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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
We have shown recently that the plant alkaloid camptothecin and its derivatives inhibited growth of human carcinoma and melanoma cells in vitro and induced regression of advanced human malignant melanoma tumors growing in immunodeficient (nude) mice. Here, we have extended these studies to show that the camptothecin derivative 9-nitro-20(S)- camptothecin (9NC) induces complete regression of advanced breast carcinoma tumors growing in nude mice. We also report that 9NC inhibits growth of nontumorigenic and tumorigenic breast cells in vitro. However, flow cytometry studies show that 9NC elicits differential effects on the cell cycle of nontumorigenic and tumorigenic cells. In general, 9NC-treated nontumorigenic cells accumulate slowly at the G2 phase of the cell cycle with no cell death. In contrast, 9NC-treated tumorigenic cells transverse rapidly from G1 to S phase followed by cell death. Removal of 9NC from the cell cultures resulted in most nontumorigenic cells dividing, whereas tumorigenic cells continued to die after removal of 9NC. Taken together, the findings indicate a different response of nontumorigenic and tumorigenic breast cells to 9NC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1577-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Regression of human breast carcinoma tumors in immunodeficient mice treated with 9-nitrocamptothecin: differential response of nontumorigenic and tumorigenic human breast cells in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research, Houston, Texas 77003.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't