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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-12
pubmed:abstractText
We have compared the effects of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 on the growth and phenotype of HOC-7 ovarian cancer cells. Previous density gradient fractionation of untreated HOC-7 cells suggested that rapidly growing small polygonal medium density cells revert spontaneously into less malignant flattened low density cells. Here we demonstrate that DMF and TGF-beta 1 induce similar flattened cell phenotypes. Both agents induce qualitatively similar alterations in the cells. DMF, however, exerted stronger effects than TGF-beta 1. The cells become flattened, develop cytoplasmic extensions, and reduce DNA-synthesis as well as anchorage-dependent and -independent growth. These effects are reversible after removal of the inducers, indicating that the cells have not become terminally differentiated. Electron microscopy demonstrates prominent filament bundles in treated cells. Immunofluorescence further shows that these cells contain large amounts of cytokeratin. Immunocytochemistry and ELISA demonstrate 1- to 5-fold higher amounts of desmoplakin and fibronectin after DMF- or TGF-beta 1-exposure. The described differentiation-like responses of HOC-7 cells can be used for recognition of pharmacologically induced maturation of ovarian cancer cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
151
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Desmoplakins, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Dimethylformamide, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Fibronectins, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Immunophenotyping, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:1560038-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
The differential effects of N,N-dimethylformamide and transforming growth factor-beta 1 on a human ovarian cancer cell line (HOC-7).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't