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Table 2 Effect of antisense Bcl-xL oligodeoxynucleotides on chemosensitivity in BT-474, ZR-75-1, and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells

From: Targeted therapy against Bcl-2-related proteins in breast cancer cells

Cell line

Drug

IC50 (μM)a

Fold increase in AS Bcl-xL

  

Control

Sense Bcl-xLb

AS Bcl-xLb

 

BT-474

AS Bcl-xL

4.0

--

--

--

 

DOX

1.0

0.92

0.68

1.5

 

MMC

1.4

1.32

0.88

1.6

 

TXL

2.4

2.2

1.34

1.8

 

TXT

0.54

0.51

0.26

2.1

ZR-75-1

AS Bcl-xL

1.8

--

--

--

 

DOX

0.54

0.51

0.71

1.3

 

MMC

0.84

0.79

0.39

2.2

 

TXL

1.9

1.8

1.2

1.6

 

TXT

3.1

3.0

1.7

1.8

MDA-MB-231

AS Bcl-xL

2.2

--

--

--

 

DOX

0.19

0.18

0.076

2.5

 

MMC

0.68

0.65

0.19

3.6

 

TXL

2.8

2.6

0.96

2.9

 

TXT

1.2

1.1

0.62

1.9

  1. AS, antisense; DOX, doxorubicin; IC50, concentration for 50% inhibition; MMC, mitomycin C; TXL, paclitaxel; TXT, docetaxel.
  2. aThe data are the means of three separate experiments (SD < 5%); bcells were treated with 1 μM sense Bcl-xL or antisense Bcl-xL.