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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
Arsenic trioxide, As(2)O(3) (ATO), has been established to be an effective agent for treating acute promyelocytic leukemia, but its effect on solid tumors has not been fully explored. In the present study in a murine xenograft system, we found that ATO significantly inhibited tumor growth of the inoculated human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HuH7 when administered either intravenously or intratumorally. Pathological examination revealed that ATO induced extensive cell death in the tumor. Some of the dead cells in intratumorally ATO-treated mice showed characteristic features of apoptosis, such as nuclear condensation and fragmentation, and were TUNEL-positive. The measurement of arsenic by using particle induced X-ray emission revealed that arsenic was accumulated more in the tumor than in brain, kidney or liver after the intravenous injection of ATO, which is consistent with the hemorrhagic cell death observed in ATO-treated tumor tissues. Thus, ATO appears to have potential for the treatment of solid tumors, as well as hematopoietic malignancies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1347-9032
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1010-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Arsenicals, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:14611680-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Antitumor effect of arsenic trioxide in murine xenograft model.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Yagi Memorial Park, Mitake, Kani-gun, Gifu 505-0116.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't