dihydropyridines has been researched along with Carcinoid-Tumor* in 2 studies
2 other study(ies) available for dihydropyridines and Carcinoid-Tumor
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Inhibition of protein-kinase-C--dependent cell proliferation of human lung cancer cell lines by the dihydropyridine dexniguldipine.
The dihydropyridine, dexniguldipine hydrochloride (B859-35), has shown therapeutic activity in experimentally induced neuroendocrine hamster lung tumors and demonstrated antiproliferative effects in a mammary cancer cell line via inhibition of Ca2+ calmodulin. Studies in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts have provided evidence that dexniguldipine may also inhibit protein kinase C (PKC). In this study, we have tested the hypothesis that dexniguldipine may inhibit the proliferation of lung cancer cells in response to autocrine or exogenous activation of PKC. Using a panel of human lung cancer cell lines, we show that dexniguldipine is a potent inhibitor of mitogenic signal transduction pathways dependent on PKC activation in several small-cell and non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines while it failed to inhibit cyclic-AMP-dependent cell proliferation. Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Agents; Carcinoid Tumor; Carcinoma, Adenosquamous; Carcinoma, Small Cell; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Cell Division; Dihydropyridines; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Protein Kinase C; Tumor Cells, Cultured | 1994 |
Antiproliferative effects of the Ca2+/calmodulin antagonist B859-35 and the Ca(2+)-channel blocker verapamil on human lung cancer cell lines.
We have recently demonstrated that the dihydropyridine-derivative B859-35 has a selective chemotherapeutic effect on experimentally induced neuroendocrine lung tumors in hamsters. These tumors resembled human atypical lung carcinoids morphologically and expressed mammalian bombesin, calcitonin and neuron-specific enolase. In the hamster model, B859-35 had no antiproliferative effect on pulmonary adenomas of Clara cell origin. In this study, we have tested the antiproliferative effects of B859-35 and of the Ca(2+)-channel blocker Verapamil in vitro on three human lung cancer cell lines. The neuroendocrine cell line NCI-H727 is derived from a lung carcinoid and expresses mammalian bombesin and calcitonin. Two non-neuroendocrine cell lines are derived from peripheral pulmonary adenocarcinomas, with line NCI-H322 expressing features of Clara cells while line NCI-H358 expresses features of alveolar type II cells. B859-35 was a potent antiproliferative agent in the neuroendocrine line NCI-H727 at concentrations as low as 0.001 pM, while it inhibited cell proliferation in the two other cell lines at concentrations of 100 nM and above. Verapamil inhibited cell proliferation in the neuroendocrine line NCI-H727 at concentrations of 1 nM and above. Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Agents; Calcium Channel Blockers; Carcinoid Tumor; Cell Division; Dihydropyridines; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Verapamil | 1991 |