食欲素功能研究及在肿瘤治疗方面应用的前景  

Function of orexin and its application in the treatment of tumor

作　　者：刘兵兵[1] 杜红珍[1] 李增宁[1] 石汉平[2] 

机构地区：[1]河北医科大学第一医院临床营养科,石家庄050031 [2]中山大学附属第一医院外科,广州510080

出　　处：《肿瘤代谢与营养电子杂志》2015年第3期64-67,共4页Electronic Journal of Metabolism and Nutrition of Cancer

基　　金：河北省人力资源与社会保障厅资助课题(A201400542)

摘　　要：目的阐述食欲素的生理功能以及与瘦素和恶性肿瘤的相关性,对其在肿瘤治疗等方面的应用前景进行展望。方法回顾和研究近几年来国内外发表的有关食欲素的生理作用,与瘦素和恶性肿瘤相关性的中英文相关文献。结果食欲素不仅可参与调节能量代谢和摄食行为,还在睡眠-觉醒周期、应激、药物成瘾复吸、胰岛素分泌、胃酸分泌等方面有着非常重要的作用,且已有文献证实食欲素可影响恶性肿瘤患者的食欲和促进恶性肿瘤细胞的凋亡。结论食欲素在开发治疗糖尿病、药物成瘾和嗜睡症的新型药物及改善恶性肿瘤患者食欲和促进恶性肿瘤细胞凋亡方面具有应用前景。Objective To elaborate the physiological functions of orexin and the correlation between leptin and malignant tumor, in addition to look forward its application prospect in tumor.Methods We reviewed and researched the domestic and foreign published literature about the physiological function of orexin, and the relationship between leptin and malignant tumor.Results Orexin can not only be involved in the regulation of energy metabolism, feeding behavior, but also play a very important role in the sleep wake cycle, stress, drug addiction and relapse, insulin secretion, gastric acid secretion, and many studies have conifrmed that orexin can affect the appetite of patients with malignant tumor and promote the apoptosis of cancer cells.Conclusions Orexin has the application prospect in drug discovery for treating diabetes, drug addiction and narcolepsy, improving the poor quality of appetite in patients with malignant tumor and promoting the apoptosis of malignant tumor cells.

关 键 词：食欲素 食欲素受体 瘦素 恶性肿瘤 

分 类 号：R730.5[医药卫生—肿瘤]