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Drug Combination Details

General Information of the Combination (ID: C21577)
Name Metformin   NP Info  + Trametinib   Drug Info 
Structure +
Disease
Melanoma [ICD-11: 2C30]
Investigative [1]
Ovarian cancer [ICD-11: 2C73]
Investigative [2]
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 [1]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Down-regulation Expression PIK3CB  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model D04 CVCL_H604 Melanoma Homo sapiens
MM415 CVCL_2608 Melanoma Homo sapiens
MM485 CVCL_2610 Melanoma Homo sapiens
SK-MEL-2 CVCL_0069 Melanoma Homo sapiens
MaMel30I CVCL_A165 Melanoma Homo sapiens
MaMel27II CVCL_A163 Melanoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Metformin and trametinib combinations are effective in preclinical models and may be a possible option for treatment of NRAS mutant cancers.
                    Experiment 2 Reporting the Effect of This Combination [2]
                    Molecule(s)
                    Regulation
Up-regulation Phosphorylation PRKAA2  Molecule Info 
Pathway MAP
                    In-vitro Model VOA1056 CVCL_V536 Adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
VOA1312 CVCL_V538 Adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
VOA5646 CVCL_VQ39 Adenocarcinoma Homo sapiens
                    Experimental
                    Result(s)
Metformin and trametinib combination showed synergistic inhibition of RAS mutated VOA1312 and VOA1056 cells, but not for non-Ras mutated VOA5646 cells.
References
Reference 1 Metformin and trametinib have synergistic effects on cell viability and tumor growth in NRAS mutant cancer. Oncotarget. 2015 Jan 20;6(2):969-78.
Reference 2 Synergistic effect of MEK inhibitor and metformin combination in low grade serous ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2017 Aug;146(2):319-326.
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Cite NPCDR
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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