[Study on the reversal of cancer multidrug resistance by Chinese medicine Fw13-te41 in nude mice]

Hua Xi Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 1999 Dec;30(4):360-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

We have reported that three reversal agents were sifted out from 32 Chinese galenicals through a series of cell culture tests. Among them, Fw13-te41 has the best effect of reversal cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) in vitro. In this study, the reversal action of Fw13-te41 in vivo was studied on the animal model of nude mice with human leukemia k562/ADR. Twenty SPF BALB/c-nu/nu nude mice with xenograft tumor were randomly divided into the control group (n = 6), VCR group [intraperitoneal (i.p.) VCR 250 micrograms/week, n = 5], VCR + Fw13-te41 group (i.p VCR 250 micrograms/week + Fw13-te41 0.2 ml/day, equivalent to crude drug 10 g/kg, n = 5), and Fw13-te41 group (i.p Fw13-te41 0.2 ml/day, equivalent to crude drug 10 g/kg, n = 4). After 18 days, the rate of tumor inhibition (RTI) of VCR group was 19.79%, but the RTI of VCR + Fw13-te41 group was as high as 86.95% (P < 0.05). There results demonstrate that the Chinese medicine Fw13-te41 has an evident reversal action of malignancy MDR in vitro and in vivo.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • K562 Cells / pathology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Random Allocation

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal