Abstract
The effects of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) antagonists on breast cancer cells were investigated. (N-stearyl, norleucine17)VIP hybrid ((SN)VIPhyb) inhibited specific 125I-VIP binding to MCF7, SKBR3, T47D ZR75-1 and MDA-MB231 cells with high affinity (IC50 values of 0.03-0.06 μM). (SN)VIPhyb,1 μM, inhibited the ability of 10 nM VIP to cause elevation of cAMP and to increase c-fos mRNA. Micromolar concentrations of (SN)VIPhyb inhibited the proliferation of MDA-MB231 or MCF7 cells using a MTT and clonogenic assay. Using a MTT assay, (SN)VIPhyb enhanced the ability of taxol and doxorubicin to inhibit breast cancer growth. Using nude mice bearing MDA-MB231 xenografts, VIPhyb potentiated the ability of taxol to inhibit proliferation. The results indicate that VIP receptor antagonists increase the ability of chemotherapeutic drugs to kill breast cancer cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-64 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Antagonist
- Breast cancer
- Doxorubicin
- Proliferation
- Taxol
- VIP