology)
  • Breast Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology, secondary)
  • Carcinogenicity Tests (methods)
  • Cell Cycle (drug effects)
  • Cell Division (drug effects)
  • Chick Embryo
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Estradiol (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
  • Estrogen Antagonists (pharmacology)
  • Female
  • Fulvestrant
  • Genes, ras
  • Heart (drug effects, embryology)
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Myocardium (pathology)
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Tamoxifen (pharmacology)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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