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  • Title: Antitumor activity of magainin analogues against human lung cancer cell lines.
    Author: Ohsaki Y, Gazdar AF, Chen HC, Johnson BE.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1992 Jul 01; 52(13):3534-8. PubMed ID: 1319823.
    Abstract:
    Magainin 1 and magainin 2, originally isolated from African clawed frog Xenopus laevis skin, inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi. Synthetic magainin A (MAG A) and magainin G (MAG G) are more potent against bacteria and protozoa. In order to determine the antitumor activity of these analogues, we have tested these two analogues against six small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines NCI-H82, NCI-H526, NCI-H678, NCI-H735, NCI-H841, and NCI-H889, which were known to differ by more than 10-fold in their sensitivity to different chemotherapeutic agents, and four normal human fibroblast cell lines. Semiautomated 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assays of the six SCLC cell lines revealed average concentrations producing 50% inhibition (IC50) values of 2.6 microM (range, 0.49-9.30 microM) for cisplatin, 2.5 microM (range, 0.39-6.00 microM) for etoposide, and 138.8 nM (range, 55.0-450.0 nM) for doxorubicin. The average IC50 of MAG A was 8.64 microM (range, 6.23-11.7 microM) and that of MAG G was 8.82 microM (range, 4.44-12.5 microM) against the SCLC cell lines. Despite a 10-fold difference in sensitivity to standard chemotherapeutic agents, the IC50 of MAG A and MAG G differs by less than 3-fold. The average IC50 against four normal human fibroblast cell lines was 21.1 microM (range, 12.7-25.6 microM) for MAG A and 29.2 microM (range, 21.3-34.8 microM) for MAG G. Combined exposure to the IC50 concentration of MAG A or MAG G plus IC50 of etoposide or cisplatin decreased the percentage of surviving SCLC cells to 29.0% (range, 26.1-31.7%). MAG A or MAG G had an additive effect when used with standard chemotherapeutic agents. These data suggest that MAG A and MAG G have in vitro antitumor activity against SCLC cell lines.
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