title: [The study of plasminogen activator in renal cell carcinoma with special remarks on urokinase type plasminogen activator].
abstract: Plasminogen activators (PA) have been reported to be associated with fibrinolysis. The amounts of PA in urine, plasma, and tissues of patients with renal cell carcinoma were determined by measuring the amounts of two kinds of antigens, urokinase type (u-PA) antigen and tissue type (t-PA) antigen, by highly sensitive enzyme-immunoassay. The u-PA antigen level in urine showed neither daily variation nor age-relationship. It was, however, significantly higher (164.2 +/- 93.5 x 10(2) U/gCr) in patients with renal cell carcinoma than in healthy subjects (56.8 +/- 22.4 x 10(2) U/gCr) (p less than 0.01). The amount of u-PA antigen in urine tended to be higher in patients with high grade or stage cancer than in those with cancer of low grade or stage, though not statistically significant. The u-PA antigen content in tissues appeared elevated in tumors (8.90 +/- 6.00 x 10(-1) U/g wet tissue) in comparison to normal renal cortex and medulla. However, the difference was not significant, as the cancer samples consisted of various tissue components including necrotic or hemorrhagic tissue in addition to cancer cells. Although the t-PA antigen content in urine was too immeasurably small in 29% cases by the present method, there was no significant difference between patients with renal cell carcinoma and healthy subjects. The plasma level of t-PA antigen tended to be elevated in renal cell carcinoma group (7.87 +/- 5.60 U/ml) compared to the control group (5.7 +/- 2.19 U/ml), but no significant difference was present between them.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000032:analysis*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator