Cytotoxic effects of combination of oxidosqualene cyclase inhibitors with atorvastatin in human cancer cells

D Staedler, C Chapuis-Bernasconi…

Index: Staedler, Davide; Chapuis-Bernasconi, Catherine; Dehmlow, Henrietta; Fischer, Holger; Juillerat-Jeanneret, Lucienne; Aebi, Johannes D. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 55, # 11 p. 4990 - 5002

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Abstract

Ten oxidosqualene cyclase inhibitors with high efficacy as cholesterol-lowering agents and of different chemical structure classes were evaluated as potential anticancer agents against human cancer cells from various tissue origins and nontumoral human-brain-derived endothelial cells. Inhibition of cancer cell growth was demonstrated at micromolar concentrations, comparable to the concentrations of statins necessary for antitumor effect. ...