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Inhibition of Malignant Cell Invasion in vitro by a Proteinase Inhibitor

The inhibitory effect of the protease inhibitor aprotinin (Trasylol) on the invasion of mouse kidney explants by polyoma virus transformed BHK21 cells was investigated using a mixed cell/organ culture technique. The extent of invasion was monitored by following the changes in LDH isoenzyme pattern i...

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Autores principales: Latner, A. L., Longstaff, E., Pradhan, K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1973
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2008808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4352791
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Sumario:The inhibitory effect of the protease inhibitor aprotinin (Trasylol) on the invasion of mouse kidney explants by polyoma virus transformed BHK21 cells was investigated using a mixed cell/organ culture technique. The extent of invasion was monitored by following the changes in LDH isoenzyme pattern in the explants and by histological assessment. The kidney explants containing aprotinin were found to maintain a normal kidney LDH pattern and to suffer considerably less invasion than the explants not containing the drug. These results support the idea that proteolytic enzymes are associated with invasion and that inhibitors of protease activity could possibly be useful in the management of clinical cancer.