2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The therapeutic effect of anti-VEGF neutralizing antibody against carcinomatosa pleuritis
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12671302
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Thoracic surgery
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
OHTA Yasuhiko Dept.of Surg(1). Kanazawa Univ. Research Assistant, 医学部・附属病院, 助手 (00272964)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TSUNEZUKA Yoshio Dept. of Surg(1). Kanazawa Univ. Research Assistarnt, 医学部・附属病院, 助手 (80332667)
ODA Makoto Graduate School of Medical science. Kanazawa Univ. Associate Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (50224241)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2001
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| Keywords | Lung cancer / VEGF / Carcinomatosa pleuritis |
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| Research Abstract |
We assessed the inhibitory effect of anti-vascular eridothelial growth factor (VEGF) neutralizing antibody on the formation of pleural dissemination and pleural effusion using two types of in-vivo model systems. Immune-deficient rats were inoculated with PC-14 cells into (1) a subpieurai space of the parietal pleura after pneumonectomy or (2) into the thoracic cavity directly The rats bearing tumor cells were randomly separated into two groups : non-treatment and treatment with anti-VEGF neutralizing antibody groups. In the treatment group, the antibody was administered at a dose of 250 /μg twice weekly (total 1 mg) from the 7th day after the tiimor inoculation! At the time of the autopsy (4 weeks after the tumor inoculation), all rats developed gross pleural dissemination with/without malignant effusions. In the first model system, despite no significant difference in the mean volume of the primary subpleurai tumors between the groups, the degree of dissemination was suppressed in the treatment group. The immunohistochemical examination showed less tumor vasculature and less frequency of the autocrine motility factor receptor expression in cancer cells at the primary site of the treatment group. In the second model, the inhibitory effect on pleural dissemination was not clear. These results demonstrated the possible association of VEGF with the development of pleural dissemination/metastasis in the context of blood/lymphatic routes and cancer cell motility.
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