Repurposing Cationic Amphiphilic Antihistamines for Cancer Treatment

Anne-Marie Ellegaard, Christian Dehlendorff, Anna C. Vind, Atul Anand, Luise Cederkvist, Nikolaj H. T. Petersen, Jesper Nylandsted, Jan Stenvang, Anders Mellemgaard, Kell Osterlind, Soren Friis, Marja Jaattela

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Abstract

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide. In search for new NSCLC treatment options, we screened a cationic amphiphilic drug (CAD) library for cytotoxicity against NSCLC cells and identified several CAD antihistamines as inducers of lysosomal cell death. We then performed a cohort study on the effect of CAD antihistamine use on mortality of patients diagnosed with non-localized cancer in Denmark between 1995 and 2011. The use of the most commonly prescribed CAD antihistamine, loratadine, was associated with significantly reduced all-cause mortality among patients with non-localized NSCLC or any non-localized cancer when compared with use of non-CAD antihistamines and adjusted for potential confounders. Of the less frequently described CAD antihistamines, astemizole showed a similar significant association with reduced mortality as loratadine among patients with any non-localized cancer, and ebastine use showed a similar tendency. The association between CAD antihistamine use and reduced mortality was stronger among patients with records of concurrent chemotherapy than among those without such records. In line with this, sub-micromolar concentrations of loratadine, astemizole and ebastine sensitized NSCLC cells to chemotherapy and reverted multidrug resistance in NSCLC, breast and prostate cancer cells. Thus, CAD antihistamines may improve the efficacy of cancer chemotherapy
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEBioMedicine
Vol/bind9
Sider (fra-til)130-139
Antal sider10
ISSN2352-3964
DOI
StatusUdgivet - jul. 2016

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