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Meglumine Eicosapentaenoic acid (MeEPA) a new soluble omega-3 fatty acid formulation: in vitro bladder cancer cytotoxicity tests in combination with epirubicin and mitomycin

Meglumine Eicosapentaenoic acid (MeEPA) a new soluble omega-3 fatty acid formulation: in vitro bladder cancer cytotoxicity tests in combination with epirubicin and mitomycin
Meglumine Eicosapentaenoic acid (MeEPA) a new soluble omega-3 fatty acid formulation: in vitro bladder cancer cytotoxicity tests in combination with epirubicin and mitomycin
OBJECTIVE: To determine if Meglumine-Eicosapentaenoic Acid (MeEPA) acts synergistically with epirubicin and mitomycin to enhance cytotoxicity towards bladder cancer cell lines in vitro.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bladder cancer cells were exposed to MeEPA in combination with epirubicin or mitomycin. Residual viable cell biomass was estimated with the methyl-thiazoldiphenyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay following drug exposure. Drug interaction was analysed using median effect analysis to determine levels of synergism.

RESULTS: Most combinations of MeEPA with both epirubicin and mitomycin showed a high-level of synergism. At high doses, drug precipitation adversely affected MTT assay analysis suggesting antagonism of action. However, the predominant pattern was of synergism for most dose combinations tested.

CONCLUSION: Bladder cancer treated by endoscopic resection alone is subject to high recurrence rates. Post-operative intravesical instillation of epirubicin and mitomycin can halve recurrence rates, but there is no evidence that disease progression to invasive bladder cancer is altered. Thus, optimisation of current treatment strategies is required. The anti-tumour activity of fatty acids is well established and MeEPA is a new, soluble formulation with the potential to enhance intravesical drug efficacy.
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Mackie, S.J.
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Sharma, D.M.
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Mackie, S.J., Sharma, D.M., Cooper, A.J., Harris, N.M. and Lwaleed, B.A. (2006) Meglumine Eicosapentaenoic acid (MeEPA) a new soluble omega-3 fatty acid formulation: in vitro bladder cancer cytotoxicity tests in combination with epirubicin and mitomycin. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 75 (6), 367-373. (doi:10.1016/j.plefa.2006.07.002). (PMID:16930970)

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine if Meglumine-Eicosapentaenoic Acid (MeEPA) acts synergistically with epirubicin and mitomycin to enhance cytotoxicity towards bladder cancer cell lines in vitro.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bladder cancer cells were exposed to MeEPA in combination with epirubicin or mitomycin. Residual viable cell biomass was estimated with the methyl-thiazoldiphenyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay following drug exposure. Drug interaction was analysed using median effect analysis to determine levels of synergism.

RESULTS: Most combinations of MeEPA with both epirubicin and mitomycin showed a high-level of synergism. At high doses, drug precipitation adversely affected MTT assay analysis suggesting antagonism of action. However, the predominant pattern was of synergism for most dose combinations tested.

CONCLUSION: Bladder cancer treated by endoscopic resection alone is subject to high recurrence rates. Post-operative intravesical instillation of epirubicin and mitomycin can halve recurrence rates, but there is no evidence that disease progression to invasive bladder cancer is altered. Thus, optimisation of current treatment strategies is required. The anti-tumour activity of fatty acids is well established and MeEPA is a new, soluble formulation with the potential to enhance intravesical drug efficacy.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 23 August 2006
Published date: December 2006
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 348739
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/348739
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ORCID for B.A. Lwaleed: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5748-4892

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Author: S.J. Mackie
Author: D.M. Sharma
Author: A.J. Cooper
Author: N.M. Harris
Author: B.A. Lwaleed ORCID iD

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