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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
The levels of several potential indicators of drug resistance were measured in tumor and corresponding normal tissue of 55 untreated patients with lung cancer. The resistance parameters include glutathione (GSH) level, activities of the enzymes glutathione transferase (GST), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (ATase), as well as expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp). Median values of GSH, GST and GPx were significantly higher in tumor than in normal tissue of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), whereas ATase was elevated in tumor tissue of NSCLC only. Pgp expression as determined by Western blotting was significantly lower in tumor than in normal tissue of NSCLC. Resistance-parameter expression did not correlate with stage of disease or age of the patients. We found a negative correlation between smoking intensity and GSH level in normal tissue. Our findings indicate that the fundamental differences in chemosensitivity between SCLC and NSCLC cannot be explained by differences in the GSH-system or in the expression of Pgp. However, the level of ATase activity may be one of the factors responsible for the difference in chemosensitivity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
629-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Carcinoma, Small Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-P-Glycoprotein, pubmed-meshheading:7960235-Smoking
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Parallel assessment of glutathione-based detoxifying enzymes, O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase and P-glycoprotein as indicators of drug resistance in tumor and normal lung of patients with lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Berne, Department for Clinical-Experimental Research, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't