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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Apoptosis has been described as an energy-consuming process. This combined in vivo/in vitro study investigated the effects of the antineoplastic agent gemcitabine on tumour metabolism and on the induction of apoptosis. Dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) measurements of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake were done in rats bearing Morris hepatoma prior to and after therapy with 90 mg gemcitabine/kg b.w. Furthermore, thymidine (TdR) incorporation into the DNA of these tumours was determined. In vitro measurements of FDG and TdR uptake were performed immediately and 24 h after the end of gemcitabine treatment, and the amount of apoptotic cells was determined using the TUNEL reaction. In vivo an increase in FDG transport and phosphorylation occurred early after gemcitabine treatment, although TdR incorporation into the DNA of the tumours declined. In vitro, an enhanced glucose transport, an increase in TdR uptake in the cytoplasm and a decrease in TdR incorporation in the nucleic acid fraction early after treatment occurred. Inhibition of glucose transport caused an increase in the amount of apoptotic cells. The increase in glucose uptake and TdR metabolism early after therapy is interpreted as a stress reaction of the tumour cells, protecting the cells from apoptosis during this early period after exposure to cytotoxic drugs like gemcitabine.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0340-6997
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
418-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11357491-3-O-Methylglucose, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Deoxycytidine, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Liver Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Radiopharmaceuticals, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Thymidine, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Tomography, Emission-Computed, pubmed-meshheading:11357491-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptosis and changes in glucose transport early after treatment of Morris hepatoma with gemcitabine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Uwe_Haberkorn@med.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't