Synthetic matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors inhibit growth of established breast cancer osteolytic lesions and prolong survival in mice

Bent Winding, Róisín NicAmhlaoibh, Henriette Misander, Pernille Høegh-Andersen, Thomas Levin Andersen, Claus Holst-Hansen, Anne-Marie Heegaard, Niels Taekker Foged, Nils Brünner, Jean-Marie Delaissé

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    Abstract

    Breast cancer frequently leads to incurable bone metastasis. Essential requirements for the development of bone metastasis are cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, release of bioactive growth factors and cytokines, and removal of large amounts of bone matrix. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in all of these processes, but the possibility of using synthetic MMP inhibitors to decrease bone metastasis has received little attention.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalClinical Cancer Research
    Volume8
    Issue number6
    Pages (from-to)1932-9
    Number of pages8
    ISSN1078-0432
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Keywords

    • Animals
    • Antineoplastic Agents
    • Bone Neoplasms
    • Breast Neoplasms
    • Cell Survival
    • Dipeptides
    • Female
    • Gene Therapy
    • Humans
    • Matrix Metalloproteinases
    • Mice
    • Mice, Inbred BALB C
    • Mice, Nude
    • Neoplasm Invasiveness
    • Osteolysis
    • Phenylalanine
    • Protease Inhibitors
    • Thiophenes
    • Transfection
    • Transplantation, Heterologous
    • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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