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ArticleBMC cancer2005

Determination of caspase-3 activation fails to predict chemosensitivity in primary acute myeloid leukemia blasts.

Peter Staib, Jan Tiehen, Timo Strunk, Timo Schinköthe

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Article in BMC cancer, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peter StaibClinic I for Internal Medicine, The University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany. peter.staib@uni-koeln.de
Jan Tiehen
Timo Strunk
Timo Schinköthe
University Hospital Cologne · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEx-vivo chemosensitivity tests that measure cell death induction may predict treatment outcome and, therefore, represent a powerful instrument for clinical decision making in cancer therapy. Such tests are, however, work intensive and, in the case of the DiSC-assay, require at least four days. Induction of apoptosis is the mode of action of anticancer drugs and should, therefore, result in the induction of caspase activation in cells targeted by anticancer therapy.

methodsTo determine, whether caspase activation can predict the chemosensitivity, we investigated enzyme activation of caspase-3, a key executioner caspase and correlated these data with chemosensitivity profiles of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) blasts.

resultsThere was, however, no correlation between the ex-vivo chemosensitivity assessed by measuring the overall rates of cell death by use of the DiSC-assay and caspase-3 activation.

conclusionThus, despite a significant reduction of duration of the assay from four to one day, induction of apoptosis evaluated by caspase-3 activity does not seem to be a valid surrogate marker for chemosensitivity.

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Drug Screening Assays, AntitumorAdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBone Marrow CellsCaspase 3CaspasesCell DeathCell Line, TumorCytarabineDaunorubicinDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme ActivationFemaleHumansAntineoplastic AgentsCASP3 protein, humanCaspase 3CaspasesCytarabineDaunorubicinTetrazolium SaltsThiazolesthiazolyl blue

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PMID15949045
PMCPMC1164407
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