Abstract
The main goal of this study was to investigate whether lidamycin (LDM) could enhance the efficacy of paclitaxel (TAX) against breast cancer. In the MTT assay, LDM showed much more potent cytotoxicity than paclitaxel, and there was a synergy on the 4T1/luc breast cancer cells treated with a combination of paclitaxel and LDM. Western blot analysis showed that paclitaxel and LDM synergistically downregulated MMP9, MMP2, VEGF, and upregulated the cleaved PARP proteins. By wound closure cell migration assay, paclitaxel combined LDM obviously inhibited the migration of 4T1/luc cells. At therapeutic dosage level, LDM, paclitaxel, and the combination suppressed the pulmonary metastases by 70.2%, 53.8%, and 88.7%, respectively, and the CDI value was 0.82, indicating synergism. The results show that LDM enhances the antitumor effect of paclitaxel on 4T1/luc breast cancer, in particular, the antimetastatic effects on pulmonary metastasis.
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