Effects of curcumin combining with adriamycin to kill KB and KB_(v200) cells / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

AIM To investigate antitumor effects of curcumin (Cur) combining with adriamycin (ADR) on human tumor cell lines in vitro and study the mechanisms. METHODS The antitumor effects of the drugs on tumor cell lines in vitro were determined with MTT method. The Jin's formula was used to analyze the effect of drug combination. Cellular ADR accumulation was measured by fluorescence spectraphotometry. RESULTS In simultaneous adiministration Cur 4 25～34 00 ?mol?L -1 combining with ADR produced a simple addition or potentiation effect. The cellular ADR accumulation was markedly increased in the presence of Cur in MDR cells, but decreased in sensitived cells. The experiment of membrane fluidity show that that Cur affects membrane fluidity neither on KB nor on KB v200 cell line. CONCLUSION Simultaneous adiministration of Cur combining with ADR produces synergistic effect. The mechanism is connected with increasing cellular ADR accumulationon on KB v200 cell line. While on KB cell line, it is related to synergistic pharmacological effect. But the action of Cur is not connected with the change of membrane fluidity on both cell lines.