Effects of local anesthetics on breast cancer cell viability and migration.
Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Breast cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in women worldwide, and more than 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery. Retrospective clinical studies have suggested that use of regional anesthesia leads to improved patient outcomes. Laboratory studies have reported that breast cancer cells are inhibited by some local anesthetics at millimolar concentration. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the effects of six common local anesthetics on two human breast cancer cell lines. We used concentrations ranging from those corresponding to plasma levels during regional block by local anesthetic (plasma concentration) to those corresponding to direct infiltration of local anesthetic. METHODS:Human breast cancer cell lines, MDA-MB-231 and MCF7, were incubated with each of six local anesthetics (lidocaine, mepivacaine, ropivacaine, bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, and chloroprocaine) (10 ?M ~?10 mM) for 6 to 72 h. Assays for cell viability, cytotoxicity, migration, and cell cycle were performed. RESULTS:High concentrations (>?1 mM) of local anesthetics applied to either MDA-MB-231 or MCF7 cells for 48 h significantly inhibited cell viability and induced cytotoxicity. At plasma concentrations (~?10 ?M) for 72 h, none of the local anesthetics affected cell viability or migration in either cell line. However, at 10?×?plasma concentrations, 72-h exposure to bupivacaine, levobupivacaine or chloroprocaine inhibited the viability of MDA-MB-231 cells by >?40% (p?
SUBMITTER: Li R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6006780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACCESS DATA