The present invention is to provide a method of treatment which inhibits proliferation and invasion of brain tumor cells in developing animal brain tumor cells, and a method for measuring proliferation/invasion activity of brain tumor cells, in the brain tumor cells, preferably, in glioblastoma. Proliferation and invasion of brain tumor cells are inhibited by regulating Ca2+ permeability by glutamate receptor subunits in developing animal brain tumor cells. Regulation of Ca2+ permeability by glutamate receptor subunits can be conducted by introducing the GluR2 gene into AMPA-type glutamate receptors in brain tumor cells. Further, the present invention provides a method for measuring proliferation/invasion activity of brain tumor cells by detecting/measuring the expression of glutamate receptor subunits in developing animal brain tumor cells.
本发明旨在提供一种在发育中的动物脑肿瘤细胞中抑制脑肿瘤细胞增殖和侵袭的治疗方法,以及一种测量脑肿瘤细胞(最好是胶质母细胞瘤)增殖/侵袭活性的方法。通过调节发育中动物脑肿瘤细胞中谷
氨酸受体亚基对 Ca2+ 的通透性,可抑制脑肿瘤细胞的增殖和侵袭。谷
氨酸受体亚基对 Ca2+ 通透性的调节可通过将 GluR2
基因导入脑肿瘤细胞中的
AMPA 型谷
氨酸受体来实现。此外,本发明还提供了一种通过检测/测量发育中动物脑肿瘤细胞中谷
氨酸受体亚基的表达来测量脑肿瘤细胞增殖/侵袭活性的方法。