[Potentiation of chemotherapeutic activity by a Chinese herb medicine juzen-taiho-toh].

Abstract

Antitumor activity of Juzen-Taiho-Toh (JTX) and combination effect of JTX with antitumor agents were studied using murine tumors. In order to determine the antitumor activity of JTX, mice inoculated ip with IMC carcinoma (1 X 10(6) cells/CDF1 mouse), sarcoma-180(1 X 10(6) cells/ICR mouse) or Meth-A fibrosarcoma (1 X 10(6) cells/BALB/c mouse) were treated with JTX (12.5-50 mg/kg/day) ip on day 1 through day 10, and the survival days of mice were examined. Treatment with 25 mg/kg/day produced 38.7% increase of life span against IMC carcinoma. However, no antitumor effect was observed on solid form of these tumors by the daily treatment with JTX. Combination effect of JTX and antitumor agents was also examined. ICR mice inoculated sc with 1 X 10(6) cells of sarcoma-180 on day 0 were treated with JTX (2,000 mg/kg/day) po on day-7 through day 30. In addition, some of these groups received mitomycin C (5 mg/kg), cytoxan (67 mg/kg) or adriamycin (2.5 mg/kg) iv on days 3, 8 and 11, and the size of tumor grown in sc site was measured by a caliper. In combination with JTX, mitomycin C resulted in a significantly greater tumor growth inhibition than could be obtained with mitomycin C alone. Secondly, BALB/c or C57BL/6 mice inoculated sc with 1 X 10(4) cells of Meth-A fibrosarcoma or 1 X 10(5) cells of B16 melanoma on day 0 were treated with JTX (2,000 mg/kg/day) po on day 1 through day 30. Some of these group received ip with mitomycin C (3 mg/kg), adriamycin (2 mg/kg), 5-FU (33 mg/kg) or cytoxan (67 mg/kg) on days 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18. From this result, the group treated with JTX and mitomycin C also showed a higher tumor-growth inhibition. Thus, a combination of a high dose of mitomycin C with JTX was more effective than mitomycin C alone.

• Authors: K Komiyama, Y Hirokawa, Y Zhibo, I Umezawa, T Hata
• Journal: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho) Vol. 15 Issue 5 Pg. 1715-9 (May 1988) ISSN: 0385-0684 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 3130806 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Drugs, Chinese Herbal
• Mitomycins
• Mitomycin
• Doxorubicin
• Cyclophosphamide
• Cisplatin
• Fluorouracil

Topics

• Animals
• Cisplatin (administration & dosage)
• Cyclophosphamide (administration & dosage)
• Doxorubicin (administration & dosage)
• Drug Synergism
• Drugs, Chinese Herbal (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Female
• Fibrosarcoma (drug therapy)
• Fluorouracil (administration & dosage)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Mice, Inbred ICR
• Mitomycin
• Mitomycins (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Sarcoma 180 (drug therapy)
• Sarcoma, Experimental (drug therapy, pathology)