BACKGROUND Though overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in several forms of cancer is considered to be an important prognostic biomarker related to poor prognosis, clear correlations between biomarker assays and patient management have been difficult to establish. Here, we utilize a targeting directly followed by a non-targeting tracer-based positron emission tomography (PET...

We have previously described anti-epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) which can block binding of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) and EGF to receptors and inhibit activation of receptor tyrosine kinase. Studies with these MAbs involving cell cultures and nude mouse xenografts demonstrated their capacity to inhibit the growth of a variety of tumor cell...

We have screened toyocamycin as an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol kinase. It inhibited the enzyme of A431 cell membrane with an IC50 of 3.3 micrograms/ml. Adenosine and formycin A also inhibited the enzyme, but other 6 related nucleosides did not. Although orobol and 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde that inhibit phosphatidylinositol kinase inhibited in situ phosphatidylinositol turnover, toyocamyci...

Five diterpenoids and 14 known diterpenoids were isolated from the petroleum ether extract of Pinus massoniana resin. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data interpretation. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were evaluated using the MTT method. The results showed that three of the less polar diterpenoids had strong cytotoxicity against A431 and A549 cancer cells, wherea...

Studies on the anti-proliferative activities of novel baicalein derivatives demonstrated that compounds 8 and 9 were able to activate AMPK by enhancing the levels of phosphorylated AMPKα, and showed more potent anti-proliferative effects than baicalein and AICAR in A431, SK-OV-3, DU 145 and HeLa cells, suggesting an alternative therapeutic approach for benzyl baicalein in cancer therapy.

Lipid-based oil-filled nanoparticles (NPs) with a high concentration of surface-chelated nickel (Ni-NPs) were successfully prepared using a Brij 78-NTA-Ni conjugate synthesized with Brij 78 (Polyoxyethylene (20) stearyl ether) and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA). The facile incorporation of the Brij 78-NTA-Ni conjugate into the NP formulation allowed up to 90% Ni incorporation, which was a signific...

BACKGROUND Oncolytic viruses have become of noticeable interest as a novel biological approach for selectively infecting cancer cells and triggering apoptosis in a number of malignant cells. Many researches are devoted to characterize more viruses with oncolytic properties. OBJECTIVES Evidences on the oncolytic feature of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are conflicting; therefore, this stud...

Arachidonic acid metabolism leads to the generation of biologically active metabolites that regulate cell growth and proliferation, as well as survival and apoptosis. We have demonstrated previously that platelet-type 12-lipoxygenase (LOX) regulates the growth and survival of a number of cancer cells. In this study, we show that overexpression of platelet-type 12-LOX in prostate cancer PC3 cell...

This study was conducted to determine how extraordinarily high numbers of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGF-R) affected the binding and internalization of EGF in the transformed cell line A431. I found that at low EGF concentrations, the kinetics of binding behaved as a nonsaturable, first-order process showing no evidence of multiple-affinity classes of receptors. However, EGF dissociatio...