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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), one of the most potent antibiotics used in tumor chemotherapy, shows many undesirable side effects. We studied the effect of different drug concentrations on the biochemistry of cell motility and, in particular, on potassium-induced actin polymerization. It is well known, in fact, that the actin aggregational status could dramatically influence many cell motility manifestations. Our results clearly show that stoichiometric and substoichiometric amounts of doxorubicin negatively influence actin polymerization by inhibiting both the filament growth and the polymer amount at steady-state; the balance between the two different effects seems to be in relation to the drug concentration. The obtained results could explain some of the doxorubicin effects previously observed in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-4800
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Dose-dependence of doxorubicin effect on actin assembly in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Milan, Department of Biology, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't