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Amphotericin B potentiates the anticancer activity of doxorubicin on the MCF-7 breast cancer cells.
Journal of Chemical Biology 2017 July
Despite the improvements in cancer treatment, breast cancer still remains the second most common cause of death from cancer in women. Doxorubicin (DOXO) is widely used for cancer treatment. However, drug resistance limits the treatment outcome. Here, we investigated the toxicity of DOXO in combination with an antifungal agent amphotericin B (AmB) against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. The cell viability was measured using MTT assay. The apoptosis was studied by caspase-8 and caspase-9 activity measurements and DNA fragmentation was investigated by TUNEL assay. The combination of two drugs significantly increased the apoptotic index and the caspase-8 and caspase-9 activities in comparison to DOXO-treated cells. Our finding showed that pre-treatment of MCF-7 cells with AmB synergistically exerted the anticancer effect of DOXO through the caspase-dependent apoptosis manner.
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