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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1993
Carl W Porter, East Aurora, NY (US);
Health Research, Inc., Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method that relates to the measurement of determinants related to the in-vivo induction of spermidine/spermine N.sup.1 -acetyltransferase (SSAT), subsequent to polyamine analog treatment (such as with a bis-ethyl spermine analog) of human malignant solid tumor types responsive to the polyamine analog. The method comprises the measurement of one or more SSAT-specific determinants that include SSAT enzyme activity, SSAT enzyme protein, and SSAT m-RNA transcripts. Alternatively, other determinants related to the SSAT induction may be measured. Such determinants include SSAT co-factor acetylCoenzyme A, and SSAT products N.sup.1 -acetylspermidine and N.sup.1 -acetylspermine. Measurements of these determinants may be useful as prognostic indicia and tumor response markers to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of anticancer agents comprising polyamine analogs.