1988 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Development of a new treatment of liver tumor utilizing active oxygen species.
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62570586
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Digestive surgery
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| Research Institution | Asahikawa Medical College |
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Principal Investigator |
ASAKAWA Hiroichi Asahikawa Medical College, Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (80125393)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Hirokazu Asahikawa Medical College, Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (90133834)
KUSANO Mituo Asahikawa Medical College, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 講師 (70091569)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1987 – 1988
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| Keywords | Liver ischemia / Oxygen free radicals / Xanthine oxidase / 抗腫瘍効果 |
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| Research Abstract |
Implication of oxygen derived free radicals on ischemic and reperfusion injury of the liver was studied by using in vitro and in vivo models. Viability of hypoxic hepatocytes induced by blowing the mixed gas of 95% nitrogen + 5% carbon dioxide to a culture medium was regained by adding oxygen redical scavenger, Superoxide Dismutase, to the medium. Survival of the ischemically induced liver failure rats was also improved by pretreatment with Allopurinol, a specific xanthine oxidase inhibitor. Several parameters of ischemic liver damage such as aspartate aminotransferase(ASAT), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), -hexosaminidase, hepaplastin test, hepatic tissue water content and histology were also improved by allopurinol administration. Malondialdehyde which is produced by free radical reaction of lipid peroxidation was suppressed by Allopurinol. All these findings support the hypothesis that oxygen derived free radicals are one of the mediators of ischemic and reperfusion liver injury and they can be produced through xanthine oxidase reaction.
The suppressive effect of oxygen free redicals on tumor growth was tested by using implantable rabbit tumor model. Hypoxanthine and xanthine oxidase were separately infused to the artery supplying the tumor. The reduction of the tumor volume was not observed at 24 hours after infusion. Histlogically in hypoxanthine and xanthine oxidase infused group, massive confluent tumor necrosis with scattered islands of viable tumor cells was observed. On the other hand clumps of viable tumor cells were constantly seen in control group. These data show that oxygen free radicals have potential for the treatment of cancer.
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