CDK inhibitor enhances the sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil in colorectal cancer cells.

Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a dNTP synthetic enzyme and is also a target enzyme of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). 5-FU is one of the anticancer agents most frequently used for the treatment of colorectal cancers. However, the clinical rate of response to its use as a single agent is not exceptionally high.