Additive inhibitory effects of bromocryptine (CB-154) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) on dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced mammary tumors in the rat

Treatment for 18 days of rats bearing dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary tumors with the synthetic medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) or the inhibitor of prolactin secretion 2 alpha-bromocryptine (CB-154) inhibited total tumor area to 30 +/- 7% of the original volume. Combination of the two drugs, on the other hand, caused further inhibition to 10 +/- 5% of the pretreatment tumor area. The most striking effect of combination of the two drugs is a doubling of complete responses (no detectable tumor) from 30% when either drug was used alone to 60% in animals treated with the combination therapy. Both estradiol and progesterone receptors were further decreased when MPA was added to CB-154. The present data demonstrate that combination of the synthetic progestin MPA and the inhibitor of prolactin secrection CB-154 exerts maximal inhibitory effects on the growth of the DMBA-induced mammary tumor, the most widely used in vivo model of human breast cancer.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1989

Erschienen:

1989

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

European journal of cancer & clinical oncology - 25(1989), 5 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 891-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dauvois, S [VerfasserIn]
Spinola, P G [VerfasserIn]
Labrie, F [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

3A64E3G5ZO
57-97-6
9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene
Bromocriptine
C2QI4IOI2G
HSU1C9YRES
Journal Article
Medroxyprogesterone
Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
Receptors, Estrogen
Receptors, Progesterone

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.08.1989

Date Revised 08.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM02506861X