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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C08624)
Name Metformin   NP Info  + 5-fluorouracil   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Colorectal cancer [ICD-11: 2B91]
Phase 2 [1]
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally
    α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination
                 Achieving Therapeutic Synergy     Click to Show/Hide
                    Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression TP53  Molecule Info 
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                    In-vitro Model C-26 CVCL_XC68 Colorectal cancer Mus musculus
                    In-vivo Model BALB/c mice inoculated with C26 cells were used in this study.
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
The combination treatment of ME/5FU co-loaded hydrogels exhibited significant synergistic therapeutic efficacy in the BALB/c mouse model with transplanted subcutaneously tumor on the base of C26 cell line by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest.
                    Experiment 2 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [3]
                    In-vitro Model HCT 116 CVCL_0291 Colon carcinoma Homo sapiens
SW1463 CVCL_1718 Rectal adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Metformin combined with 5-FU treatment significantly inhibited tumor cell proliferation and tumor metastasis.
References
Reference 1 ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01941953) Metformin and 5-fluorouracil for Refractory Colorectal Cancer.
Reference 2 Synergistic therapeutic effects of Schiff's base cross-linked injectable hydrogels for local co-delivery of metformin and 5-fluorouracil in a mouse colon carcinoma model. Biomaterials. 2016 Jan;75:148-162.
Reference 3 Metformin Inhibited Proliferation and Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer and presented a Synergistic Effect on 5-FU. Biomed Res Int. 2020 Aug 10;2020:9312149.
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Correspondence

X. N. Sun, Y. T. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. C. Lian, L. L. Yan, T. Pan, T. Jin, H. Xie, Z. M. Liang, W. Q. Qiu, J. X. Wang, Z. R. Li, F. Zhu*, X. B. Sui*. NPCDR: natural product-based drug combination and its disease-specific molecular regulation. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(D1): 1324-1333 (2020). PMID: 34664659

Prof. Feng ZHU  (zhufeng@zju.edu.cn)

College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Prof. Xinbing SUI  (hzzju@hznu.edu.cn)

School of Pharmacy and Department of Medical Oncology, the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China