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Table 3 Interaction of ABT-737 (0.5 µM) with doxorubicin (1.0 µM a), gemcitbine (0.5 µM b) or cisplatin (5.0 µM c) in five thyroid carcinoma cell lines

From: The BH3 mimetic drug ABT-737 induces apoptosis and acts synergistically with chemotherapeutic drugs in thyroid carcinoma cells

(a) Cell line

ABT-737

Doxorubicin

ABT-737 + doxorubicin

CI

FTC236 (FTC))

96.2 ± 6.5

92.4 ± 4.2

68.4 ± 5.9

1.30 syn.

ML1 (FTC)

86.5 ± 7.3

75.9 ± 5.4

37.6 ± 1.5

1.75 syn.

BHT101 (PTC)

84.4 ± 5.5

90.1 ± 6.1

78.6 ± 6.7

0.97 add.

SW1736 (ATC)

95.6 ± 7.0

74.3 ± 4.8

34.7 ± 3.0

2.05 syn.

HTh7 (ATC)

98.6 ± 4.6

65.0 ± 5.5

62.2 ± 3.1

1.03 add.

(b) Cell line

ABT-737

Gemcitabine

ABT-737 + gemcitabine

CI

FTC236 (FTC)

99.1 ± 4.8

79.4 ± 4.8

61.3 ± 5.0

1.28 syn.

ML1 (FTC)

86.0 ± 5.3

83.2 ± 5.4

54.8 ± 3.8

1.31 syn.

BHT101 (PTC)

84.9 ± 6.9

87.6 ± 6.7

76.2 ± 5.2

0.98 add.

SW1736 (ATC)

96.8 ± 6.1

78.5 ± 3.8

56.1 ± 2.5

1.35 syn.

HTh7 (ATC)

97.3 ± 7.5

71.8 ± 4.2

42.9 ± 3.9

1.63 syn.

(c) Cell line

ABT-737

Cisplatin

ABT-737 + cisplatin

CI

FTC236 (FTC)

95.9 ± 7.9

102.6 ± 9.3

99.7 ± 7.4

0.99 add.

ML1 (FTC)

84.8 ± 5.8

97.3 ± 7.4

83.5 ± 6.9

0.99 add.

BHT101 (PTC)

83.4 ± 6.3

98.1 ± 8.7

81.7 ± 5.7

1.00 add.

SW1736 (ATC)

95.0 ± 5.6

103.8 ± 7.2

101.9 ± 6.9

0.97 add.

HTh7 (ATC)

99.3 ± 7.8

98.5 ± 5.9

100.2 ± 7.0

0.98 add.

  1. MTT assays were performed to determine the viability of cells after incubation with one compound alone or in combination. Cl values were calculated according to the method of Drewinko et al. [34; see “Methods” section], where Cl > 1.05 indicates synergism (syn.), 0.95 ≤ Cl ≤ 1.05 indicates additivity (add.) and Cl < 0.95 indicates antagonism