Jinko Zoki
Online ISSN : 1883-6097
Print ISSN : 0300-0818
ISSN-L : 0300-0818
An extracorporeal circulation system for AFP removal from sera and its application for the treatment of hepatoma-bearing rats
K. KANAIT. NAKAJIMAS. MORIOKAM. KAKOT. ITOY. KANY. SUGIURAY. NISHIWAKIY. MIZUNOH. ISODAI. SHICHIK. SODAJ. TERAMURAM. TOYAMAH. WATABEN. SATOT. KIYOTAH. HAYASHI
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1982 Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 855-858

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An extracorporeal circulation system for removing α-fetoprotein (AFP) from rat blood was developed. The circulation system consisted of plasma separator, anti-AFP affinity column and blood pumps. In in vitro experiment where 30ml of fresh rat blood containing AFP was used, 70% of AFP was removed from blood during 4 hours of circulation. AFP was the only protein retained on affinity column. No changes in serum protein profiles other than AFP, was observed. Also, in in vivo experiment, AFP was selectively removed from the blood of hepatomabearing rats, although the decrease of serum AFP was less than that in in vitro probably reflecting the rapid growth of tumor cells in hepatoma rats. There was no differences in the size of tumor between experimental and control groups. However, the survival days of the rats treated by anti-AFP affinity column was longer (123%) than that of controls. Rats tolerated the circulation procedure well and no remarkable side effect was observed.
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