Polyaminesas Markers of Responseand Disease Activity in Cancer Chemotherapy1
Polyaminesas Markers of Responseand Disease Activity in Cancer Chemotherapy1
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癌症化疗中反应和疾病活动的多胺标记1
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1977
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D. Russell
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Brian G. M. Dune;S. Salmon;D. Russell
SUMMARY Onehundredtwenty-fourpatientswith hematologicaland solid neoplasmshadpretreatmenturinarypolyaminedeter minations. Putrescine, spermidine, and spermine were all significantly increased as compared to normals (p < 0.001). Polyamine levels were directly related to disease activity and tumor burden. In patientswith multiple myeloma,pu trescine levels were significantly correlated with clinical disease activity as well as the in vitro labeling index of marrow plasma cells. Spermidinevalues reflected tumor cell burden. Serial studies in 56 patients indicated that greaterthantwofold rise in urinaryspermidineduringtreat ment was highly correlated with cell kill and subsequent clinical response (p < 0.001). Serum polyamine levels in 17 patients were found to be comparable to urinary values. Our dataindicatethat polyaminedeterminationscan potentially be clinically useful, i.e., baseline values as indicators of tumor cell mass and growth fraction, and increases in sper midine during treatment as an excellent marker of tumor cell kill.