ArticleCancer medicine2017
Metformin synergistic pemetrexed suppresses non-small-cell lung cancer cell proliferation and invasion in vitro.
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- A phase II study of metformin plus pemetrexed and carboplatin in patients with non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (METALUNG).Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2023Trial
- Lentinan mitigates pemetrexed chemoresistance by the PI3K/Akt pathway in non-small cell lung cancer.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2024Article
- Action Mechanism of Metformin and Its Application in Hematological Malignancy Treatments: A Review.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Efficacy of metformin adjunctive therapy as the treatment for non-diabetic patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: A Systematic review and Meta-analysis.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2023Review
- Effects of Cisplatin Combined with Metformin on Proliferation and Apoptosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Phenolic diterpenes from Rosemary supercritical extract inhibit non-small cell lung cancer lipid metabolism and synergise with therapeutic drugs in the clinic.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Benefits of Metformin Combined with Pemetrexed-Based Platinum Doublets as a First-Line Therapy for Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients with Diabetes.Biomolecules · 2021Article
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- Molecular mechanisms underlining the role of metformin as a therapeutic agent in lung cancer.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Additive Antiproliferative and Antiangiogenic Effects of Metformin and Pemetrexed in a Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Xenograft Model.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
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- Metformin Inhibit Lung Cancer Cell Growth and Invasion in Vitro as Well as Tumor Formation in Vivo Partially by Activating PP2A.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
- Metabolic Profiles Associated With Metformin Efficacy in Cancer.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Review
- Metformin synergistic pemetrexed suppresses non-small-cell lung cancer cell proliferation and invasion in vitro.Cancer medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether metformin in combination with pemetrexed has an effect on the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) models and to explore the related molecular mechanism. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and combination index (CI) of metformin and pemetrexed were detected by the CCK8 assay to assess the antiproliferative and therapeutic effects of the two-drug combination. Flow cytometry (FCM) and invasion assays were used to estimate the variation in apoptosis rate and invasion ability of the differently treated NSCLC cell lines. Apoptotic markers were detected by western blotting to validate the data related to the antiproliferation and proapoptosis effects. Metformin monotherapy inhibited the growth of NSCLC cell lines and reduced the invasion ability to different degrees compared with the control groups (P < 0.05). Metformin in combination with pemetrexed produced a synergistic effect (CI < 0.90) compared with the two drugs in monotherapy in the three tested NSCLC cell lines. Metformin in combination with pemetrexed significantly increased the cell numbers of HCC827 cells at S phase (P < 0.001), and the combination therapy had no influence on the A549 and H1975 cell lines. We found that combining metformin with pemetrexed induced more cell apoptosis than metformin or pemetrexed used alone (P < 0.05), which was validated by the apoptotic markers. These results demonstrate that the combination of metformin and pemetrexed has a synergistic effect on the treatment of NSCLC cell lines by inducing apoptosis or blocking the cell cycle. Our data indicate that the combination of metformin and pemetrexed could have beneficial antitumor effects on NSCLC cells in vitro.
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