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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Accumulation of ascites fluid often observed in some solid tumors is one of the most devastating conditions of a patient's difficulty in responding to treatment, and to a decrease in the quality of life. Various factors are thought to be associated with the formation of cancer-induced fluid accumulation and hyperpermeability of a blood vessel is thought to go with this process. Here, we report a new factor that is involved in this process, e.g., autocrine motility factor (AMF). AMF is a tumor-related cytokine which stimulates the tumor cell locomotion and migration and promotes tumor cell invasion during metastasis. AMF secretion and its receptor (AMFR) expression in tumor cells are closely correlated with disease aggravation of convalescence. The response of endothelial or mesothelial cellular morphological alternation to AMF leads to motile enhancement and vascular permeability. Tumor AMF induces gaps in an endothelial or mesothelial monolayer by stimulating a cellular movement, and accelerates the ascites accumulation. And treatment experiment with anti-AMF antibody succeeded in the reduction of the ascites accumulation, which renders AMF to the target molecule. It is suggested that AMF is one of the significant factors which relates to various pathological malignancies induced by tumor mass, and understanding of its function could benefit prognosis and treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
293
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
192-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Receptors, Autocrine Motility Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Receptors, Cytokine, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12054583-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor autocrine motility factor induces hyperpermeability of endothelial and mesothelial cells leading to accumulation of ascites fluid.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hygienics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-Higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't