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In vitro enhancement of fluoropyrimidine-induced cytotoxicity by leucovorin in colorectal and gastric carcinoma cell lines but not in non-small-cell lung carcinoma cell lines.

Abstract
Leucovorin (LV) increases the cytotoxic effect of fluorouracil (FUra) and 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) by enhancing the formation of the fluorodeoxyuridine monophosphate (FdUMP) thymidylate synthase (TS) 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (mTHF) ternary complex. To study the difference in the efficacy of this combination against different tumors, we compared the effect of LV (20 microM) on the cytotoxicity of FUra, FdUrd, and 5-fluorouridine (FUrd) in vitro against cell lines of five colorectal carcinomas (CC), five gastric carcinomas (GC), and four non-small-cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) using the colony-forming assay. At the concentration used in the experiments, LV alone failed to inhibit colony formation in any of the cell lines tested. The NSCLC cell lines were more resistant to FdUrd than were the CC and GC lines. LV modulated the cytotoxicity of FdUrd in all five CC lines and in three of the five GC lines but failed to do so in any of the NSCLC lines. In addition, following 20 h treatment with 1 microM [3H]-FdUrd, formation of the FdUMP/TS/mTHF ternary complex was enhanced by LV in the LV-sensitized CC and GC cell lines but not in the LV-refractory NSCLC lines. These in vitro data corresponded well to the results of clinical trials. Therefore, the colony-forming assay may be useful for the identification of the sensitivity of tumors according to phenotype.
AuthorsY Sugimoto, Y Ohe, K Nishio, T Ohmori, Y Fujiwara, N Saijo
JournalCancer chemotherapy and pharmacology (Cancer Chemother Pharmacol) Vol. 30 Issue 6 Pg. 417-22 ( 1992) ISSN: 0344-5704 [Print] Germany
PMID1327567 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Tetrahydrofolates
  • Floxuridine
  • 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolic acid
  • Fluorodeoxyuridylate
  • Thymidylate Synthase
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil
Topics
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
  • Cell Survival (drug effects)
  • Colony-Forming Units Assay
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Drug Synergism
  • Floxuridine (pharmacology)
  • Fluorodeoxyuridylate (metabolism)
  • Fluorouracil (pharmacology)
  • Leucovorin (pharmacology)
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Stomach Neoplasms
  • Tetrahydrofolates (metabolism)
  • Thymidylate Synthase (metabolism)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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