TY - JOUR
T1 - Antitumor activity of a novel podophyllotoxin derivative (TOP-53) against lung cancer and lung metastatic cancer
AU - Utsugi, Teruhiro
AU - Shibata, Jiro
AU - Sugimoto, Yoshikazu
AU - Aoyagi, Kumio
AU - Wierzba, Konstanty
AU - Kobunai, Takashi
AU - Terada, Tadafumi
AU - Oh-hara, Tomoko
AU - Tsuruo, Takashi
AU - Yamada, Yuji
PY - 1996/6/15
Y1 - 1996/6/15
N2 - We synthesized a potent new antitumor podophyllotoxin derivative (4β- aminoalkyl-4'-O-demethyl-4-desoxypodophyllotoxin; TOP-53) in our search for a drug that has strong activity against lung cancer and lung metastatic cancer. TOP-53 exhibited twice the inhibitory activity of etoposide (VP-16) against topoisomerase II and induced DNA strand breaks but showed no inhibitory activity against tubulin polymerization. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of TOP-53 assessed as IC50 was 0.016-0.37 μg/ml and 0.26-8.9 μg/ml against murine tumor and human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines, respectively. TOP-53 exerted significant efficacy equivalent to that of VP- 16 on s.c.-implanted murine solid tumors (Colon 26, B16-BL6, and Lewis lung carcinoma) at doses 3-5 times lower than that of VP-16. In human tumor xenografts using NSCLC, TOP-53 was active for four of five tumors, whereas VP-16 was active for two of five tumors. Potent inhibitory activity of TOP- 53 was also found against a lung tumor (Lewis lung carcinoma) and four lung metastatic tumors (NL-22 and NL-17 colon cancer, UV2237M fibrosarcoma, and K1735M2 melanoma). TOP-53 appeared to be more active against four of them than VP-16. Thus, TOP-53 is not only active against s.c.-implanted lung cancers but also strongly active against lung localized tumor and metastatic tumors in the lungs. The high selectivity of TOP-53 was attributed to its high distribution into the lung and its persistence. TOP-53 is expected to be highly effective against lung cancer including NSCLC and various lung metastatic tumors in the clinical field.
AB - We synthesized a potent new antitumor podophyllotoxin derivative (4β- aminoalkyl-4'-O-demethyl-4-desoxypodophyllotoxin; TOP-53) in our search for a drug that has strong activity against lung cancer and lung metastatic cancer. TOP-53 exhibited twice the inhibitory activity of etoposide (VP-16) against topoisomerase II and induced DNA strand breaks but showed no inhibitory activity against tubulin polymerization. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of TOP-53 assessed as IC50 was 0.016-0.37 μg/ml and 0.26-8.9 μg/ml against murine tumor and human non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines, respectively. TOP-53 exerted significant efficacy equivalent to that of VP- 16 on s.c.-implanted murine solid tumors (Colon 26, B16-BL6, and Lewis lung carcinoma) at doses 3-5 times lower than that of VP-16. In human tumor xenografts using NSCLC, TOP-53 was active for four of five tumors, whereas VP-16 was active for two of five tumors. Potent inhibitory activity of TOP- 53 was also found against a lung tumor (Lewis lung carcinoma) and four lung metastatic tumors (NL-22 and NL-17 colon cancer, UV2237M fibrosarcoma, and K1735M2 melanoma). TOP-53 appeared to be more active against four of them than VP-16. Thus, TOP-53 is not only active against s.c.-implanted lung cancers but also strongly active against lung localized tumor and metastatic tumors in the lungs. The high selectivity of TOP-53 was attributed to its high distribution into the lung and its persistence. TOP-53 is expected to be highly effective against lung cancer including NSCLC and various lung metastatic tumors in the clinical field.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8665518
AN - SCOPUS:8944259912
VL - 56
SP - 2809
EP - 2814
JO - Journal of Cancer Research
JF - Journal of Cancer Research
SN - 0008-5472
IS - 12
ER -