Ogawa K, Konno S, Takebayashi Y, Murayama M, Shimakawa T, Katsube T, Naritaka Y, Kajiwara T, Aiba M, Akiyama S
Department of Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Daini Hospital, 2-1-10 Nishioku Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan.
Anticancer Res. 2001 Mar-Apr;21(2B):1257-62.
It is known that thymidine phosphorylase (dThdPase) is increased in various types of malignant tumors and is induced by cytokines. In this study, we have investigated the effects of OK-432, which induces multiple cytokines, on dTHdPase expression and angiogenesis in human gastric carcinomas. We examined 25 patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. OK-432 was directly injected in tumors in 16 (OK group) of 25 patients via endoscopy before operation and the other 9 patients were not treated (control group). The dThdPase activity in carcinoma tissues of the OK group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The amounts of IL-1 alpha, IFN-alpha, and IFN-gamma in carcinomas in the OK group were significantly higher than in the controls (P < 0.05), and these were significantly correlated with the dThdPase activity. Intratumoral OK-432 administration enhances the expression of dThdPase in gastric carcinoma cells by inducing various cytokines.
已知胸苷磷酸化酶(dThdPase)在多种类型的恶性肿瘤中表达增加,且受细胞因子诱导。在本研究中,我们调查了可诱导多种细胞因子的OK-432对人胃癌中dTHdPase表达和血管生成的影响。我们检查了25例行胃癌切除术的患者。25例患者中的16例(OK组)在术前通过内镜将OK-432直接注射到肿瘤中,另外9例患者未接受治疗(对照组)。OK组癌组织中的dThdPase活性显著高于对照组(P < 0.05)。OK组癌组织中IL-1α、IFN-α和IFN-γ的含量显著高于对照组(P < 0.05),且这些与dThdPase活性显著相关。瘤内给予OK-432通过诱导多种细胞因子增强胃癌细胞中dThdPase的表达。