title: Predictive value of serum immunosuppressive acidic protein for lung metastasis after amputation of murine osteosarcoma of the lower limb.
abstract: A spontaneously occurring murine osteosarcoma cell line (POS-1) was inoculated into the footpads of 88 mice. In 59 mice, the tumor-bearing leg was amputated at 1, 3, 5, or 7 weeks after inoculation and the mice sacrificed at 9 weeks. Lung metastasis was observed in 82.6-100% of the mice undergoing leg amputation at 5 or 7 weeks after inoculation. There were no lung metastasis in the mice amputated at 1 or 3 weeks. The serum immunosuppressive acidic protein (IAP) concentration showed a significant increase at 5 or 7 weeks after inoculation (P<0.005 and P<0.0005, respectively). When amputation was done 5 weeks after inoculation, the serum IAP concentration increased further to 5.9 times the pre-amputation level 1 week after the amputation. The IAP concentration increased only 1.3-fold in the control group without inoculation. Thus, a high serum IAP concentration before amputation and a further increase after amputation were indicators of lung metastasis in this mouse model of osteosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, 236, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uesugi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsugi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiruma
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C030193:immunosuppressive acidic protein