Melatonin enhanced bexarotene efficacy in experimental mammary carcinogenesis.

P Orendas, P Kubatka, K Kajo, N Stollarova, M Kassayova, B Bojkova, M Pec, V Nosal, T Kiskova, K Zihlavnikova, R Karsnakova

Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Moyzesova 11, 041 67 Košice, Slovak Republic. peter.orendas@upjs.sk

Neoplasma 2012

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The aim of this paper was to test lower, safe bexarotene dose administered alone and in combination with melatonin to improve its efficacy. Mammary carcinogenesis was induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea in female Sprague-Dawley rats, administered in two doses intraperitoneally between 42.-54. postnatal days and chemoprevention was initiated 7 days prior to first N-methyl-N-nitrosourea injection and lasted 15 weeks. Bexarotene, particularly in combination with melatonin decreased mammary tumor incidence and frequency with a shift from poorly to well differentiated carcinomas. Bexarotene alleviated glycaemia and liver/heart muscle glycogen concentration decreased as well as liver/thymus malondialdehyde increased in comparison with control group. The combination of bexarotene and melatonin is therefore beneficial in preventive-curative model of experimental mammary carcinogenesis and may be applied in oncological practice as such.

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P Orendas, P Kubatka, K Kajo, N Stollarova, M Kassayova, B Bojkova, M Pec, V Nosal, T Kiskova, K Zihlavnikova, R Karsnakova. Melatonin enhanced bexarotene efficacy in experimental mammary carcinogenesis. Neoplasma. 2012;59(4):469-74