Effects of suramin on metastatic ability, proliferation, and production of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 in human renal cell carcinoma cell line SN12C-PM6
✍ Scribed by Kousuke Marutsuka; Yoshihiro Hasui; Yujiro Asada; Seiji Naito; Yukio Osada; Akinobu Sumiyoshi
- Book ID
- 104635126
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 559 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0262-0898
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✦ Synopsis
Effects of suramin, a polysulfonated naphthylurea compound, on metastatic ability, proliferation, and production of plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitors were studied using the highly metastatic human renal cell carcinoma cell line, SNI2C-PM6. After renal subscapular implantation of tumor cells in nude mice, suramin significantly inhibited metastasis of tumor cells to the lungs and liver. In vitro growth of tumour cells was inhibited by suramin in a dose-dependent manner, at relatively low doses (IDs0 = 105 pg/ml). Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 (PAI-2) production by tumor cells was enhanced by suramin (100/lg/ml), whereas urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) production was suppressed. Thus, the increase in PAI-2 and the decrease in uPA production correlated with the inhibitory effects on tumour growth and metastasis by suramin. Therefore suramin may be beneficial for the treatment of patients with an early stage of renal cancer with potential risk of metastasis.