INHIBITION OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL GASTRIC CARCINOMA METASTASIS IN VIVO BY P-SELECTINMONOCLONAL ANTIBODY

摘要

Objeetive To study the role of cell adhesion molecule P-selectin monoclonal antibody ( MAb ) in tumor metastasis of an orthotopic metastatic model. Methods SCID mice were implanted orthotopically SGC-7901 human gastric cancer tissue. 3d later, animals received i. v. injections of PBS or P-selectin MAb ( 100μg /injection ) twice weekly for 3 weeks. 42d after operation, all animals were sacrificed. Tissues from all organs were obtained for histopathological evaluation. Results 10 of the animals ( n = 11 ) treated with PBS were found to develop metastatic tumors in the regional lymph nodes, liver, and lung. In contrast, 2 of the animals ( n = 9 ) treated with P-selectin MAb developed metastatic tumors in the organs examined. The expression of P-selectin mRNA in gastric cancer tissue of SCID mice with tumor metastasis was higher than that without such metastasis. Conclusion P-selectin expression is associated with tumor metastasis, and the metastasis may be inhibited by the MAb.