TABLE 2

Effects of thymidine and hypoxanthine on 5-fluorouracil, LY309887, and pemetrexed IC50 values

Shown are mean values ± S.E. of at least three independent experiments.

A549 Calu-1 Calu-6
μg/ml μg/ml μg/ml
5-Fluorouracil 1.04 ± 0.11 0.57 ± 0.04 0.47 ± 0.03
    + Thymidine >100 >100 >100
    + Hypoxanthine 1.26 ± 0.17 0.56 ± 0.02 0.77 ± 0.04
LY309887 0.02 ± 0.01 1.64 ± 0.13 0.16 ± 0.05
    + Thymidine 0.02 ± 0.01 1.86 ± 0.25 0.16 ± 0.03
    + Hypoxanthine >100 >100 >100
Pemetrexed 0.25 ± 0.03 34.13 ± 5.78 4.83 ± 0.60
    + Thymidine 0.85 ± 0.14 55.32 ± 4.41 5.96 ± 0.75
    + Hypoxanthine 0.28 ± 0.04 36.23 ± 3.94 4.57 ± 0.56
    + Thymidine/hypoxanthine >100 >100 >100