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Antitumor activity of oxali-titanocene Y in xenografted CAKI-1 tumors in mice

Item Type:Article
Title:Antitumor activity of oxali-titanocene Y in xenografted CAKI-1 tumors in mice
Creators Name:Fichtner, I., Behrens, D., Claffey, J., Gleeson, B., Hogan, M., Wallis, D., Weber, H. and Tacke, M.
Abstract:The para-methoxybenzyl-substituted titanocene oxalate (Oxali-Titanocene Y) was tested in vitro in an anti-angiogenesis assay against human umbilical vein endothelial cells, HUVEC, delivering an IC50 value of 14 mu M and in a cytotoxicity assay against the human renal cancer cells, CAKI-1, which demonstrated an IC50 value greater than 100 mu M. Then Oxali-Titanocene Y was given at 30 mg/kg/d, which is the maximum tolerable dose, on five consecutive days per week for three weeks to one cohort of eight CAKI-1 tumor-bearing female NMRI:nu/nu mice, while a second cohort was treated with solvent only. The titanocene-treated mouse cohort showed a statistically significant tumor growth reduction with respect to the solvent-treated control group with an optimal T/C value of 38% at the end of the experiment. Immunohistological analysis revealed that the expression of the proliferation marker Ki-67 was reduced by 30%. Furthermore, an anti-angiogenic activity was identified by CD31 staining; the number of micro vessels in a defined tumor area was significantly decreased due to Oxali-Titanocene Y treatment.
Keywords:Anti-Cancer Drug, Titanocene, Renal-Cell Cancer, CAKI-1, Cytotoxicity, Xenograft, HUVEC, Anti-Angiogenesis, Animals, Mice
Source:Letters in Drug Design & Discovery
ISSN:1570-1808
Publisher:Bentham
Volume:5
Number:8
Page Range:489-493
Date:December 2008
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.2174/157018008786898545

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