title: [Cathepsin B activity and concentration of elastase and alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor complex in non-small-cell lung cancer: 2 year follow-up study].
abstract: In 21 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer subjected to radical surgery followed by 3 cycles of chemotherapy, serum cathepsin B activity and plasma E-alpha 1IP concentration in peripheral blood and tumour arterial and venous blood were studied. Cathepsin B activity was determined by a fluorometric assay. E-alpha 1IP concentration was measured with an ELISA kit. The measurements were performed before surgery, before each chemotherapy cycle and every 60 days after chemotherapy completion, for 2 years. All the patients (n = 21) were divided into 2 subgroups: without metastases n = 16 and with metastases n = 5. There was no significant difference between preoperative serum cathepsin B activity and E-alpha 1IP plasma values in peripheral blood and blood coming from tumour artery and vein. The surgery and chemotherapy caused a statistically significant decrease of serum cathepsin B activity and plasma E-alpha 1IP concentration both in the whole group and in the subgroup without metastases. A significant increase of cathepsin B activity in comparison to initial values was observed 2,5-4 months before cerebral metastasis appeared in the subgroup with metastases. The elevation of E-alpha 1IP concentration preceded the increase of cathepsin B activity in this subgroup. It was not statistically significant. A decrease of cathepsin B and E-alpha 1IP values was observed after cerebral metastasis excision.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Płuc Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Passowicz-Muszyńska
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gołab
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marciniak
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warwas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000032:analysis*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: C018134:PAI3 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D002401:Cathepsin B