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Background:Naloxone is viewed as a specific competitive opioid antagonist acting at the level of opioid receptors (μ, δ, and κ) with blended agonist-adversary or agonist action. The role of naloxone in tumor cell growth has been poorly studied in human cancer cell lines. Materials and methods:In the present study, we report findings from in vitro and in vivo experiments performed to evaluate the effects of naloxone on human breast cancer cell growth and progression. In vitro assays were conducted on estrogen receptor-negative human breast carcinoma cells, MDA.MB231, treated with naloxone at different concentrations (10-100 μM). In vivo experiments were performed on a mouse model of human triple-negative breast cancer generated by using MDA.MB231 injected subcutaneously in mice. Naloxone was daily intraperitoneally injected in mice at 0.357 mg/kg for 2 weeks and at 0.714 mg/kg for the next 2 weeks. Microvessels formation was detected by fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran (100 μL) injected into the tail vein of mice and confirmed by immunohistochemistry with CD31 on mice tumor sections. Results:In vitro tests showed that the cell proliferation of MDA.MB231 was inhibited by naloxone in a dose-dependent manner, whereas the cell death was increased. In vivo studies demonstrated that tumors of mice treated with naloxone were significantly smaller than those observed in the control groups, as long as naloxone was administered. Finally, naloxone was not able to impair the microvessel formation in tumors of treated mice. Conclusion:Our data showed, for the first time, that naloxone reduced breast cancer progression without affecting angiogenesis.
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Onco Targets Therjournal_title
OncoTargets and therapyauthors
Bimonte S,Barbieri A,Cascella M,Rea D,Palma G,Del Vecchio V,Forte CA,Del Prato F,Arra C,Cuomo Adoi
10.2147/OTT.S145780subject
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2018-01-03 00:00:00pages
185-191issn
1178-6930pii
ott-11-185journal_volume
11pub_type
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章,收录出版
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S186721
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S257512
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S242386
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S91586
更新日期:2016-05-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2147/OTT.S176903
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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journal_title:OncoTargets and therapy
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