The ratio of thymidine phosphorylase to dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase in tumour tissues of patients with metastatic gastric cancer is predictive of the clinical response to 5′-deoxy-5-fluorouridine

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Nishina, T
Hyodo, I
Miyaike, J
Inaba, T
Suzuki, S
Shiratori, Y
机构
[1] Natl Shikoku Canc Ctr, Dept Med Oncol, Matsuyama, Ehime 7900007, Japan
[2] Kagawa Prefectural Cent Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Kagawa, Japan
[3] Okayama Univ, Grad Sch Med & Dent, Dept Med & Med Sci, Okayama, Japan
关键词
thymidine phosphorylase; dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; gastric cancer; 5 '-deoxy-5-iluorouridine; capecitabine; mitomycin C; cisplatin; ELISA;
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10.1016/j.ejca.2004.02.019
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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摘要
The aim of this work was to determine whether intratumour contents of thymidine phosphorylase (TP), which converts 5-deoxy5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR) to 5-fluorouracil, and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD), which degrades 5-fluorouracil to inactive molecules, could be useful in predicting the response of patients with metastatic gastric cancer to chemotherapy using 5'-DFUR. Endoscopic biopsy specimens for the measurement of TP and DPD were obtained from the primary lesions before the start of combination chemotherapy, in which 5'-DFUR, cisplatin and mitomycin C were administered. TP and DPD were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays after the objective responses to chemotherapy had been confirmed. Twenty five patients were enrolled in this study and data for 22 patients in whom responses were confirmed were analysed. The median levels (ranges) of TP and DPD were 80 (4.9-360) and 44 (15-82) U/mg protein, respectively. The median value (range) of TP to DPD ratios was 1.9 (0.25-5.1). Eight patients with a complete or partial response to chemotherapy had significantly higher TP to DPD ratios than did the remaining patients with stable or progressive disease (P = 0.014). When a cut-off level of TP to DPD ratio was defined as the median value, the high-ratio group (n = 11) showed a significantly higher response rate (64% vs. 9.1%, P = 0.024) than the low-ratio group (n = 11). Overall survival of the high-ratio group was significantly longer than that of the low-ratio group (the median survival time; 300 days vs. 183 days, P = 0.047). The efficacy of 5'-DFUR could be optimised by preselecting patients with high TP/ DPD ratios in their tumour tissues, and this would be applicable to the treatment with capecitabine. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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