Glinsky Vladislav V, Raz Avraham
Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
Carbohydr Res. 2009 Sep 28;344(14):1788-91. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2008.08.038. Epub 2008 Sep 26.
In this minireview, we examine the ability of modified citrus pectin (MCP), a complex water soluble indigestible polysaccharide obtained from the peel and pulp of citrus fruits and modified by means of high pH and temperature treatment, to affect numerous rate-limiting steps in cancer metastasis. The anti-adhesive properties of MCP as well as its potential for increasing apoptotic responses of tumor cells to chemotherapy by inhibiting galectin-3 anti-apoptotic function are discussed in the light of a potential use of this carbohydrate-based substance in the treatment of multiple human malignancies.
在本综述中,我们研究了改性柑橘果胶(MCP)的作用,它是一种从柑橘类水果的果皮和果肉中提取的复杂水溶性难消化多糖,经高pH和高温处理改性,能够影响癌症转移过程中的众多限速步骤。鉴于这种基于碳水化合物的物质在治疗多种人类恶性肿瘤方面的潜在用途,我们讨论了MCP的抗黏附特性及其通过抑制半乳糖凝集素-3的抗凋亡功能来增强肿瘤细胞对化疗的凋亡反应的潜力。