title: Inhibition of liver metastases and tumor cell invasion in spontaneous liver metastasis model (LMFS) by sodium D-glucaro-delta-lactam (ND2001).
abstract: We examined the inhibitory effect of sodium D-glucaro-delta-lactam (sodium 5-amino-5-deoxy-D-glucosaccharic acid-delta-lactam: ND2001) upon liver metastases of the LMFS tumor. A permanent cell line, LMFS, was established from a spontaneously occurring murine retroperitoneal tumor of BALB/c mouse origin, and after a subcutaneous injection, the LMFS cells proliferated at the inoculation site (100% take) with liver metastases. ND2001 had little effect on the cell growth, cell cycle and phagokinesis of the LMFS cells in vitro. However, when the invasive activity was measured by the Boydem chamber method, the number of LMFS cells was reduced, with inhibition rates of 98.0%. After the LMFS cells treated with ND2001 in vitro, the numbers of hepatic metastases of subcutaneous inoculation of treated cells were reduced dose-dependently, and those of intravenous inoculation were not found by microscopical study. When the LMFS tumor-bearing mice were treated with ND2001 (0, 30, 100 mg/kg/d) from day 1, ND2001 (30 mg/kg) inhibited the liver metastases with a rate of 56.4%, and when given from day 15, ND2001 (100 mg/kg) inhibited with a rate of 47.5%. But ND2001 showed neither cytocidal nor anti-tumor activity. Combination therapy of primary tumor resection and ND2001 administration revealed that preoperative use of ND2001 was more effective in preventing liver metastases. These results suggested that ND2001 might have a potential use as an anti-metastatic agent for operative patients without metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eriguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005937:Glucaric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000556:secondary*; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000517:prevention & control; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C001845:D-glucaro-delta-lactam; D020780:Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; D005937:Glucaric Acid