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- Mahteme, Haile, et al.
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5-FU uptake in liver metastases after intravenous and intraperitoneal administration : an autoradiographic study in the rat
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Ingår i: Anticancer Research. - 0250-7005 .- 1791-7530. ; 18:2A, s. 943-949
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM:To analyse 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) uptake in hepatic metastases and normal tissues after intravenous (i.v.), intraperitoneal (i.p.e.) and intraportal (IPO) administration.METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 18 inbred rats with hepatic metastases were injected with 14C-labelled 5-FU either through the i.v. (n = 7), i.p.e (n = 7) or IPO (n = 4) route. Radioactivity was visualised autoradiographically and quantified by computer-based image analysis. After 20 minutes, 10 i.v. injected tumours showed a higher amount of radioactivity (mean +/- SD) 23.8 +/- 7.8 than 6 i.p.e. injected (16.5 +/- 5.1, P = 0.06). At 2 hours, 9 i.v. injected metastases contained more radioactivity (49.6 +/- 9.2) than 19 i.p.e. injected tumours (28.2 + 11.3, P = 0.00003). After 24 hours, 2 i.p.e. injected tumours had higher radioactivity (mean 25.2) compared with 7 i.v. injected (7.6 +/- 4.1). IPO administration did not confer higher radioactivity at any time point. When the calculations were based on average metastatic radioactivity of individual rats, the difference between i.v. and i.p.e. injected rats was still present at 2 hours.CONCLUSION:These results indicate that early tumour 5-FU uptake after intraperitoneal and intraportal administration may be inferior to that after intravenous injection. Deposition of the drug in the peritoneal cavity may, however, act as a slow release preparation giving continuous drug exposure for prolonged periods of time. These results suggest a role for combined intravenous and intraperitoneal adjuvant therapy.
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- Mahteme, Haile, et al.
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Adjuvant 131I-anti-CEA-antibody radioimmunotherapy inhibits the development of experimental colonic carcinoma liver metastases
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Ingår i: Anticancer Research. - 0250-7005 .- 1791-7530. ; 18:2A, s. 843-848
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Adjuvant radioimmunotherapy (RIT) for human colonic cancer was performed in a nude rat model of experimental liver metastases. Thirty-three rats were injected intraportally through a mesenteric vein with 5 x 10(6) cells from the human colonic cancer cell line LS174T. Within half an hour, 20 MBq (n = 2), 75 MBq (n = 5), or 150 MBq (n = 10) of the 131I-labelled anti- carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) monoclonal antibody (MAb) 38S1 was administered intravenously (i.v.), whereas control groups received either i.v. saline injections (n = 12) or 150 MBq of the irrelevant 131I-labelled MAb 79C (n = 4). Decay corrected whole-body data showed that more than 80% of the initially MAb-bound radioiodine was excreted during the first 2 weeks. Whole- body clearance and blood clearance of 131I-38S1 and 131I-79C were essentially similar. At sacrifice 5-7 weeks after administration, neither 20 MBq nor 75MBq 131I-38S1 significantly prevented the development of liver metastases. By contrast, with 150 MBq, no metastases formed in the animals treated with MAb 131I-38S1 or 131I-79C. A radiation induced effect on the haematopoietic system was found in the 150MBq dosage groups. It is concluded that the inhibition of tumour induction was not strictly dependent on a radiation dose delivered by a tumour-specific MAb. Since a non-tumour-specific 131I-MAb, in a smaller group of animals, proved equally efficacious in preventing tumour growth, the total body 131I dose was probably the major contributing factor.
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- Gritli Linde, Amel, 1959, et al.
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Effects of suramin on polyamine metabolism in B16 murine melanoma cells
- 1998
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Ingår i: Anticancer Res. - 0250-7005. ; 18:2A, s. 855-62
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Polyamines and their biosynthetic enzymes, such as ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDC), are crucial for normal and neoplastic cell growth and differentiation. Suramin inhibits the growth of several tumor cells by affecting various intracellular targets, but its effects on polyamines are not known. In this study, the effects of suramin on some parameters of polyamine metabolism in B16 melanoma cells were investigated in vitro. Suramin increased cellular ODC activity and ODC mRNA levels, whereas the drug was directly inhibitory to the enzyme. AdoMetDC was not affected. Cellular putrescine levels were enhanced by suramin, whereas spermidine and spermine pools were unaltered. Cells cultured in the presence of suramin showed decreased cellular polyamine transport, but no direct inhibitory effect on the polyamine transporter could be found. Fluorescence spectroscopy demonstrated a direct interaction between suramin and spermine. It may be concluded that suramin affects polyamine metabolism, and that its effects in some respects are opposite to those of alpha-difluoromethylomithine (DFMO), a specific inhibitor of ODC.
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- Gritli Linde, Amel, 1959, et al.
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Opposing effects of suramin and DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine on polyamine metabolism contribute to a synergistic action on B16 melanoma cell growth in vitro
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Ingår i: Anticancer Res. - 0250-7005. ; 18:2A, s. 863-70
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Polyamines are crucial for normal and neoplastic cell growth. Treatment with the polyanionic drug suramin has pronounced antigrowth activity in several tumor cell lines, but its clinical use has been hampered by its toxicity. We have earlier shown that suramin affects cellular polyamine metabolism and transport, and that these effects were, in some respects, opposite to those of alpha-difluoromethylomithine (DFMO), a specific inhibitor to ornithine decarboxylase, a key metabolic enzyme for polyamines. DFMO has been used in anticancer trials, although with limited success. Combinations of suramin and DFMO were, hence, evaluated in vitro and were found to strongly inhibit B16 melanoma cell proliferation. DFMO alone induced melanoma cell differentiation, and suramin used in combination with DFMO did not abrogate this DFMO-induced differentiation. Synergy analysis demonstrated a pronounced growth-inhibitory synergism between suramin and DFMO. The results suggest that the efficacy of combinations of DFMO with suramin or its analogues should be further explored, especially in cells requiring high levels of polyamines for their growth.
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