Abstract
In order to eliminate common side effects to cancer patients and resistance from chemotherapy, a genetic protein TmSm(T34A) was investigated as a sensitizer to doxorubicin. The results indicated TmSm(T34A) enhanced the sensitivity of three breast cancer cell lines to doxorubicin with low dose, and reduced the dose of doxorubicin significantly in contrast to common effective dose. As a synergistic therapy, the TmSm(T34A) also caused strongest apoptotic activity in MCF-7, and the possible molecular mechanisms were explored primarily. The research showed the TmSm(T34A) is promising to be a potential drug in strengthening therapy effects of breast cancer chemotherapy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 368-372 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy |
Volume | 66 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (30873190), the National Science Research Project “Significant New Drugs Created” of Eleventh Five-year Plan (2009ZX09103-693) and Key for Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Research of Chinese Ministry (WK0913002).
Keywords
- Breast cell lines
- Chemotherapeutic agent
- Enhancing sensitivity
- Genetic protein TmSm(T34A)