title: Real-time RT-PCR (TaqMan) of tumor mRNA to predict sensitivity of specimens to 5-fluorouracil.
abstract: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is still a key drug in the treatment of various kinds of advanced cancer, including breast and gastrointestinal carcinomas. To predict the sensitivity of colorectal cancer to 5-FU, mRNA is extracted from surgically obtained cancer specimens and expression of thymidylate synthetase (TS), dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), thymidine phosphorylase (TP), uridine phosphorylase (UP), es-nucleoside transporter (NT), and E2F1 are detected by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (TaqMan). Previous results have shown that the catabolic rate-limiting enzymes DPD and NT, which are important membranous transporter of nucleosides, may regulate the sensitivity to 5-FU.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubota
mesh_terms: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D042943:Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP) / Q000378:metabolism; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D033703:Nucleoside Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase / Q000378:metabolism; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014543:Uridine Phosphorylase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor; C493753:E2F1 protein, human; D033703:Nucleoside Transport Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D014157:Transcription Factors; D042943:Dihydrouracil Dehydrogenase (NADP); D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; D014543:Uridine Phosphorylase; D013939:Thymidine Phosphorylase; D005472:Fluorouracil