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. 2003 Mar 18;88(6):957–964. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600808

Table 2. IC50's of the fluoropyrimidines (expressed in μM) in the presence or absence of TPI, for the different cell lines.

Cell line 5FU 5FU +TPI DMF 5′DFUR 5′DFUR +TPI DMF TFT TFT +TPI DMF FT FT+TPI DMF
HT29 5.4±1.3 6.6±0.2 1.2 176.9±27.3 275.8±15.9 1.6 3.9±1.0 3.7±0.7 0.9 201.1±37.9 283.2±81.3 1.4
Lovo 1.1±0.1 2.5±0.2 2.2b 24.9±5.1 103.5±17.3 4.2a 0.5±0.1 0.4 ±.0.1 1.0 97.2±15.5 86±24.8 0.9
WiDR 2.5±0.5 4.7±1.0 1.9b 90.1±12.0 222.5±25.0 2.5b 2.5±0.8 3.5±1.0 1.4 203.9±44.9 236.1±27.8 1.2
Colo320 2.3±0.2 2.5±0.2 1.1 61.7±5.8 65.0±1.1 1.1 0.4±0.1 0.4±0.1 0.9 119.4±7.2 141.7±11.2 1.2
Colo320TP1 0.2±0.1 2.8±0.3 14.7c 0.06±0.02 81.0±10.5 1396.6b 0.5±0.04 0.6±0.1 1.1 ND ND
SW948 3.1±1.0 4.0±1.7 1.3 208.9±7.6 255.6±14.3 1.2 ND ND ND ND
SW1398 2.0±0.6 3.2±0.6 1.6 134.8±32.9 202.0±37.4 1.5 ND ND 275±39.7 191.4±22.1 0.7
H460 2.0±0.2 8.6±0.4 4.3c 10.9±1.7 332.9±13.4 30.5c 0.6±0.1 0.6±0.03 0.9 ND ND
H460TP2 1.6±0.2 11.1±1.0 6.8c 4.2±0.5 275.0±16.1 65.1c 0.7±0.04 0.5±0.03 0.8 ND ND

Significant differences between drug and drug with TPI (Student t-test):

a

P<0.05

b

P<0.01

c

P<0.001

Thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor was present in a final concentration of 10 μM, 24 h before drugs were added. DMF is the dose-modifying factor calculated as (IC50+TPI)/IC50.

ND=not done.