Department of Ophthalmology and the Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2020 Gravier Street, Suite D, New Orleans, LA 70112, U.S.A.
Anticancer Res. 2011 Oct;31(10):3395-9.
Wilson's disease is caused by a genetic defect in P-type Cu(2+)-ATPase (Atp7b), resulting in Cu(2+) accumulation in the liver, toxicity, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Exposure of HepG2 cells, and livers of Atp7b mutant mice to toxic Cu(2+) resulted in oxidation, (KGDH) and (PDH) enzyme inhibition, and death that was attenuated by thiamine.
The effect of oral thiamine supplementation (2%) on hepatocellular carcinoma induced by Cu(2+) accumulation in the livers of Atp7b animals at 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, and 21 months was demonstrated using gross morphology and multi-nucleate analysis.
By 16 months of age, untreated Atp7b animals became moribund, their livers were >180% the weight of controls and >75% of their liver was cancerous. At 16 months the livers of thiamine treated Atp7b mice were <130% the weight of controls and <30% cancerous, and at 21 months the mice were still active. However thiamine was ineffective in a subcutaneous xenograft model.
This study suggests that thiamine may constitute a prophylactic for Wilson's disease-induced hepatocellular carcinoma.
威尔逊病是由 P 型铜(2+)-ATP 酶(Atp7b)的遗传缺陷引起的,导致铜(2+)在肝脏中积累、毒性和肝细胞癌。将 HepG2 细胞和 Atp7b 突变小鼠的肝脏暴露于有毒的 Cu(2+)中会导致氧化、(KGDH)和(PDH)酶抑制以及死亡,而硫胺素可减轻这种死亡。
通过肉眼观察和多核分析,证明了口服硫胺素补充(2%)对 Atp7b 动物肝脏中 Cu(2+)积累诱导的肝细胞癌的影响,实验时间为 4、6、9、12、16 和 21 个月。
未经治疗的 Atp7b 动物在 16 个月大时濒死,其肝脏重量是对照组的 180%以上,且 75%以上的肝脏发生癌变。在 16 个月时,接受硫胺素治疗的 Atp7b 小鼠的肝脏重量不到对照组的 130%,癌变不到 30%,且在 21 个月时,这些小鼠仍然活跃。然而,硫胺素在皮下异种移植模型中无效。
本研究表明,硫胺素可能构成威尔逊病诱导的肝细胞癌的预防性治疗方法。