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Coumarin is known to exert an anti-neoplastic action in patients with malignant melanoma and renal cell carcinoma. We examined the effects of various concentrations (0, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500 μg/ml) of coumarin on the proliferation of two renal cell carcinoma cell lines (786-O and A-498) and two malignant prostatic cell lines (DU145 and LNCaP). After 5 days of treatment, coumarin inhibited the growth of the four cell lines. The LNCaP prostatic cell line was more sensitive than the other cell lines to the inhibitory effects of coumarin. We also examined the effects of various concentrations of suramin (0, 50, 200 and 400 μg/ml), an anti-neoplastic compound currently undergoing clinical trials, on the growth of the 786-O and LNCaP cell lines. Both of these were inhibited by suramin at concentrations greater than 100 μg/ml. Finally we examined the effects of combined treatment with coumarin and suramin on the growth of LNCaP and 786-O cells. When combined with all concentrations of suramin studied (0, 50, 200 and 400 μg/ml), coumarin further inhibited cellular proliferation of the LNCaP and 786-O cell lines. However, the combination of the highest concentration of coumarin (500 μg/ml) with suramin at 400 μg/ml did not inhibit the proliferation of the cells more than 500 μg/ml coumarin alone.
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Myers, R.B., Parker, M. & Grizzle, W.E. The effects of coumarin and suramin on the growth of malignant renal and prostatic cell lines. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 120 (Suppl 1), S11–S13 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01377115
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