Antitumor activities of iodoacetate and dimethylsulphoxide against solid Ehrlich carcinoma growth in mice
Fahim F.; Esmat A.; Mady E.; Ibrahim E.; Ahmed, Emad;
Abstract
Treatment of tumor-bearing mice with LD12.5values of iodoacetate; IAA (1.84 mg/100g b.w.) and/or dimethylsulphoxide; DMSO (350 mg/100g b.w.) significantly increased the cumulative mean survival time and percentage of survivors and reduced the mean tumor weight, compared to tumor-bearing controls, however, a more pronounced effect is recorded in the combined treatment. Also, an increase in the life span (ILS%) and tumor growth inhibition ratio (T/C%) are reported and amounted to 145.78 and 43.80%, 195.54 and 61.30% and 220.77 and 78.40% in IAA, DMSO and combined-treated groups, respectively. Results obtained from biochemical studies reveal that a single IAA treatment of tumor-bearing mice significantly increased the levels of plasma lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity, while it also significantly decreased the levels of plasma glucose and liver total protein, RNA and DNA, compared to normal controls. On the other hand, a single DMSO treatment significantly elevated the activities of blood antioxidant enzymes, i.e. glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH and decreased the liver RNA and DNA levels. Combined treatment increased significantly the levels of plasma LDH and erythrocytes G6PDH activities, as well as liver glycogen, and in contrast it decreased the levels of liver total protein, RNA and DNA, compared to normal controls.
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Title | Antitumor activities of iodoacetate and dimethylsulphoxide against solid Ehrlich carcinoma growth in mice | Authors | Fahim F. ; Esmat A. ; Mady E. ; Ibrahim E. ; Ahmed, Emad | Issue Date | 1-Jan-2003 | Journal | Biological Research | DOI | 2 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0141605898 253 36 10.4067/S0716-97602003000200015 |
PubMed ID | 36 | Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-0141605898 |
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