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Gullberg, Elisabet, et al.
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Identification of Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Human Follicle-Associated Epithelium That Improve Nanoparticle Uptake into the Peyer's Patches
2006
Ingår i: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. - : American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). - 0022-3565 .- 1521-0103. ; 319:2, s. 632-639
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
The aim of this study was to identify cell adhesion molecules that could serve as targets of the human follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) overlying Peyer's patches and to assess nanoparticle uptake levels across this epithelium. We first studied the expression of the mouse M-cell marker beta(1)-integrin and used a model of human FAE derived from intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells and Raji B-cells to identify additional potential targets by cDNA array. The protein expression of potential targets in the model FAE and in human ileal FAE tissues was quantified by immunofluorescence. Integrin targeting was studied by investigating the transport of Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-coated (integrin- binding), Arg-Gly-Glu (RGE)-coated (nonintegrin-binding), and uncoated nanoparticles across ileal specimens mounted in Ussing chambers. Both beta(1)-integrin and the cell adhesion molecule CD9 were more abundantly expressed in the model and human FAE compared with the Caco-2 control cells or villus epithelium (VE). Uncoated nanoparticles were not taken up across either FAE or VE. General integrin targeting with RGD improved the nanoparticle transport dramatically across the FAE and to a lower extent across the VE. Compared with RGE, RGD improved transport 4-fold across the FAE. There was no difference in the transport of RGD- and RGE-coated nanoparticles across the VE. In conclusion, beta(1)-integrin and CD9 were identified as targets in human FAE. The difference in RGD- and RGE-mediated transport across the FAE, but not the VE, suggests that a specific integrin interaction was the dominating mechanism for improved nanoparticle uptake across the FAE., whereas charge interaction contributed substantially to the improved VE uptake.
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Palle, Josefine, et al.
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Doxorubicin pharmacokinetics is correlated to the effect of induction therapy in children with acute myeloid leukemia
2006
Ingår i: Anti-Cancer Drugs. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0959-4973 .- 1473-5741. ; 17:4, s. 385-392
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
We studied the pharmacokinetics of doxorubicin in 41 children treated for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia. Doxorubicin, 75 mg/m(2) body surface area, was administered by constant i.v. infusion over 8 h. Four children with Down's syndrome (DS), 1.2-2.3 years old, had a median total body clearance of 523 ml/min/m(2). The median clearance in non-DS children, 0.6-1.8 years old (n=4) and 2.5-17.7 years old (n=33), was 446 and 538 ml/min/m(2), respectively. Patients who went into complete remission (CR) after induction therapy had a significantly higher median plasma concentration of doxorubicin than those who did not, 249 compared with 180 ng/ml, respectively (P=0.036; analysis restricted to non-DS patients). Doxorubicin plasma concentration was an independent factor for CR, both in univariate (P=0.031) and multivariate analysis including sex, age and white blood cell count at diagnosis (P=0.021). Patients who reached CR had a significantly lower doxorubicin clearance than those who did not, 513 and 657 ml/min/m(2), respectively (P=0.017). In conclusion, doxorubicin plasma concentration and total body clearance during up-front treatment were correlated to the effect of induction therapy. Prospective studies should be performed to confirm the concentration-effect relationship and explore the possibility of therapeutic monitoring.
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