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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
Vitamin A and some of its metabolites such as beta-all-trans retinoic acid (RA) have been implicated in the regulation of differentiation of normal and malignant epithelial cells in vivo and in vitro. In the present study the effects of RA on the growth and differentiation of 7 cell lines derived from human head and neck squamous-cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) were examined. RA (greater than 0.01 microM) inhibited the proliferation in monolayer culture of 6 of 7 HNSCC cell lines. One cell line (UMSCC-35) was very sensitive, 5 (UMSCC-10A, -19, -30, -22B and HNSCC 1483) were moderately sensitive, and 1 (HNSCC 183) was insensitive. Three of the cell lines (UMSCC-22B, -30, and HNSCC 1483) were capable of forming colonies in semisolid medium--a capability that was suppressed by RA. The HNSCC cell lines expressed various levels of the squamous-cell differentiation markers type I (particulate, epidermal) transglutaminase (TGase) and cholesterol sulfate (CS). RA treatment (I microM, 6 days) decreased TGase activity by more than 50% in 3 (UMSCC-10A, -22B and 1483) of the 7 cell lines, and the effect on UMSCC-22B was dose-dependent. Type II TGase (soluble, tissue type) activity was detected in 3 cell lines, and after RA treatment its activity increased in HNSCC 1483 and 183 cells and decreased in UMSCC-19. Following RA treatment, CS levels decreased by 20, 25, 70, 76, 89 and 91% in cell lines UMSCC-30, -10A, 183, UMSCC-35, -22B, and HNSCC 1483, respectively. The suppression by RA of CS accumulation in the 1483 cells was dose-dependent. Cholesterol sulfotransferase activity, which is responsible for CS synthesis, was suppressed by 40-97% after RA treatment of UMSCC-19, -22B, and HNSCC 1483. Our results demonstrate that RA inhibits the growth and decreases the level of 2 squamous differentiation markers in HNSCC cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of growth and squamous-cell differentiation markers in cultured human head and neck squamous carcinoma cells by beta-all-trans retinoic acid.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.