The cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide is enhanced in combination with monascus pigment

  • Kurokawa Hiromi
    Algae Biomass Research and Development, University of Tsukuba
  • Taninaka Atsushi
    Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Shigekawa Hidemi
    Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Matsui Hirofumi
    Algae Biomass Research and Development, University of Tsukuba Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba

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Abstract

<p>Monascus pigment is derived from red-mold rice fermented by monascus purpureus and utilized as a natural coloring agent and natural food additive in East Asia. Monascus pigment works as a radical scavenger. Some antioxidant combine cancer chemo­therapy to protect normal tissue because chemotherapy induce side effect for normal tissue. This combination therapy can attenuate the cytotoxicity of anti­cancer drugs by antioxidants effects. However, the effect of this combination therapy for cancer cells dose not investigate enough. In this study, we investigated the combination effect of anti­oxidants and anti­cancer drugs. We selected an anti­oxidant as monascus pigment and following four anti­cancer drugs: doxorubicin, tamoxifen, paclitaxicel, and cyclophosphamide. Combination treatment with monascus pigment and cyclophosphamide enhanced the cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide. Moreover, this combination treatment accelerated apoptosis. The spot on TLC assay board of the monascus pigment and cyclophosphamide mixture is different from the spot of monascus pigment alone and cyclophosphamide alone. The interaction between monascus pigment and cyclo­phosphamide can produce some cytotoxicity compounds or accelerate intracellular cyclophosphamide accumulation. Hence, we concluded that the interaction of both cyclophosphamide and monascus pigment involved enhancement of cyclophosphamide cytotoxicity.</p>

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