kidney neoplasms/protease

Heterobimetallic compounds are designed to harness chemotherapeutic traits of distinct metal species into a single molecule. The ruthenium-gold (Ru-Au) family of compounds based on Au-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) fragments [Cl2(p-cymene)Ru(μ-dppm)Au(NHC)]ClO4 was conceived to combine the known

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy against renal cancer cells of combining the HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir with the novel proteasome inhibitor delanzomib. METHODS Renal cancer cell lines 769-P, 786-O, Caki-2 and Renca were treated with ritonavir and delanzomib in vitro and in vivo, and the

The histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor belinostat increases the amount of unfolded proteins in cells by promoting the acetylation of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), thereby disrupting its chaperone function. The human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor ritonavir, on the other hand, not only

BACKGROUND Immunofluorescence (IF) staining of type IV collagen alpha chains on fresh frozen renal tissue is a convenient and accurate diagnosis technique for Alport syndrome (AS), which is restricted in the application with a non-frozen section. An alternative method for a paraffin-embedded section

OBJECTIVE To investigate the combined effect of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and the protease inhibitor ritonavir on renal cancer cells. METHODS Renal cancer cells (769P, 786O, A498, ACHN, Caki-1) and renal proximal tubule epithelial cells were

Two-dimensional electrophoretograms of extracts of [3H]glucosamine-labeled human renal cancer cells demonstrated a series of components (Mr 48,000 and 30,000) that are only poorly expressed in similarly labeled normal kidney epithelial cell cultures [S. Ogata, R. Ueda, and K. O. Lloyd (1981) Proc.

There is currently no curative treatment for advanced renal cancer. Enhancing histone acetylation is a promising epigenetic-based therapy for cancer; however, in solid tumors, the efficacy of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors alone is limited. The human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor

OBJECTIVE To investigate the combined effects of the HIV protease inhibitor ritonavir and proteasome inhibitor bortezomib on renal cancer cells. Ritonavir induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and we hypothesized that inhibiting proteasome activity under ER stress would further inhibit cancer

Renal tumor classification is important because histopathological subtypes are associated with distinct clinical behavior. However, diagnosis is difficult because tumor subtypes have overlapping microscopic characteristics. Therefore, ancillary methods are needed to optimize classification. We used

BACKGROUND Advances in the knowledge of renal neoplasms have demonstrated the implication of several proteases in their genesis, growth and dissemination. Glutamyl-aminopeptidase (GAP) (EC. 3.4.11.7) is a zinc metallopeptidase with angiotensinase activity highly expressed in kidney tissues and its

Our previous study showed that the combination of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor and an HIV protease inhibitor is effective against renal cancer cells. Because HDAC inhibition disrupts the chaperon function of heat shock protein (HSP) 90, we hypothesized that the combination of

Napsin A is an aspartic protease present in the epithelial cells of the lung and kidney. Recent studies have shown that, in lung tumors, napsin A expression is restricted to lung adenocarcinomas, whereas among renal tumors, it is frequently expressed in renal cell carcinomas, especially the

OBJECTIVE Induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is a novel strategy for cancer treatment. The human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor nelfinavir was recently shown to induce ER stress, but its anti-neoplastic activity has never been investigated in renal cancer, as far as we are

Amblyomin-X, a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor, is a recombinant protein that selectively induces apoptosis in tumor cells and promotes tumor reduction in vivo in melanoma animal models. Furthermore, Amblyomin-X was able to drastically reduce lung metastasis in a mice orthotopic kidney tumor