@article{APS7430,
author = {Ai-xu Sun and Zu-guang Ye and Chun-ying Li and Bao-yun Xue and Lan-fang Li and Xiu-fang Cao and Qing Yang and Bao-qiang Dai},
title = {Synergistic anticancer effects of tetrandrine combined with doxorubicin or vincristine in vitro},
journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
volume = {20},
number = {1},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {AIM:
To study the interaction between tetrandrine (Tet) and doxorubicin (Dox) or vincristine (Vin) against human breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MCF-7/Dox or human nasopharyngeal cancer cell lines KB and KBV200 in vitro.
METHODS:
Anticancer activities of a drug alone and a drug combination of Tet and Dox or Vin were determined by tetrazolium (MTT) method. The interaction between Tet and Dox or Vin was evaluated by both a value of a sum of fractional inhibitory concentration (SFIC) and an isobologram method.
RESULTS:
The SFIC values of the three-different-ratio combinations between Tet and Dox ranged from 0.14 to 0.38 for MCF-7, and 0.10 to 0.29 for MCF-7/Dox; those of Tet-Vin combinations ranged from 0.21 to 0.37 for KB, and 0.32 to 0.63 for KBV200. All the SFIC values of the combination between Tet and Dox or Vin were less than 1.0 when the 3 ratios of the 2 drugs in combination were used, and the shapes of isobolic curves obtained from the combination were concave.
CONCLUSION:
The interaction between Tet and Dox or Vin against the human cancer cells was markedly synergistic.},
issn = {1745-7254}, url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/7430}
}