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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The induction of apoptosis following topoisomerase inhibitors proceeds in at least three distinct steps: (1) induction of cleavable complexes (potentially lethal damage), (2) topoisomerase-induced DNA damage, and (3) a presently unknown sequence of events that must either lead to cell cycle arrest (G2-block, differentiation) or apoptosis. DNA degradation provides a convenient way to quantify apoptosis in HL-60 cells. Extensive apoptosis can be induced rapidly in undifferentiated HL-60 cells without prevention by cycloheximide or actinomycin D. Therefore, HL-60 cells appear to express constitutively the apoptotic machinery that may be kept under control of a yet unknown repressor. The absence of the tumor suppressor p53 and the presence of bcl-2 are in contrast with the sensitivity of these cells to apoptosis. Agents that modify chromatin structure (zinc, poly[ADPribose] inhibitors, spermine) can block DNA fragmentation without affecting cell survival. By contrast macrophage-like differentiation by phorbol esters suppresses apoptosis without affecting topoisomerase-induced DNA damage. Better understanding of the apoptotic regulation in the widely used and characterized HL-60 cell line should allow the identification of new mechanisms and parameters of cellular sensitivity and resistance to the cytotoxic activity of anticancer agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Topoisomerases, Type I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Topoisomerases, Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucocorticoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Topoisomerase I Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Topoisomerase II Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1042-8194
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:geneSymbol
bcl-2, p53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-DNA Topoisomerases, Type I, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-DNA Topoisomerases, Type II, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Topoisomerase I Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Topoisomerase II Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7858500-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Apoptosis induced by DNA topoisomerase I and II inhibitors in human leukemic HL-60 cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Oncohematology, University of Medicine, Dijon, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review