Abstract
Derivatives of xanthenone-4-acetic acid (XAA) have been found to have similar activity to flavone-8-acetic acid against transplantable solid tumors. Some of these compounds were compared to flavone acetic acid (FAA) in their ability to induce cytokines as well as to mediate antitumor effects against murine renal cancer (Renca) and a mouse colon cancer (MCA-38). 5-Methyl-XAA and 5-chloro-XAA proved to be more potent than FAA on a mg/kg basis for induction of the genes for IFN alpha, IFN gamma, and TNF alpha, and for IFN and TNF activities in the sera of treated mice. These effects were sharply dose dependent. On the other hand, 7-methyl-XAA, which has no antitumor activity, did not induce these genes. In addition, 5-methyl-XAA and 5-chloro-XAA but not 7-methyl-XAA synergized with recombinant human interleukin-2 (rhIL-2) for the treatment of Renca and MCA-38. Doses of the active derivatives that failed to induce cytokines also exhibited no therapeutic synergy with rhIL-2. These results suggest that at least some of the antitumor effects of these XAA derivatives are related to their ability to induce cytokines.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
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Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
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Colonic Neoplasms / blood
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Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Colonic Neoplasms / therapy*
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Cytokines / biosynthesis*
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DNA / genetics
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DNA Probes
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Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
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Drug Synergism
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Flavonoids / pharmacology
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Flavonoids / therapeutic use
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Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / drug effects*
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Interferon-alpha / biosynthesis
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Interferon-gamma / biosynthesis
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Interleukin-2 / pharmacology
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Interleukin-2 / therapeutic use*
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Kidney Neoplasms / blood
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Kidney Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Kidney Neoplasms / therapy*
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Leukocytes / metabolism
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred BALB C
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Recombinant Proteins / pharmacology
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Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
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Structure-Activity Relationship
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / biosynthesis
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Xanthenes / pharmacology
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Xanthenes / therapeutic use*
Substances
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Antineoplastic Agents
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Cytokines
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DNA Probes
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Flavonoids
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Interferon-alpha
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Interleukin-2
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Recombinant Proteins
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
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Xanthenes
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xanthenone-4-acetic acid
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Interferon-gamma
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flavone acetic acid
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DNA