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Table 2 The effect of vitamin D analog PRI-2205 (in varied doses) alone or in combination with 5-FU on tumor growth, life span and body weight of mice bearing subcutaneous colon cancer MC38

From: Vitamin D analogs enhance the anticancer activity of 5-fluorouracil in an in vivomouse colon cancer model

No.

5-FU

PRI-2205

TGI [%]

ILS [%]

Maximal decrease

in body weight [%]

5-FU

PRI-2205

5-FU+

%H TGI

Effect

5-FU

PRI-2205

5-FU+

%H ILS

Effect

5-FU

PRI-2205

5-FU+

PRI-2205

PRI-2205

PRI-2205

1

75 mg/kg;

10 μg/kg

48

7

76*

44

Synergism

21

2

77*a

23

Synergism

7

10

8

2

50 mg/kg;

10 μg/kg

30

-16

70

19

Synergism

12

0

38*

12

Synergism

0

0

0

3

150 mg/kg;

10 μg/kg

87

25

96*

90

Synergism

nt.

nt.

nt.

nt.

nt.

9

1

19

4

100 mg/kg;

5 μg/kg

31

-12

26

23

Antagonism

26

-6

12

22

Antagonism

4

1

6

5

100 mg/kg;

2.5 μg/kg

31

-41

19

2

Antagonism

26

-15

32

16

Synergism

4

7

4

  1. Vitamin D analog was administered subcutaneously, three times a week.
  2. No. – number of experiment; TGI – tumor growth inhibition; %H TGI: hypothetical tumor growth inhibition; ILS: increase in life span; %H ILS: hypothetical increase in life span; nt.: not tested; No. 1 – TGI calculated on the 27th day of the experiment, No. 2, 4, 5 - TGI on the 30th day of the experiment; No. 3 – TGI on the 32nd day of the experiment.
  3. No. 1: 5-FU was injected i.p. on the first day; PRI-2205 was injected on days: 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22; Number of mice: control - 10; in the each treatment group - 8.
  4. No. 2: 5-FU was injected i.p. on days: 2, 7, 11, 16; PRI-2205 was injected on days: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21; Number of mice: control – 9, 5-FU – 8, 5-FU + PRI-2205 – 8, PRI-2205 – 7.
  5. No. 3: 5-FU was injected i.p. on days: 9, 16, 23; PRI-2205 was injected on days: 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28; Number of mice in each group - 8.
  6. No. 4 and 5: 5-FU was injected i.v. on days: 8, 15, 30, 38; PRI-2205 on days: 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42, 44; Number of mice: No. 4 and 5: control – 7, 5-FU – 7, PRI-2205 – 5, 5-FU + PRI-2205 – 6; * P < 0.05 as compared to control; *a P < 0.05 as compared to 5-FU.