Inhibitory effect of a serine protease inhibitor, FOY-305 on the invasion and metastasis of human pancreatic cancers. 1997

T Ohta, and F Futagami, and H Tajima, and H Kitagawa, and M Kayahara, and T Nagakawa, and K Miwa, and M Yamamoto, and S Iseki, and Y Nakanuma, and T Terada
KANAZAWA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT SURG,KANAZAWA,ISHIKAWA 920,JAPAN. KANAZAWA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT ANAT,KANAZAWA,ISHIKAWA 920,JAPAN. KANAZAWA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,KANAZAWA,ISHIKAWA 920,JAPAN. TOTTORI UNIV,FAC MED,DEPT PATHOL,YONAGO,TOTTORI 683,JAPAN.

We examined the inhibitory effect of a serine protease inhibitor, FOY-305, on the invasion and metastasis of human pancreatic cancers. The in vitro matrigel invasion assay showed that the invasiveness of Capan-1 human pancreatic cancer cells was inhibited by FOY-305 treatment in a dose-dependent manner at concentrations greater than 100 nM. Intrasplenic injection of Capan-1 cells in nude mice resulted in frequent metastases to liver, however, its incidence was significantly decreased by FOY-305 treatment. These findings suggest that a serine protease inhibitor, FOY-305 can inhibit tumor invasion and metastasis by blocking the serine protease-mediated activation cascade.

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