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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated whether there is a relationship between the production of eicosanoids by murine solid tumors and their response to the prostaglandin H (PGH) synthase inhibitor indomethacin. Three sarcomas, designated FSA, NFSA, and SA-NH, and two carcinomas, designated MCA-K and HCA-I, syngeneic to C3Hf/Kam mice were used. In general, FSA and NFSA produced more PGH synthase products than lipoxygenase products, whereas HCA-I produced both types of metabolites in large quantities. All three tumors responded well to indomethacin treatment by slowing their growth. In contrast, MCA-K and SA-NH tumors produced insignificant quantities of PGH synthase products, but substantial amounts of lipoxygenase products. Their growth was not affected by treatment with indomethacin. Indomethacin did not influence tumor cell survival either in vitro or in vivo, but it reduced the proportion of S-phase cells in the tumors. The antitumor effect of indomethacin was not reduced by immunosuppression of the tumor host and was independent of tumor immunogenicity, implying that indomethacin acted through nonimmunological mechanisms. Thus, the effectiveness of indomethacin was directly related to the ability of tumors to produce PGs. Consequently, the eicosanoid profile of tumors could serve as a valuable way to select patients likely to respond to indomethacin and other PGH synthase inhibiting agents.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3002-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3130182-6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Arachidonic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Arachidonic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Carbon Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Indomethacin, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Liver Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Sarcoma, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Thromboxane B2, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Tritium, pubmed-meshheading:3130182-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Prostaglandin production by murine tumors as a predictor for therapeutic response to indomethacin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston 77030.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.