Potentiation of anticancer agent cytotoxicity against sensitive and resistant AKR leukemia by amphotericin B1

Cancer Res. 1979 Jun;39(6 Pt 1):2041-5.

Abstract

Amphotericin B was able to enhance the effects of actinomycin D (Act-D), adriamycin, and vincristine against AKR leukemia. AKR leukemia lines of increasing resistance to Act-D were obtained by passage in syngeneic mice treated with Act-D. The cells selected for Act-D resistance also eventually became cross-resistant to vincristine and Adriamycin, but resistance to these agents developed at a slower rate. Amphotericin B enhanced the effects of all these agents against the resistant cells, although the degree of enhancement varied among these antitumor agents and decreased as drug resistance increased in the late-passage leukemia lines.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Dactinomycin / administration & dosage
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Drug Resistance
  • Drug Synergism
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Leukemia, Experimental / drug therapy*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred AKR
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Dactinomycin
  • Vincristine
  • Amphotericin B
  • Doxorubicin