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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Immunosuppressive therapy increases the risk of recurrence of initial cancers in organ transplant patients, and compelling therapeutic protocols are needed to suppress the malignancy and protect the allograft. We examined the potential use of 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) in relation to organ transplantation and cancer. The effect of DSG on established liver metastatic tumors in recipient rats bearing a heart allograft was evaluated using an in vivo luminescent technique with luciferase-expressing RCN-H4 rat colon cancer cells. The inhibition of cell growth by DSG was correlated with NF-kappa B activity and caspase-3/7 activity in vitro. In the cyclosporine A (CsA)-induced cancer progression model of rats, DSG treatment (3 mg/kg) blocked the increase in tumor-derived luciferase activity, while CsA (15 mg/kg) facilitated luciferase activity up to around day 20 after cardiac transplantation. Our data suggest that DSG may be a therapeutic candidate for the control of tumor growth in transplant patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
424-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Caspase 7, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Graft Survival, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Guanidines, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:17700170-Rats, Inbred Lew
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of cyclosporine A-induced tumor progression using 15-deoxyspergualin for rat cardiac transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't