Study of the drug sensitivity of primary cultured lung cancer cells and the expressions of four drug resistance related proteins / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the drug sensitivity of chemotherapeutic drugs by MTT method. Methods Twenty five lung cancer specimens obtained by operation were used for primary culture and the sensitivity of the cancer cells to four drugs, adriamycin(ADM), cis dichlorodiamine platinum(DDP), vincristine(VCR) and etoposide(VP16), was tested by MTT assay. TOPOⅡ, p53, bcl 2 and GST ? proteins in 10 cases of lung cancer tissue were determined by immunohistochemistry. Results The successfully obtained results in 21 cases showed that the effective rate of ADM, DDP, VCR and VP16 was 19.0%, 38.1%, 23.8% and 23.8% respectively. Positive expressions of TOPOⅡ, p53, bcl 2 and GST ? proteins were found in lung cancer tissue in the 10 cases which had different multi drug resistance(MDR) to the four drugs. Conclusion It is possible to test the drug sensitivity of the primary cultured lung cancer cells obtained from operation by MTT method and the results are useful for the selection of anticancer drugs. The expressions of TOPOⅡ, p53, bcl 2 and GST ? are factors to determine MDR for lung cancer cells.