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Título: | Azidothymidine is Effective Against Human Multiple Myeloma: A New Use for an Old Drug? |
Autor: | PEREIRA, Juliana; LEVY, Debora; RUIZ, Jorge L. M.; BROCARDO, Graciela A.; FERREIRA, Kleber A.; COSTA, Renata O.; QUEIROZ, Rodrigo G.; MARIA, Durvanei A.; HALLACK NETO, Abrahao E.; CHAMONE, Dalton A. F.; BYDLOWSKI, Sergio P. |
Citación: | ANTI-CANCER AGENTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, v.13, n.1, p.186-192, 2013 |
Resumen: | Azidothymidine (AZT) is an antiretroviral drug that affects cell proliferation, apoptosis, and the NF-kappa B pathway. As multiple myeloma (MM) presents with constitutive activation of NF-kappa B, we analyzed the effect of AZT on human MM cell lines. We evaluated the cytotoxic effect of AZT in human MM cell lines sensitive (8226/S) or resistant to doxorubicin (8226/DX5) and human T cell lymphoblast-like cells, uterine sarcoma cells, and HUVEC using MTT assay. Cytotoxicity was also evaluated in vivo in nude mice xenografted with 8226/S tumor. The effect of AZT on the expression of genes involved in cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and the NF-kappa B pathway was analyzed in the xenografts using real-time polymerase chain reaction. AZT was effective against both 8226/S and 8226/DX5 cells in a dose and time-dependent manner (p = 0.02) in vitro and promoted cell cycle arrest in S phase in these cells. The tumor volume was lower in mice treated with AZT compared to untreated mice (p = 0.0003). AZT down-regulated the pro-proliferative genes encoding AKT1, MYC, STAT1, MAPK8, MAPK9, CCL-3, Bcl-3, and cyclin D2; pro-angiogenenic genes encoding VEGF and IL8; and genes involved in cell adhesion (ICAM1 and FN1) and the NF-kappa B pathway. AZT up-regulated the expression of tumor suppressor gene FOXP1 and the pro-apoptotic genes encoding BID, Bcl-10, and caspase-8. Thus, we demonstrated the cytotoxic effect of AZT in human MM cell lines for the first time. Our data may provide the rationale for future clinical trials of AZT for treating MM. |
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