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H Inufusa

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[Establishment and characterization of a human squamous cell carcinoma cell line LK-52 which produce direct activator of coagulant factor X].

Uterus origin squamous cell carcinoma cell line LK-52 was established from surgical specimen of lung metastatic nodule. LK-52 produce poorly differentiated squamous carcinoma in nude mouse, and doubling time in vitro was 38 hours. Chromosome analysis show various abnormality and main mode number was 67 and 68. LK-52 shed active procoagulant substance into culture medium. The culture medium of LK-52 shortening recalcification time of normal human plasma and factor VII or factor IX deficient plasma but not factor X deficient plasma. Procoagulant activity of LK-52 product may induced with direct activation of coagulant factor X. Procoagulant activity which produced by cancer cell may play a important roll in the unbalanced haemostasis of cancer patient.

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[Establishment and characterization of human lung cancer cell line (KUM.LK-2)].

Human lung cancer cell line, named KUM.LK-2 was established from xenograft implanted in nude mice and maintained for 43 months. And serially transplanted in nude mice. This line has the following biological characters. 1) Spontaneous lung metastases are made in nude mice inoculated subcutaneously. 2) This line can produce some kinds of proteases, like as tissue type plasminogen activator, urokinase type plasminogen activator and collagenase. 3) KUM.LK-2 has the ability of platelet aggregation.

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Human serum bilirubin fractionation in various hepatobiliary diseases by the newly developed high performance liquid chromatography.

Serum Bilirubin was fractionated by newly developed reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) into 5 fractions: delta (delta-Bilirubin, B delta), gamma (bilirubin diglucuronide, BDG), beta (Bilirubin monoglucuronide, BMG), beta' ((Z, E,)- and/or (E, Z)-bilirubin IX alpha) and alpha ((Z, Z)-bilirubin IX alpha). Sera of healthy subjects and of patients with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia showed predominantly alpha fraction with a small amount of beta' fraction. Trace amounts of delta fraction were detected in a few cases. The results of fractionation of serum bilirubin in 159 patients with various hepatobiliary diseases suggested that the ratios B delta/(B delta + BDG + BMG) and BMG/B delta can be useful parameters to follow patients with jaundice, compared with the reported B delta/total bilirubin which did not always reflect the jaundice stage, especially in cases with low serum bilirubin levels.

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Serum bilirubin fractions in analbuminemic rats after bile duct ligation. Albumin requirement in the formation of covalently protein-bound bilirubin.

To clarify the role of albumin in the production of covalently protein-bound bilirubin (delta bilirubin, B delta) in the blood and the pathophysiological relevance of B delta, changes in the serum bilirubin level and histological findings in the liver, kidneys and myocardium were studied in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and Nagase analbuminemic rats (NAR) after bile duct ligation (BDL). In SD rats, the serum bilirubin level increased until 3 days after BDL, and was followed by the appearance of B delta. The increase in serum bilirubin was smaller in NAR, and no serum B delta was noted. Albumin administration to NAR 1 day after BDL increased serum bilirubin with the appearance of B delta. Serum bilirubin decreased in both SD rats and NAR 7 days after BDL. Marked deposition of bile pigments was noted in NAR in the renal tubular epithelium. The renal bilirubin content was decreased after albumin administration. From these results it is concluded that albumin is necessary for the production of B delta, and that renal deposition of bile pigments progresses in the absence of albumin.

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[Establishment and characterization of human lung adenocarcinoma cell line KUM.LK-2 which produces spontaneous lung metastasis by subcutaneous implantation in nude mice].

Characterization were newly established at the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line KUM.LK-2 which produced spontaneous lung metastasis by subcutaneous implantation in nude mouse. KUM.LK-2 cell line was established from the 2nd generation of nude mouse serially transplanted human lung adenocarcinoma. KUM.LK-2 produced spontaneous lung metastasis when cells were implanted into subcutaneous tissue of nude mice. Metastasis was not found in the cases of intramuscular implantation and intravenous injection of these cells. KUM.LK-2 cell produced Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 in vitro, but these tumor markers were not detected in the sera of KUM.LK-2 transplanted nude mice. From this study the model of human cancer with spontaneous lung metastasis was established. It was suggested that metastasis of human cancer in the nude mouse could not be determined by blood supply and new vascular genesis only. And it was concluded that usefulness of nude mice as an amplifier of tumor marker is varied with tumor lines.

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[Influence of a fosfomycin combination on the anti-tumor effect of CDDP].

To elucidate the influence of fosfomycin (FOM) on the anti-cancer effect of cisplatin (CDDP), experimental chemotherapy of CDDP with or without FOM was performed. A human lung cancer cell line, HLC-1 serially transplanted into nude mice was treated with CDDP 10 mg/kg (i.p.). Tumor doubling time in CDDP group and CDDP + FOM group are 26.78 +/- 6.3 days and 33.90 +/- 11.82 days respectively, and they are significantly elongated compared to control group. Serum NAG level in CDDP + FOM group was significantly lowered. Therefore, we concluded that anti-tumor effect of CDDP was not diminished by FOM combination.

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Clinical application of serum bilirubin fractionation by simplified liquid chromatography.

Serum bilirubin was fractionated by a new reversed-phase "high-performance" liquid-chromatographic (HPLC) procedure, on Micronex RP-30, a polyacryl ester. The five fractions were: delta (delta-bilirubin, B delta), gamma (bilirubin diglucuronide, BDG), beta (bilirubin monoglucuronide, BMG), beta' [(Z,E)- and (or) (E,Z)-bilirubin IX alpha], and alpha [(Z,Z)-bilirubin IX alpha]. We found close correlation with results of the modified HPLC fractionation of Lauff et al. (J Chromatogr 1981;226:391-402), except for the beta' fraction, which was eluted after beta. The Micronex HPLC involves a simple pretreatment of serum samples, in contrast with the complex preparation described by Lauff et al., and is convenient for routine use in the clinical evaluation of hyperbilirubinemia. We could quantify B delta, BDG, BMG, and unconjugated bilirubin even in sera with normal values for total-bilirubin concentrations. Photoderivatives of bilirubin such as the beta' fraction could be separated and quantified by the same procedure, making the method feasible for pediatric research.

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Serum bilirubin fractionation using multilayer film method in hepatobiliary diseases in comparison with high performance liquid chromatography.

The Ektachem multilayer film method (Ektachem) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were employed to fractionate and evaluate serum bilirubin species in 45 serum samples. The false-positive or false-high levels of bilirubin close-bonded with albumin (i.e. the delta bilirubin fraction (B delta] was obtained by Ektachem in sera of cases with normal bilirubin concentration and cases with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia when compared with the results of HPLC. In the sera of cases with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, Ektachem gave comparable levels of total bilirubin (TB), and unconjugated bilirubin (Bu) to those of HPLC, but underestimated conjugated bilirubin (Bc) and slightly overestimated B delta. To investigate the clinical significance of B delta in 113 cases of various hepatobiliary diseases with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, the ratios of B delta to TB (B delta/TB) and to directly-reacting bilirubin fractions (B delta/(Bc + B delta] and that of Bc to B delta (Bc/B delta) were calculated based on the results of Ektachem and compared with each other during the course of jaundice. The mean B delta/TB was below 40% in various hepatobiliary diseases but became as high as approximately 60% in the convalescence stage. The mean B delta/(Bc + B delta) was below 50% in acute hepatitis (the serum bilirubin-elevating stage) and obstructive jaundice, and it increased to above 80% in the recovery stage. In decompensated liver cirrhosis and intrahepatic cholestasis the mean B delta/(Bc + B delta) was about 60%, indicating continuous backflow of Bc from liver cells. The changes in B delta/(Bc + B delta) were much greater than in B delta/TB.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines with different lung colonization potential (LCP), and a correlation between expression of sialosyl dimeric Le(x) (defined by MAb FH6) and LCP.

Human lung adenocarcinoma sub-cell lines HAL-8, HAL-24 and HAL-33, showing different lung colonization potential (LCP), were established from human lung adenocarcinoma cell line KUM-LK-2 using repeated cloning with limiting dilution technique. Cell lines HAL-8 and -33 were characterized by high and low LCP, respectively, while HAL-24 did not give rise to lung colonies. The cell surface protein and carbohydrate profiles were determined by cell surface labeling (with lactoperoxidase-dependent 125I-iodination and galactose oxidase-NaB3H4, respectively) followed by SDS-gel electrophoresis. Various carbohydrate epitopes expressed at the cell surface were analysed by cytofluorometry using various monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed to Le(x), sialosyl-Le(x), sialosyl dimeric Le(x), T, Tn and sialosyl-Tn structures, which are often reported as being highly expressed in a variety of human cancers, particularly adenocarcinoma. Expression of sialosyl dimeric Le(x) (defined by MAb FH6) was high on HAL-8, moderate on HAL-33, and relatively low on HAL-24. In contrast, each of the three lines showed essentially equal expression (as determined by MAb reactivity) of sialosyl-Tn (defined by MAb TKH2), Le(x) (defined by MAb SH1), and Tn (defined by MAb 1E3). The cell lines showed extremely weak expression of T (defined by MAb HH8). LCP of HAL-8 and -33 was completely inhibited by sialidase treatment of cells. It is suggested that higher expression of sialosyl dimeric Le(x) (defined by MAb FH6) in HAL-8 cells may play an important role in higher potential of blood-borne lung colonization.

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High expression of glycosphingolipids involved in procoagulant activity of cancer cells.

To investigate the involvement of tumor-associated antigens such as sLe(a) and sLe(x), as well as Le(y) glycosphingolipid in the procoagulant activity of cancer cells, we examined the relationship between the inhibitory effect of anti-sLe(a) or anti-sLe(x) antibodies on the procoagulant activity of cancer cells, and cell surface expression of sLe(a) and sLe(x) antigens. We observed that the procoagulant activity of cancer cells which highly expressed sLe(a) or sLe(x) antigens (expression rate >70%) was significantly inhibited by the relevant antibodies. These data suggested that not only Le(y) but also sLe(a) and sLe(x) antigens play an important role in coagulation induced by various cancer cells.

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