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1.
Skin Res Technol ; 23(4): 514-518, 2017 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28295631

RESUMO

PURPOSE: We hypothesized that skin blood flow (SBF) of fingers are modulated during concentrated finger perception and that the changes in SBF reflect fluctuations in finger volume (FV). The aim of this study, therefore, was examine the relationship between the changes in SBF and FV during Braille reading. METHODS: We measured SBF of the finger, cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC), FV, and arterial blood pressure during Braille reading performed under blind conditions in thirty healthy subjects. The subjects were instructed to read a flat plate with raised letters (Braille reading) for 15 seconds using their forefinger, and to touch a blank plate as a control for the Braille discrimination procedure. RESULTS: Arterial blood pressure slightly increased during Braille reading but remained unchanged during the touching of the blank plate. SBF, CVC, and FV were reduced during Braille reading (decreased by -26%, -29%, and -0.3 mL/100 mL respectively). Furthermore, a significant relationship was observed between the changes in SBF and FV (r=.613) during Braille reading. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that SBF of fingers is modulated during concentrated finger perception, and that the variability of blood flow reflects the response in FV.


Assuntos
Dedos/irrigação sanguínea , Tato/fisiologia , Velocidade do Fluxo Sanguíneo/fisiologia , Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Volume Sanguíneo/fisiologia , Discriminação Psicológica/fisiologia , Humanos , Mecanorreceptores/fisiologia , Leitura , Auxiliares Sensoriais , Percepção do Tato/fisiologia
2.
Allergy ; 70(8): 995-1003, 2015 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25945591

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) can be classified into CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and CRS without nasal polyps (CRSsNP). CRSwNP displays more intense eosinophilic infiltration and the presence of Th2 cytokines. Mucosal eosinophilia is associated with more severe symptoms and often requires multiple surgeries because of recurrence; however, even in eosinophilic CRS (ECRS), clinical course is variable. In this study, we wanted to set objective clinical criteria for the diagnosis of refractory CRS. METHODS: This was a retrospective study conducted by 15 institutions participating in the Japanese Epidemiological Survey of Refractory Eosinophilic Chronic Rhinosinusitis (JESREC). We evaluated patients with CRS treated with endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS), and risk of recurrence was estimated using Cox proportional hazard models. Multiple logistic regression models and receiver operating characteristics curves were constructed to create the diagnostic criterion for ECRS. RESULTS: We analyzed 1716 patients treated with ESS. To diagnose ECRS, the JESREC scoring system assessed unilateral or bilateral disease, the presence of nasal polyps, blood eosinophilia, and dominant shadow of ethmoid sinuses in computed tomography (CT) scans. The cutoff value of the score was 11 points (sensitivity: 83%, specificity: 66%). Blood eosinophilia (>5%), ethmoid sinus disease detected by CT scan, bronchial asthma, aspirin, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs intolerance were associated significantly with recurrence. CONCLUSION: We subdivided CRSwNP in non-ECRS, mild, moderate, and severe ECRS according to our algorithm. This classification was significantly correlated with prognosis. It is notable that this algorithm may give useful information to clinicians in the refractoriness of CRS before ESS or biopsy.


Assuntos
Rinite/classificação , Rinite/epidemiologia , Sinusite/classificação , Sinusite/epidemiologia , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idade de Início , Idoso , Algoritmos , Doença Crônica , Estudos de Coortes , Eosinofilia/imunologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Japão/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estudos Retrospectivos , Rinite/imunologia , Medição de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Distribuição por Sexo , Sinusite/imunologia , Adulto Jovem
3.
J Clin Invest ; 96(5): 2170-9, 1995 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7593602

RESUMO

apoE deficiency causes hyperlipidemia and premature atherosclerosis. To determine if macrophage-specific expression of apoE would decrease the extent of atherosclerosis, we expressed human apoE in macrophages of apoE-null mice (apoE-/-) and assessed the effect on lipid accumulation in cells of the arterial wall. Macrophage-specific expression of human apoE in normal mice was obtained by use of the visna virus LTR. These animals were bred with apoE-/- mice to produce animals hemizygous for expression of human apoE in macrophages in the absence of murine apoE (apoE-/-,hTgE+/0). Low levels of human apoE mRNA were present in liver and spleen and high levels in lung and peritoneal macrophages. Human apoE was secreted by peritoneal macrophages and was detected in Kupffer cells of the liver. Human apoE in the plasma of apoE-/-,hTgE+/0 mice (n = 30) was inversely correlated (P < 0.005) with the plasma cholesterol concentration. After 15 wk on a normal chow diet, atherosclerosis was assessed in apoE-/-,hTgE+/0 animals and in apoE-/-,hTgE0/0 littermates matched for plasma cholesterol level (approximately 450 mg/dl) and lipoprotein profile. There was significantly less atherosclerosis in both the aortic sinus and in the proximal aorta (P < 0.0001) in the animals expressing the human apoE transgene. In apo-E-/-,hTgE+/0 animals, which had detectable atherosclerotic lesions, human apoE was detected in the secretory apparatus of macrophage-derived foam cells in the arterial wall. The data demonstrate that expression of apoE by macrophages is antiatherogenic even in the presence of high levels of atherogenic lipoproteins. The data suggest that apoE prevents atherosclerosis by promoting cholesterol efflux from cells of the arterial wall.


Assuntos
Apolipoproteínas E/biossíntese , Arteriosclerose/metabolismo , Hipercolesterolemia/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Animais , Apolipoproteínas E/genética , Arteriosclerose/genética , Arteriosclerose/patologia , Células Cultivadas , Colesterol/sangue , Feminino , Células Espumosas/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Humanos , Hipercolesterolemia/genética , Hipercolesterolemia/patologia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos
5.
Cancer Res ; 51(1): 22-6, 1991 Jan 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1703032

RESUMO

The effect of antimetastatic sulfated chitin derivatives (SCM-chitin III) on angiogenesis induced by B16-BL6 cells was examined in syngeneic mice. SCM-chitin III caused a marked decrease of the number of vessels toward tumor mass (angiogenic response) without affecting the tumor cell growth when coinjected with tumor cells (on day 0), or injected into tumor site on day 1 or 3 after tumor inoculation. In contrast, carboxymethyl chitin as well as heparin had no effect. Invasion of endothelial cells through reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) toward tumor-conditioned media was significantly inhibited by SCM-chitin III in a Transwell chamber assay. SCM-chitin III also inhibited the haptotactic migration of endothelial cells to fibronectin-substrate, but did not inhibit the chemotactic activity in tumor conditioned media in vitro. SCM-chitin III did not directly affect the viability and the growth of tumor cells and endothelial cells in vitro. These results suggest that inhibition of lung tumor metastasis by SCM-chitin III may in part be due to the inhibition of tumor-associated angiogenesis.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Quitina/farmacologia , Melanoma Experimental/irrigação sanguínea , Neovascularização Patológica , Animais , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Quimiotaxia/efeitos dos fármacos , Endotélio/citologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Ácidos Sulfúricos/farmacologia
6.
Cancer Res ; 50(12): 3631-7, 1990 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2340512

RESUMO

We have investigated the effects of sulfated chitin derivatives and heparin on the invasion of B16-BL6 melanoma cells through reconstituted basement membrane Matrigel which contains laminin, type IV collagen, heparin sulfate proteoglycan, and entactin. 6-O-sulfated chitin (S-chitin) and 6-O-sulfated and carboxymethyl chitin (SCM-chitin) significantly inhibited the penetration of tumor cells through Matrigel in parallel with the increased degree of sulfation. However, 6-O- and N-sulfated but partially N-deacetylated chitin derivative (SCM-chitosan) and CM-chitin had no effect. SCM-chitin with a high degree of sulfation (SCM-chitin III), which exhibited fairly low levels of anticoagulant activity, was more effective than intact heparin. SCM-chitin III and heparin were also shown to block the attachment and migration of tumor cells to laminin-coated substrates, which are considered to be involved in tumor invasion. The inhibition of cell attachment and migration by SCM-chitin III and heparin is likely to depend upon their specific binding to laminin molecules (possibly the heparin-binding domain). Degradation of heparan sulfate by heparanase was inhibited by SCM-chitin III and heparin in a dose-dependent manner. Surprisingly, SCM-chitin III could inhibit type IV collagenolytic activity of tumor cells more potently than heparin. Thus, nontoxic SCM-chitin III of low anticoagulant properties may provide a promising basis for the prevention of cancer metastasis.


Assuntos
Quitina/análogos & derivados , Heparina/farmacologia , Invasividade Neoplásica , Metástase Neoplásica/prevenção & controle , Ligação Competitiva , Adesão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Quitina/farmacologia , Meios de Cultura , Heparina/metabolismo , Humanos , Laminina/metabolismo , Laminina/farmacologia , Melanoma Experimental/patologia , Ácidos Sulfúricos/farmacologia
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Cancer Res ; 49(14): 3815-22, 1989 Jul 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2736523

RESUMO

We investigated that the antimetastatic and antiadhesive activities of peptides based on Arg-Gly-Asp adhesive signal in fibronectin could be augmented by their polymerization. Poly(Arg-Gly-Asp), which consists of a repetitive sequence of Arg-Gly-Asp, inhibited lung metastases in C57BL/6 mice more effectively than Arg-Gly-Asp tripeptide was able to do, when coinjected or separately injected with B16-BL6 cells. The adhesion of tumor cells to fibronectin was specifically inhibited by adding poly(Arg-Gly-Asp) but not unrelated peptides. In contrast, poly(Arg, Gly, Asp), in which three amino acids are randomly arranged, showed neither inhibition of lung metastases nor any adhesive ability to attach to tumor cells. The inhibitory effect of polymeric peptides containing the Arg-Gly-Asp sequence on lung metastases decreased according to the decreasing repeat units of the Arg-Gly-Asp core sequence. Polymeric peptides with Arg-Gly-Asp entrapped within the liposome membranes also caused a remarkable reduction of metastatic colonies. In a spontaneous metastasis model, multiple i.v. administrations of poly(Arg-Gly-Asp) after tumor inoculation caused the significant reduction of metastatic colonies in the lung but did not affect the growth (size) of primary tumor. We found that the polymerization (multivalency) of the Arg-Gly-Asp core sequence was able to augment the inhibition of tumor lung metastases in experimental and spontaneous metastasis models as well as the cell-adhesive property more effectively than a monovalent unit of Arg-Gly-Asp peptide.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Superfície , Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundário , Melanoma Experimental/patologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/uso terapêutico , Metástase Neoplásica/prevenção & controle , Peptídeos/uso terapêutico , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Adesão Celular , Moléculas de Adesão Celular , Lipossomos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Melanoma Experimental/tratamento farmacológico , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
8.
Clin Exp Metastasis ; 17(4): 283-91, 1999 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10545014

RESUMO

We investigated the effect of VIP on the liver metastases and angiogenesis by Colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells in mice. Daily systemic administration of VIP, beginning 3 days after tumor inoculation into a portal vein of mice, inhibited significantly the development of their liver metastases. Immunohistochemical staining for factor VIII-related antigen in the sections of liver metastases showed that the systemic administration of VIP caused significant prevention of angiogenesis within tumor masses. VIP (10-(10) to 10(-6) M) inhibited the invasion of reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) by hepatic sinusoidal endothelial (HSE) cells in a concentration-dependent manner in a Transwell chamber assay in vitro and achieved approximately 50% reduction of control at 10(-6) M. VIP (10(-6) M) also significantly suppressed the haptotactic migration of HSE cells to fibronectin, laminin or type I collagen substrates with a similar inhibition rate to the invasion assay. Exposure of VIP to HSE cells induced accumulation of intracellular cAMP in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory effect of VIP (10(-6) M) on HSE cell migration was significantly abrogated in the presence of 3 x 10(-6) M H-89, a cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor. VIP (10(-6) M) inhibited the morphogenesis of HSE cells into capillary-like structures on Matrigel-coated wells. VIP did not affect the proliferation of HSE cells and the production of gelatinases in HSE cells in vitro at the concentrations used in the invasion assay. These observations suggest that the anti-metastatic effect of VIP on liver metastases by Colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells in mice is partly due to the prevention of tumor angiogenesis probably through suppression of the motility of endothelial cells.


Assuntos
Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/irrigação sanguínea , Neovascularização Patológica/prevenção & controle , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/farmacologia , Animais , Colágeno , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , AMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Combinação de Medicamentos , Endopeptidases/biossíntese , Matriz Extracelular , Laminina , Fígado/efeitos dos fármacos , Fígado/enzimologia , Fígado/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/prevenção & controle , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/secundário , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Proteoglicanas
9.
Clin Exp Metastasis ; 18(1): 1-10, 2000.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11206831

RESUMO

We have previously shown that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), which is an important angiogenesis-related factor, was over-secreted in male BALB/c mice under social isolation stress as compared with the control, and closely associated with a remarkable elevation of tumor invasion and metastasis of colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells. In the present study, we explored the effect of isolation stress on the angiogenesis caused by colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells in vivo and in vitro. Social isolation lead to the enhancement of tumor growth after intrahepatic implantation with a fragment of colon 26-L5 tumor. Angiogenic response (number of vessels oriented towards tumor mass) and tumor growth (size) were significantly increased in the socially isolated mouse relative to that in the group-housed mice. Furthermore, higher protein level of hepatic TNF-alpha was found in the stressed mice than that in the control. Expression of mRNA for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) were also elevated in the tumor regions and liver tissues of the stressed mice in comparison with that in group-housed mice. On the other hand, hepatic sinusoidal endothelial (HSE) cells treated with TNF-alpha exhibited a marked promotion of the migration, invasion, expression of mRNA for matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, and tube-like formation, but no cytotoxicity against the cells in vitro. The above data suggest that the social isolation stress augmented the tumor-induced angiogenesis probably by up-regulating the angiogenesis-related factors, including TNF-alpha, VEGF and HGF, and consequently mediating the functions of endothelial cells such as migration, invasion, and tube-like formation.


Assuntos
Neoplasias do Colo/irrigação sanguínea , Neovascularização Patológica , Isolamento Social , Estresse Fisiológico/patologia , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Primers do DNA , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/secundário , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Transplante de Neoplasias , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Estresse Fisiológico/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/genética , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/fisiologia
10.
Clin Exp Metastasis ; 16(6): 541-50, 1998 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9872601

RESUMO

We have investigated the effect of calcium spirulan (Ca-SP) isolated from a blue-green alga, Spirulina platensis, which is a sulfated polysaccharide chelating calcium and mainly composed of rhamnose, on invasion of B16-BL6 melanoma, Colon 26 M3.1 carcinoma and HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells through reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel). Ca-SP significantly inhibited the invasion of these tumor cells through Matrigel/fibronectin-coated filters. Ca-SP also inhibited the haptotactic migration of tumor cells to laminin, but it had no effect on that to fibronectin. Ca-SP prevented the adhesion of B16-BL6 cells to Matrigel and laminin substrates but did not affect the adhesion to fibronectin. The pretreatment of tumor cells with Ca-SP inhibited the adhesion to laminin, while the pretreatment of laminin substrates did not. Ca-SP had no effect on the production and activation of type IV collagenase in gelatin zymography. In contrast, Ca-SP significantly inhibited degradation of heparan sulfate by purified heparanase. The experimental lung metastasis was significantly reduced by co-injection of B16-BL6 cells with Ca-SP. Seven intermittent i.v. injections of 100 microg of Ca-SP caused a marked decrease of lung tumor colonization of B16-BL6 cells in a spontaneous lung metastasis model. These results suggest that Ca-SP, a novel sulfated polysaccharide, could reduce the lung metastasis of B16-BL6 melanoma cells, by inhibiting the tumor invasion of basement membrane probably through the prevention of the adhesion and migration of tumor cells to laminin substrate and of the heparanase activity.


Assuntos
Invasividade Neoplásica/prevenção & controle , Metástase Neoplásica/prevenção & controle , Polissacarídeos/farmacologia , Animais , Adesão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Colágeno , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Combinação de Medicamentos , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Feminino , Laminina/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundário , Melanoma Experimental/metabolismo , Melanoma Experimental/patologia , Melanoma Experimental/secundário , Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Plasminogênio/metabolismo , Proteoglicanas , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
11.
Neurology ; 55(1): 114-6, 2000 Jul 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10891917

RESUMO

Proximal tremors are often refractory to nucleus ventrointermedius thalami thalamotomy. Subthalamotomy has been suggested to be effective for treatment of tremor, although this procedure is associated with considerable adverse effects, and has rarely been considered a suitable treatment modality. The authors demonstrate the efficacy and safety of subthalamic deep brain stimulation in two patients, one with a severe, refractory proximal essential tremor and one with tremor with dystonia.


Assuntos
Terapia por Estimulação Elétrica , Núcleo Subtalâmico/fisiologia , Tremor/terapia , Idoso , Eletromiografia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Núcleo Subtalâmico/patologia , Resultado do Tratamento , Tremor/patologia , Tremor/fisiopatologia
12.
Cancer Lett ; 116(1): 111-6, 1997 Jun 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9177465

RESUMO

We investigated the effect of neuropeptides, which are vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P, (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), neurokinin A (NKA), somatostatin (SOM), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and leucine-enkephalin (L-ENK), on the invasion of murine Colon 26-L5 adenocarcinoma cells through a reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) using a Transwell cell culture chamber assay. VIP, SP, NPY, and L-ENK reduced invasive potential of tumor cells in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas SOM, CGRP, and NKA had no effect. Especially, VIP showed the most effective in inhibiting tumor invasion, and achieved 50% reduction at 10(-6) M. A similar effect by VIP was also observed in cell migration to fibronectin. VIP had no effect on the growth of tumor cells at the concentrations ranging from 10(-10) to 10(-6) M. The suppressed ability of the tumor cell motility by VIP (10(-6) M) was practically recovered by co-treatment with 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor. These results indicate that VIP, among the neuropeptides used, could inhibit Matrigel invasion of Colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells through partial suppression of their motility, and the reduction was associated with an intracellular cAMP-mediated pathway.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Invasividade Neoplásica/patologia , Neuropeptídeos/farmacologia , Animais , Materiais Biocompatíveis , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/farmacologia , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Colforsina/farmacologia , Colágeno/fisiologia , Didesoxiadenosina/análogos & derivados , Didesoxiadenosina/farmacologia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Combinação de Medicamentos , Encefalinas/farmacologia , Laminina/fisiologia , Leucina/farmacologia , Camundongos , Neurocinina A/farmacologia , Neuropeptídeo Y/farmacologia , Proteoglicanas/fisiologia , Somatostatina/farmacologia , Substância P/farmacologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeo Intestinal Vasoativo/farmacologia
13.
Cancer Lett ; 119(1): 125-30, 1997 Oct 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18372531

RESUMO

We investigated the effect of neuropeptides, which are vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), substance P, (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), neurokinin A (NKA), somatostatin (SOM), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and leucine-enkephalin (L-ENK), on the invasion of murine Colon 26-L5 adenocarcinoma cells through a reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) using a Transwell cell culture chamber assay. VIP, SP, NPY, and L-ENK reduced invasive potential of tumor cells in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas SOM, CGRP, and NKA had no effect. Especially, VIP showed the most effective in inhibiting tumor invasion, and achieved 50% reduction at 10(-6) M. A similar effect by VIP was also observed in cell migration to fibronectin. VIP had no effect on the growth of tumor cells at the concentrations ranging from 10(-10) to 10(-6) M. The suppressed ability of the tumor cell motility by VIP (10(-6) M) was practically recovered by co-treatment with 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor. These results indicate that VIP, among the neuropeptides used, could inhibit Matrigel invasion of Colon 26-L5 carcinoma cells through partial suppression of their motility, and the reduction was associated with an intracellular cAMP-mediated pathway.


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/metabolismo , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Neuropeptídeos/farmacologia , Adenocarcinoma/patologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Neoplasias do Colo/patologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Camundongos , Invasividade Neoplásica
14.
Cancer Lett ; 155(2): 173-9, 2000 Jul 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10822133

RESUMO

Membrane-type metalloproteinase-1 (MT1-MMP) is a transmembrane metalloproteinase, which activates proMMP-2 and expressed on the cell surface in many invasive cancer cells. We investigated the expression of MT1-MMP in prostate cancer cell lines. MT1-MMP protein and mRNA were expressed in PC-3, DU-145 and TSU-pr1 cells (androgen-independent prostate cancer cell lines), but in LNCaP cells (androgen-dependent prostate cancer cell line). MT1-MMP protein was negative and mRNA was low to detect by RT-PCR. Cell lysate of PC-3 cleaved proMMP-2 to the active form. In addition, both hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) increased Matrigel invasion and induced the expression of MT1-MMP protein in DU-145 prostate cancer cells. These results suggest that MT1-MMP is indeed the tumor-specific activator of proMMP-2 in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells and plays an important role in the invasive properties of prostate cancer cells.


Assuntos
Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Catálise , Colágeno/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Combinação de Medicamentos , Ativação Enzimática , Citometria de Fluxo , Peptídeo Liberador de Gastrina/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento de Hepatócito/metabolismo , Humanos , Laminina/metabolismo , Masculino , Metaloproteinase 2 da Matriz/biossíntese , Metaloproteinases da Matriz Associadas à Membrana , Invasividade Neoplásica , Precursores de Proteínas/biossíntese , Proteoglicanas/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
15.
Cancer Lett ; 133(1): 27-33, 1998 Nov 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9929157

RESUMO

We investigated the effect of various neuropeptides present in the prostate, including calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), substance P (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), calcitonin (CT), leucine-enkephalin (L-ENK), glucagon and parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP), on the invasion of PC-3 prostate cancer cells through a reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) using a Transwell cell culture chamber assay. Both CGRP and GRP increased the invasive capacity of tumor cells, whereas SP inhibited it. On the other hand, VIP, CT, L-ENK, NPY, glucagon and PTH-rP had no significant effect. Both CGRP and GRP also increased the haptotactic migration of tumor cells to fibronectin, but SP inhibited it. These three neuropeptides had no effect on either adhesion to fibronectin and laminin or on the gelatinolytic activities of MMP-9 in gelatin zymography, nor did they affect the growth of tumor cells at concentrations used in this study. These results indicate that both GRP and CGRP increased the invasive potential of PC-3 cells probably through enhancement of cell motility, while SP inhibited the invasiveness through suppression of motile response.


Assuntos
Neuropeptídeos/farmacologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/farmacologia , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeo Liberador de Gastrina/farmacologia , Gelatina/metabolismo , Humanos , Masculino , Invasividade Neoplásica , Substância P/farmacologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Cancer Lett ; 147(1-2): 207-13, 1999 Dec 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10660108

RESUMO

We investigated the effect of chromogranin A (pancreastatin) fragment on the invasion of PC-3, DU-145 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells through a reconstituted basement membrane (Matrigel) using a Transwell cell culture chamber assay. Chromogranin A fragment increased the invasive capacity of both PC-3 and DU- 145 cells, whereas it had no significant effect of LNCaP cells. Chromogranin A fragment also increased the haptotactic migration of both PC-3 and DU-145 cells to fibronectin. Furthermore chromogranin A fragment increased the fibrinolytic activities of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) in fibrin zymograms of both PC-3 and DU-145 cells and the expression of u-PA mRNA of PC-3 cells. However, the growth of these tumor cells was not affected by chromogranin A fragment at any concentrations used in this study. These results indicate that chromogranin A fragment increased the invasive potential of both PC-3 and DU-145 cells probably through enhancement of cell motility and the production of u-PA.


Assuntos
Cromograninas/farmacologia , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/farmacologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/fisiopatologia , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Quimiotaxia/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromogranina A , Colágeno/metabolismo , Cultura em Câmaras de Difusão , Combinação de Medicamentos , Fibrinólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Laminina/metabolismo , Masculino , Invasividade Neoplásica , Proteoglicanas/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/biossíntese , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Ativador de Plasminogênio Tipo Uroquinase/biossíntese , Ativador de Plasminogênio Tipo Uroquinase/genética
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Int J Oncol ; 19(1): 65-70, 2001 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11408924

RESUMO

The liver undergoes pathogenic changes such as hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis under continuous stimulation by hepatitis virus or alcohol intake, leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. The metastatic potential of HCC can be positively or negatively regulated by pathogenic alterations of liver. We investigated whether the metastatic abilities of HCC after orthotopic implantation can be influenced in the fibrotic liver by continuous injection of carbon-tetrachloride (CCl4) for seven weeks. The incidence of lung metastasis after orthotopic implantation of murine HCC (CBO140C12) fragments into CCl4-treated livers was higher than into normal livers. The amount of mRNA for MMP-2 increased in the CCl4-treated livers as compared with normal livers, and CBO140C12 cells constitutively expressed mRNA for MT1-MMP in early amplification cycles by RT-PCR. In addition, we found that the culture of CBO140C12 cells on the substrates pre-coated with ECM components increased the expression of MMP-2 mRNA. Thus, enhanced incidence of lung metastasis in the fibrotic liver might be partly due to: i) over-expression of MMP-2 in the fibrotic liver in cooperation with MT1-MMP on the CBO140C12 cell surface, ii) over-expression of MMP-2 in CBO140C12 cells, possibly mediated by the interaction of tumor cells (surface integrins) with accumulated ECM in the fibrotic liver. This is the first report showing that increase of MMP-2 in the fibrotic liver can influence the metastatic potential of HCC cells.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular/secundário , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/induzido quimicamente , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/patologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/secundário , Animais , Tetracloreto de Carbono/toxicidade , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/metabolismo , Primers do DNA/química , Feminino , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas Experimentais/metabolismo , Neoplasias Pulmonares/metabolismo , Metaloproteinase 14 da Matriz , Metaloproteinase 2 da Matriz/genética , Metaloproteinase 2 da Matriz/metabolismo , Metaloproteinase 9 da Matriz/genética , Metaloproteinase 9 da Matriz/metabolismo , Metaloproteinases da Matriz Associadas à Membrana , Metaloendopeptidases/genética , Metaloendopeptidases/metabolismo , Camundongos , Transplante de Neoplasias , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Taxa de Sobrevida , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Brain Res ; 694(1-2): 94-102, 1995 Oct 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8974669

RESUMO

Following 5 min in vitro ischemia, total protein synthesis is dramatically and persistently inhibited in neurons in the rat hippocampal slice. This model system was used to explore the responses of individual proteins to this irreversible insult. In vitro ischemia inhibited new protein synthesis of most proteins analyzed; however, the synthesis of a 68/70 kDa protein was substantially stimulated for the first hour after ischemia. By 3 hr postischemia, its synthesis rates were depressed to 60% of control rates. Although the total amounts of most proteins were not significantly depleted for the first few hours after ail ischemic episode, there were several notable exceptions. The levels of HSC73, a constitutively expressed member of the 70 kDa stress protein family, were reduced after in vitro ischemia. In addition, MAP-2 (microtubule-associated protein-2) and alpha-tubulin were depleted in the early hours after the insult, with MAP-2 exhibiting a detectable depletion earlier than tubulin. In contrast, the levels and distribution of a 68 kDa neurofilament protein localized to CA3 pyramidal neurons in the slice, apparently distinct from the band whose new synthesis was stimulated, were not affected by the 5 min in vitro ischemia insult. Thus, the responses of individual proteins to ischemia varied considerably, These individual responses could play an important role in the damage mechanism that is initiated in response to in vitro ischemia.


Assuntos
Isquemia Encefálica/metabolismo , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/metabolismo , Animais , Isquemia Encefálica/patologia , Corantes , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Densitometria , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Hipocampo/patologia , Técnicas In Vitro , Masculino , Neurônios/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Prata , Fatores de Tempo
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J Control Release ; 71(1): 71-86, 2001 Mar 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11245909

RESUMO

T-0128 is a novel camptothecin (CPT) analogue (T-2513: 7-ethyl-10-aminopropyloxy-CPT)-carboxymethyl (CM) dextran conjugate via a Gly-Gly-Gly linker, with a molecular weight (MW) of 130 kDa. Our previous studies demonstrated that T-0128 has strong antitumor activity against human tumor xenografts that are highly refractory to CPT analogues attributable to the passive tumor targeting of released T-2513. This study examines the effects of carrier, dose, and tumor on T-0128 pharmacokinetics. To study carrier effect, tumor-bearing rats received one i.v. injection of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled CM dextran with a different degree of substitution (DS) of the carboxymethylated groups and a different MW. Results showed that CM dextran from Dextran T-110 (MW 110 kDa) with a DS value of 0.4 is an appropriate drug carrier for T-0128 regarding plasma half-life and passive tumor targeting. To study dose and tumor effects, non-tumor- and tumor-bearing rats were treated with T-0128 doses ranging from 1 to 25 mg/kg (based on the amount of T-2513 bound to CM dextran). Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of T-0128 were observed in both kinds of rats. The presence of tumor reduced the plasma half-life and systemic exposure of T-0128. The saturation of hepatic and splenic tissue uptake clearances (CLups), and a large contribution of the tumor CLup to the total body clearance explain these results. Overall, our data provide a rationale for the selection of the carrier for T-0128 and a need for pharmacokinetic studies to evaluate the influences of tumor on the drug disposition.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacocinética , Camptotecina/análogos & derivados , Dextranos/administração & dosagem , Dextranos/farmacocinética , Neoplasias Experimentais/metabolismo , Pró-Fármacos/administração & dosagem , Pró-Fármacos/farmacocinética , Topotecan/análogos & derivados , Topotecan/administração & dosagem , Topotecan/farmacocinética , Animais , Área Sob a Curva , Sequência de Carboidratos , Linhagem Celular , Cromatografia , Feminino , Meia-Vida , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Distribuição Tecidual
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Phytochemistry ; 29(4): 1277-81, 1990.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1366428

RESUMO

Two new flavonol glycosides were isolated from the roots and rhizomes of Vancouveria hexandra. The glycosides were determined by chemical and spectral means to be anhydroicaritin 3-galactosyl(1----3) rhamnoside-7-glucoside and anhydroicaritin 3-[6-O-acetyl-galactosyl(1----3)rhamnoside]-7-glucoside.


Assuntos
Flavonoides/isolamento & purificação , Plantas/análise , Trissacarídeos/isolamento & purificação , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Estrutura Molecular , Plantas/classificação
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