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Characteristics of Antitumor Activity of 3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]- 2(1H)-quinolinone (Vesnarinone) Against a Human Adenoid Squamous Carcinoma-Forming Cell Line Grown in Athymic Nude Mice

Characteristics of Antitumor Activity of 3,4-dihydro-6-[4-(3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl)-1-piperazinyl]- 2(1H)-quinolinone (Vesnarinone) Against a Human Adenoid Squamous Carcinoma-Forming Cell Line Grown in Athymic Nude Mice

M Sato, K Harada, T Bando, T Shirakami, K Nakashiro, H Yoshida, S Nakai, K Kawai, M Adachi

Cancer Lett. 1995 May 4;91(1):1-9.

PMID: 7750082

Abstract:

The tumors produced by transplantation into nude mice of human adenoid squamous carcinoma-forming cell line TYS, presumably derived from a minor salivary gland, were treated with a differentiation-inducing agent, vesnarinone, which was given per o.s. daily at a dose of 200 mg/kg for 35 days. They were then examined morphologically and immunohistochemically. The vesnarinone treatment resulted in a significant suppression of tumor growth. In addition, tumor nests indicating keratinocyte and acinar cell differentiation were often observed in the treated tumors, but not in untreated controls. Tissue sections from vesnarinone-treated and untreated TYS tumors were stained with monoclonal antibody (NAb) directed to carbohydrate antigen LeY or proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and with rabbit polyclonal antibody to p53. Antibody staining patterns were compared with morphological characteristics of cells as revealed by hematoxylin and eosin staining, and DNA fragmentation patterns as revealed by 3'-OH nick-end labelling techniques. Tissue sections from vesnarinone-treated TYS tumors showed positive reaction with nick-end labelling and were extensively stained strongly by anti-LeY MAb, whereas the untreated tumors showed negative reaction with nick-end labelling and were infrequently stained by anti-LeY MAb. Within LeY-positive areas of tissue sections from the vesnarinone-treated tumors, keratinocyte and acinar cell differentiation as well as DNA fragmentation were frequently observed, although not all LeY-positive cells showed such signs of apoptosis. LeY-positive cells showed consistent negative staining by anti-PCNA MAb and anti-p53 rabbit serum. From these findings, it can be considered that vesnarinone has differentiation and apoptosis-inducing activity against TYS cells grown in athymic nude mouse.

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