LI Chang-yi,ZHANG Ming-chuan,MEI Tong-hua,LI Ming.Low-dose metronomic chemotherapy upregulates PTEN and induces apoptosis of A549 pulmonary adenocarcinoma in athymic mice[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(18):1760-1763.
LI Chang-yi,ZHANG Ming-chuan,MEI Tong-hua,LI Ming.Low-dose metronomic chemotherapy upregulates PTEN and induces apoptosis of A549 pulmonary adenocarcinoma in athymic mice[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2007,29(18):1760-1763.DOI:
Objective To investigate the expression of PTEN protein and apoptosis of tumor cells in tumor graft of human pulmonary adenocarcinoma in athymic mice after chemotherapy (CTX). Methods Eighteen athymic BALB/C-nu/nu mice were subcutanously injected under the anterior right leg with cultured A549 cell suspension. Then
all the athymic mice were randomized into 3 groups
MTD) for 21 d and 0.9% NS for 21 d. All athymic mice were kil
led after chemotherapy
and the obtained tumors were used to detect the expression of PTEN protein by immunohistochemistry and the apoptosis of the tumor cells by TUNEL. Results The expression of PTEN protein and apoptosis rate in LDM group were significantly higher than that in MTD group and control group (P0.05). Conclusion The low-dose metronomic chemotherapy can upgrade the level of PTEN protein so as to induce the apoptosis of tumor cells consequently.