Low-density lipoprotein as a potential vehicle for chemotherapeutic agents and radionucleotides in the management of gynecologic neoplasms

Journal Article · Wed Apr 15 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5584337

Gal, D; Ohashi, M; MacDonald, P C; Buchsbaum, H J; Simpson, E R

Cholesterol metabolism was studied in cells from two established gynecologic cancer cell lines which were maintained in monolayer cultures. The cell lines were derived and established from poorly differentiated epidermoid cervical carcinoma and endometrial adenocarcinoma. The specific activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme of cholesterol de novo synthesis, in AC-258 cells was three times higher than that found in EC-50 cells. However, epidermoid cervical cancer cells metabolized low-density lipoprotein, the major transport vehicle for cholesterol in plasma, at a very high rate. This rate is fifteen times greater than the rate observed in fetal adrenal tissue and fifty times greater than the rate observed in nonneoplastic gynecologic tissue, each in organ culture. Both cancer cells in monolayer culture were shown to have specific receptors for LDL. These cancer cells demonstrate no defect in LDL metabolism, and lysosomal degradation of LDL was blocked by chloroquine. From the results of studies of specific binding of LDL in tissues obtained from nude mice it was demonstrated that membrane fractions prepared from EC-50 cells, after propagation in the mice, contained fifteen to thirty times more specific binding capacity for (125I)iodo-LDL than vital organs of the mouse, such as the liver, heart, lung, kidney, or brain. The results of these studies are suggestive that certain tumor cells might have a higher affinity for LDL than normal tissues and cytotoxic drugs or radionucleotides ligated to the LDL macromolecule may be utilized for the specific delivery of these agents.

• OSTI ID: 5584337
• Journal Information: Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.; (United States) Vol. 139:8; ISSN AJOGA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
ANTINEOPLASTIC DRUGS
BINDING ENERGY
BIOCHEMISTRY
CARCINOMAS
CELL CULTURES
CHEMISTRY
CHEMOTHERAPY
CHOLESTEROL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DISEASES
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ENERGY
ENZYME ACTIVITY
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIPIDS
LIPOPROTEINS
MAMMALS
MEDICINE
METABOLISM
MICE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROTEINS
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STEROIDS
STEROLS
THERAPY
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