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  • Effects of vinblastine on cell membrane fluidity and the growth of SA-1 tumor in mice
    Serša, Gregor ...
    Cell membranes can be targets of some anti-cancer drugs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine whether vinblastine (VLB) can also affect the tumor cell membrane. On the in vivo SA-1 ... tumor model, alteration of cell membrane fluidity (measured by electron paramagnetic resonance, EPR), cytotoxicity and morphological changes of the SA-1 tumor cells after VLB treatment were studied. The cytotoxic effect of VLB was biphasic, with an initial fast increase in cytotoxicity followed by a plateau. The surviving cells had increased membrane fluidity and were morphologically changed. The dose-response curve of VLB on membrane fluidity was also biphasic with an initial fast increase in membrane fluidity followed by a plateau. Since dose-response curves of VLB cytotoxicity and its effect on membrane fluidity were similar, there was a high correlation between both effects. The effect of VLB on membrane fluidity was the most pronounced at 24 h and 48 h after treatment. The results of this study indicate that VLB affects cell membrane by increasing the membrane fluidity of SA-1 tumor cells in vivo in a dose-and time-dependent manner. Therefore, this finding may be beneficially implemented also in priming cells for other cytotoxic drugs and for appropriate timing of drug sequence in combined schedules.
    Vir: Cancer letters. - ISSN 0304-3835 (Vol. 79, 1994, str. 53-60)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 1994
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 9161767

vir: Cancer letters. - ISSN 0304-3835 (Vol. 79, 1994, str. 53-60)

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