• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권14호
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• pp.5587-5592
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• 2014

Aloe-emodin (AE), a natural anthraquinone compound, has been reported to exhibit anticancer activity in various cancer cell lines and anti-inflammatory effects in murine macrophages. In the present study, we investigated the cancer chemopreventive effects of AE in an Apc-deficient Min mouse model. In the first experiment, male Min mice were fed a basal diet or diets containing 5 ppm AE and 10 ppm AE for 12 weeks. The dietary administration of 5 ppm AE significantly reduced the number of colorectal tumors. In a second experiment, we investigated the effects of AE on colitis-related colon carcinogenesis in Min mouse treated with dextran sodium sulfate (DSS). Female Min mice were administered 1% DSS in their drinking water for 7 days. AE was given to mice in their diet at a dose of 5 or 50 ppm for 5 weeks. Feeding with AE significantly reduced the number of colorectal tumors. When proliferation of cells in normal-appearing colonic mucosa was assessed by monoclonal anti-rat Ki-67 antibody (MIB-5) immunohistochemistry in experiments 1 and 2, the AE treatment significantly decreased the mean MIB-5-labeling index. These results suggest that the dietary administration of low-dose AE may have chemopreventive effects against development of colorectal tumors in Min mice, possibly in part by reducing cell proliferation in colorectal mucosa.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.177-185
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• 2010

Introduction: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is expressed in human epithelial tumors including salivary cancers, and known to be correlated with tumor progression and poor clinical courses in some epithelial tumors. In this study, we determined the therapeutic effect of the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody Erbitux (C225, cetuximab) in combination with the DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan (CPT-11) on human salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) cells growing in nude mice. Materials and Methods: At first, immunocytochemical analysis for the expression of EGFR and phosphorylated EGFR (pEGFR) on a human salivary ACC cell line (ACC3). To determine the in vivo effects of Erbitux and CPT-11, nude mice with orthotopic parotid tumors were randomized to receive intraperitoneal Erbitux (1 mg) two times per week, intraperitoneal Irinotecan (50 mg/kg) once per week, Erbitux plus CPT-11, or placebo. (control) Tumor volume and weight were measured. And mechanisms of in vivo activity of Erbitux and/or CPT-11 were determined by immunohistochemical/ immunofluorescent analyses. Results: Immunocytochemical staining of ACC3 demonstrated that EGFR was expressed and phosphorylated. CPT-11 inhibited ACC tumor growth in nude mice. Tumors of mice treated with CPT-11 and CPT-11 plus Erbitux exhibited increased tumor cell apoptosis and decreased microvessel density, which correlated with a decrease in the tumor volume in nude mice. But, CPT-11 seems not to be synergistic with Erbitux in our ACC3 model system. Conclusion: These results suggest that anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody and the DNA topoisomerase I inhibitor will be effective in the treatment of recurred or metastatic lesions of salivary ACC.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.309-314
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• 2013

Aim: Brain tumors almost universally have fatal outcomes; new therapeutics are desperately needed and will only come from improved understandins of glioma biology. Methods: Exosomes are endosomally derived 30~100 nm membranous vesicles released from many cell types. Examples from GL26 cells were here purified using density gradient ultracentrifugation and monitored for effects on GL26 tumor growth in C57BL/6j mice (H-2b). Lactate dehydrogenase release assays were used to detect the cytotoxic activity of CD8+T and NK cells. Percentages of immune cells producing intracellular cytokines were analyzed by FACS. Results: In this study, exosomes from murine-derived GL26 cells significantly promoted in vivo tumor growth in GL26-bearing B6 mice. Then we further analyzed the effects of the GL26 cells-derived exosomes on immune cells including CD8+T, CD4+T and NK cells. Inhibition of CD8+T cell cytotoxic activity was demonstrated by CD8+T cell depletion assays in vivo and LDH release assays in vitro. The treatment of mice with exosomes also led to a reduction in the percentages of CD8+T cells in splenocytes as determined by FACS analysis. Key features of CD8+T cell activity were inhibited, including release of IFN-gamma and granzyme B. There were no effects of exosomes on CD4+T cells and NK cells. Conclusion: Based on our data, for the first time we demonstrated that exosomes from murine derived GL26 cells promote the tumor growth by inhibition of CD8+T cells in vivo and thus may be a potential therapeutic target.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1990

SCK 종양세포를 이식받은 mice에 Fluosol-DA $20\%$를 정맥주사한 후 이 종양세포를 추출하여 in vitro 실험으로 측정해 본 방사선 체포생존곡선의 Do와 Dq의 값은 Fluosol-DA $20\%$를 투여하지 않은 대조군과 대동소이하여 Fluosol-DA $20\%$가 방사선 감수성 자체에 미치는 영향은 미미하다고 해석되었다. 또한 Fluosol-DA $20\%$만을 투여한 종양의 산소분압($PO_2$)에는 별 변화가 없었으나 Fluosol-DA $20\%$를 Carbogen 흡입하에 투여시킨 종양에선 대조군의 산소분압 중앙값 4 mmHg가 62mmHg로 10배이상 증가되어 reoxygenation effect를 직접 증명할 수 있었고 hypoxic cell fraction도 약 8배정도 감소됨을 규명하였다. 한편 Carbogen만을 단독으로 흡입시킨 종양의 경우에도 산소분압의 증가를 관찰할 수 있었으나 Fluosol-DA $20\%$ 병용군보다는 산소분압상승 효과가 미약함을 관찰할 수 있었다. 따라서 Fluosol-DA $20\%$에 의한 방사선 반응의 향상은 방사선 감수성의 증가보다는 reoxygenation의 결과이며 reoxygenation 효과를 개선하기 위해서는 Fluosol-DA의 단독투여보다는 Car-bogen 흡입하에서 Fluosol-OA $20\%$의 투여가 이상적이라는 결론을 얻었다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2003

Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are potent mutagens generated during the cooking of meat and fish, and several of these compounds produce tumors in conventional experimental animals. During the past 5 years or so, HCAs have been tested in a number of novel in vivo murine models, including the following: lacZ, lacI, cII, c-myc/lacZ, rpsL, and $gpt{\Delta}$ transgenics, $XPA^{-/-}$, $XPC^{-/-}$, $Msh2^{+/-}$, $Msh2^{-/-}$ and $p53^{+/-}$ knock-outs, Apc mutant mice ($Apc^{{\Delta}716}$, $Apc^{1638N}$, $Apc^{min}$), and $A33^{{\Delta}N{\beta}-cat}$ knock-in mice. Several of these models have provided insights into the mutation spectra induced in vivo by HCAs in target and non-target organs for tumorigenesis, as well as demonstrating enhanced susceptibility to HCA-induced tumors and preneoplastic lesions. This review describes several of the more recent reports in which novel animal models were used to examine HCA-induced mutagenesis and carcinogenesis in vivo, including a number of studies which assessed the inhibitory activities of chemopreventive agents such as 1,2-dithiole-3-thione, conjugated linoleic acids, tea, curcumin, chlorophyllin-chitosan, and sulindac.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-15
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• 1991

Pentoxifylline (PENTO)는 적혈구의 유동성을 증가시켜 모세혈관의 적혈구 흐름을 증가시킨다. 또한 적혈구내 2,3-DPG를 증가시켜서 산소 친화력을 감소시켜 산소의 해리를 촉진시킨다. Nicotinamide (NA)는 종양내 혈류를 일시적으로 증가시켜서 종양내 급성 저산소 세포의 수를 감소시킨다. PENTO와 NA의 병용이 저산소 세포의 산소화에 의해서 방사선 감수성을 증가시킬 수 있는지를 확인하기 위하여 FSaII생쥐의 섬유육종을 이용하여 실험을 시행하였다. 방사선에 의한 성장 장애가 유의하게 증가하였으며, 증가율은 2.5~2.8이었다. $TCD_{50}$가 대조 종양군에서는 57Gy였으나 PENTO+NA투여 종양군에서는 32Gy로 1.8배의 $TCD_{50}$의 감소를 보였다. 정상피부의 방사선 감수성에는 영향이 없었다. PENTO+NA의 방사선 감수성의 증가를 규명하기 위하여 종양내 혈류의 변화, 종양내 산소농도를 laser Doppler flowmetry와 산소 미소전극 방법으로 측정하였다. PENTO+NA투여후 10분 경과하여 혈류가 유의하게 증가하였으며 종양내 산소 분압도 8 mmHg에서 19 mmHg로 유의하게 증가함을 관찰하였다. 따라서 PEHTO또는 NA단독보다 PENTO+NA병통이 더욱 효과적이라 사료되며 생체내 종양의 방사선 감수성의 증가는 종양내 산소의 증가로 생각되며 더욱 방사선 감수성을 증가시키기 위하여 여러 농도의 PENTO의 단독 또는 NA와의 병용등에 대한 지속적인 연구가 필요하다.

• 대한바이러스학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 1998

Vaccinia virus is the prototype orthopoxvirus that has been used as a vaccine strain for small pox. This virus has been used to express a variety of cellular and viral genes in mammalian cells at high levels. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) has been found to stimulate the proliferation of T cells and enhance the cytolytic activity of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. To test the immunotherapeutic potential of IL-4 delivered in vivo by poxvirus, a recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the murine IL-4 gene (RVVmIL-4) was constructed. A high level of IL-4 production was confirmed by infecting HeLa cells and measuring IL-4 in cell culture supernatant by ELISA. As a tumor model, two cell lines were used; the murine T leukemic line P388 and the murine breast cancer line TS/A. CDF1 mice were intraperitoneally inoculated with $1\;{\times}\;10^5$ cells of P388. Mice were injected at the same site with $5\;{\times}\;10^5\;PFU$ of recombinant vaccinia virus; first, 3 days after the injection of tumor cells and thereafter once every week for 3 weeks. Intraperitoneal injections of RVVmIL-4 significantly prolonged the survival time of mice inoculated with tumor cells. All mice injected with RVVmIL-4 remained alive for 30 days after the postinoculation of tumor cells, while 100% and 70% of the animals injected with saline or wild type vaccinia virus died, respectively. In another tumor model using TS/A, tumor was established by subcutaneously inoculating $2{\times}10^5$ tumor cells to BALB/c mice. After tumor formation was confirmed on day 4 in all mice, $5\;{\times}\;10^6\;PFU$ of RVVmIL-4 was inoculated subcutaneously three times, once every week for 3 weeks. The TS/A tumor was eradicated in two of the nine mice. Seven of the nine mice treated with RVVmIL-4 developed a tumor, but tumor growth was significantly delayed compared to those treated with saline or wild type vaccinia virus. These results indicate that recombinant vaccinia viruses may be used as a convenient tool for delivering immunomodulator genes to a variety of tumors.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.329-336
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• 2000

목적 : 마우스 간암에서 방사선과 각종 항암제와의 복합요법을 시행하여, 방사선 감수성을 증가시킬 수 있는 약물을 탐색하고자 하였다. 방법 : C3H/HeJ마우스에 마우스 간암인 HCa-1을 이식하고, 평균 직경 8 mm에 이르렀을 때, 방사선 조사(25 Gy), 항암 약물(5-Fu, 150 mg/kg; adriamycln, 8 mg/kg; paclltaxel, 40 mg/kg; gemcltablne, 50 mg/kg), 또는 방사선과 항암 약물의 복합 치료를 시행하였다 치료에 대한 종양 반응은 종양 성장 지연과 항진 요인으로 분석하였다. 항진 효과를 보인 약물에 대하여 그 기전 연구는 조직 절편에서 apoptotic 수준을 평가하고, 또한 조절물질의 발현을 분석하였다. p53, Bcl-2, Bax, Bcl-XL, Bcl-XS, p21$^{WAF1/CIP1}$의 발현 분석은 westeblotting으로 하였다. 결과 : Gemcltabine 만이 방사선 감수성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다(항진요인:1.6). Gemcltabine과 방사선의 복합 치료는 apoptosis 유도에서는 부가적 수준만을 보였다. 조절울질의 발현 양상은 방사선 단독에 비하여 방사선과 gemcitabine의 병용시 p21$^{WAF1/CIP1}$의 증가가 유의하게 관찰되었다. 결론 : Gemcitabiue은 마우스 간암에서 방사선 감수성을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 조절하는 요소로서 p21$^{WAF1/CIP1}$ 이 관여할 것으로 생각 된다.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2-2
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• pp.130.1-130.1
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• 2003

As a potent antigen presenting cells and a powerful inducer of antigen specific immunity including cytotoxic T cell activity, dendritic cells(DCs) are being considered as a promising anti-tumor therapeutic module. Unlike solid tumors, leukemia is the hematologic malignancy involving immune effector cells. The expected usage of DCs in leukemia is the treatment of minimal residual disease(MRD) after the remission or stem cell transplantation. In this study, syngeneic leukemia cells were inoculated intra-venously into the mouse (WEHI-3 into the Balb/c), and the autologous tumor cell lysate pulsed DCs were injected as a therapeutic module twice in two weeks. (omitted)

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 1994

Nicotinamide(NA)에 의한 종양내 산소 분압의 증가가 세포내 신진 대사의 변화 또는 산소 접근성의 변화에 기인하는지 규명하고자 NA의 세포내 산소 소모와 신진 대사에 미치는 영향을 다음과 같이 실험하여 보았다. 즉 시험관에서는 Adenylate Phosphates와 $NAD^{+}$의 변화를 동시에 생체에서는 혈류의 변화를 통하여 측정하였다. 세포 배양전 30분간 4mM(=500mg/kg) NA 처리시 세포내 산소 소모에는 영향이 없었다. 또는 4mM NA에서 세포내 Adenylate phophates와 $NAD^{+}$치의 변화도 없었다. 종양내 혈류의 변화(적혈구 흐름)로 생체내에서 NA가 산소의 접근성의 증가를 가져오는지 평가하였다. 레이저 도플러로 적혈구 흐름의 변화를 측정하였는데, 종양의 크기와 비례해서, 150$mm^{3}$ 크기의 종양에서 적혈구 흐름이 35$\% $증가하였으며 500$mm^{3}$종양에서 75$\% $증가하였다. 결론적으로 이상의 관찰에서 FSaII 생쥐 종양 모델에서 NA에 의한 종양내 산소 분압의 증가는 국소적 산소 소모의 감소에 의한 것이 아니며, 국소 종양내 혈류의 증가가 종양내 산소 분압 증가의 주 기전으로 사료된다.