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Table 2 Interactions between bacterial metabolites and drugs relevant in ovarian cancer chemotherapy

From: The role of the microbiome in ovarian cancer: mechanistic insights into oncobiosis and to bacterial metabolite signaling

Drug

Metabolite

Effect

Ref.

Cisplatin

Spermine, spermidine

induce cisplatin resistance

Marverti et al. 2005; Marverti et al. 2004; Marverti et al. 2001; Marverti et al. 1997; Hector et al. 2004; Desiderio et al. 1997

Butyrate and valproic acid

Mrkvicova et al. 2019; Wasserman et al. 1989; Sajadpoor et al. 2018

Paclitaxel

LPS

TLR4 activation induces paclitaxel chemoresistance

Kelly et al. 2006; Edwardson et al. 2017; Huang et al. 2014; Szajnik et al. 2009

Doxorubicin/Adriamycin

Taurochenodeoxycholate

sensitizes resistant cells

Schuldes et al. 2001

Butyrate and valproic acid

Wasserman et al. 1989

Spermine

induces Doxorubicin resistance

Schuldes et al. 2001

Niraparib

Butyrate and valproic acid

sensitizes resistant cells

Booth et al. 2018

Topoisomerase II inhibitors (TopoIIi)

Spermine, spermidine

sensitizes cells to TopoIIi

Desiderio et al. 1997

Mitomycin

Taurochenodeoxycholate

sensitizes

Schuldes et al. 2001

  1. TopoIIi -Topoisomerase II inhibitor