title: [Anemia in malignant tumor diseases. II. Tumor-induced loss of transferrin as a cause of the development of anemia based on a rat model].
abstract: The cellular uptake and lysosomal accumulation of 67Ga-labelled transferrin within tumors of different malignancy were examined using tissue fractionation and immunological techniques. As tumor models the slowly growing Morris hepatoma 5123 C, the moderately growing Novikoff hepatoma and the fast and aggressive Yoshida hepatoma AH130 were investigated. Isolation of subcellular fractions of tumor homogenates was performed by differential centrifugation and density-gradient centrifugation. The intracellular 67Ga-transferrin was found to be highly concentrated within the purified lysosomes. The transferrin within the lysosomal fraction was identified by radial immunodiffusion technique using monospecific antiserum. The accumulation of 67Ga-transferrin by the tumors resulted in a faster disappearance of 67Ga-transferrin from the blood. This loss of circulating 67Ga-transferrin correlated with the proliferation activity and the spread of the tumors. Since transferrin is indispensible for the utilization of iron by the heme-synthesizing red cell precursors, transferrin concentration in the blood is the limiting factor for the utilization of iron in hemoglobin synthesis. Thus, in a further series of experiments we investigated the development of anemia in tumor-bearing rats. With increasing tumor mass a progressive fall of hemoglobin concentration was found. The anemia was more severe in the faster growing Novikoff hepatoma than in the slowly growing Morris hepatoma. The most significant reduction of hemoglobin concentration was found in the very fast growing Yoshida hepatoma. After total tumor resection hemoglobin concentration and red blood cell count normalized completely within 6-8 weeks. We conclude from these data that the uptake of transferrin by the tumor cells results in a faster disappearance of transferrin from the blood.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Ev. Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, BRD.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aulbert
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D014168:Transferrin
vernacular_title: Die Anämie bei malignen Tumorerkrankungen. II. Tumorbedingte Verluste von Transferrin als Ursache für die Entwicklung einer Anämie am Modell der Ratte.