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Ukr Biochem J ; 88(2): 45-55, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29227602

RESUMO

It was previously demonstrated in in vitro experiments that canavanine (Cav), a natural toxic arginine analogue of plant origin, is a promising candidate for augmenting the antineoplastic effects of arginine starvation. We demonstrated herein that recombinant human arginase, an arginine degrading enzyme, abrogated growth and significantly increased Cav cytotoxicity toward cultured L1210 murine leukemic cells. Cav co-treatment further reduced cells viability in a time-dependent manner and significantly promoted apoptosis induction. In the pilot study we also evaluated for the first time the potential toxicity of the combined arginine deprivation and Cav treatment in healthy mice. Administration of Cav alone or in combination with pegylated cobalt-containing human arginase (Co-hARG) did not evoke any apparent toxic effects in these animals, with no significant behavioural and survival changes after several weeks of the treatment. The therapeutic effects of the combination of Co-hARG and Cav were provisionally evaluated on the highly aggressive murine L1210 leukemia, which is semi-sensitive to arginine deprivation as a monotreatment. Combination of two drugs did not result in significant prolongation of the survival of leukemia-bearing mice. Thus, we have shown that the proposed combinational treatment is rather non-toxic for the animals. It has to be further evaluated in animal studies with alternative tumor models and/or drug doses and treatment modalities.


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Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Arginase/farmacologia , Canavanina/farmacologia , Leucemia L1210/tratamento farmacológico , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Arginase/sangue , Arginase/farmacocinética , Peso Corporal/efeitos dos fármacos , Canavanina/sangue , Canavanina/farmacocinética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Quimioterapia Combinada , Humanos , Leucemia L1210/sangue , Leucemia L1210/mortalidade , Leucemia L1210/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos DBA , Proteínas Recombinantes/sangue , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacocinética , Análise de Sobrevida , Testes de Toxicidade Aguda
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J Physiol Pharmacol ; 53(4 Pt 1): 675-88, 2002 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12512702

RESUMO

The effect of formyl chemotactic peptide (fCTP, fMet-Leu-Phe), beta-amyloid peptides (beta-AP, 1-42, 1-16 and 25-35), and bradykinin (BK) on functional activity of phagocytic cells has been investigated. Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) was also used as a model membrane binding agent of polypeptide nature. Murine monocyte-macrophage cell line J774.2 and normal human blood polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells were used as target phagocytic cells. Their activity was quantitatively estimated by measuring phagocytosis of killed yeast cells. Beta-AP (1-41) maximally stimulated phagocytosis at 0.1 microg/ml, BK--at 1.0 microg/ml, and fCTP--at 2.0 microg/ml. Beta-AP (1-16) and beta-AP (25-35) were inactive in used test-systems. Phagocytosis-inducing activity of beta-AP (1-42) and BK reached maximal levels in 2 h and decreased after 4-6 h of incubation. Phagocytosis numbers were compared with the indicators of phagocytic cell activation, such as absorption of neutral red dye, glucose utilization, production of super-oxide anion (NBT-test) and nitrite accumulation (indicator of NO production). NBT-test, which may be related to the killing ability of phagocytic cells towards the ingested objects, was positive only in stimulated PMN leukocytes, while the nitrite accumulation was detected only in stimulated macrophages. Nitrite accumulation in macrophages was markedly induced by lipopolysaccharide and to a lower extent by 0.5 microg/ml beta-AP (1-42). In high dose (5.0 microg/ml) beta-AP suppressed nitrite accumulation in macrophages stimulated by lipopolysaccharide. Other studied peptides were inactive in inducing nitrite accumulation. Transforming growth factor type beta suppressed phagocytic activity of PMN cells activated by beta-AP or WGA. The anti-inflammatory drugs (indomethacin and L-lysine aescinate) inhibited beta-AP (1-42)-induced phagocytosis. The interrelations between the regulatory pathways of BK, beta-AP and fCTP are discussed.


Assuntos
Peptídeos beta-Amiloides/farmacologia , Bradicinina/farmacologia , N-Formilmetionina Leucil-Fenilalanina/farmacologia , Fagócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Fagócitos/fisiologia , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides/administração & dosagem , Animais , Bradicinina/administração & dosagem , Células Cultivadas , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Humanos , Macrófagos/efeitos dos fármacos , Macrófagos/fisiologia , Camundongos , Neutrófilos/efeitos dos fármacos , Neutrófilos/fisiologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/administração & dosagem , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/farmacologia , Fagocitose , Fatores de Tempo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/farmacologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1 , Aglutininas do Germe de Trigo/farmacologia , Leveduras
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