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One of the major problems in treating colon cancer is chemoresistance to cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents. There is therefore a need to devise new strategies to inhibit colon cancer cell growth and survival. Here, we show that a combination of low doses of the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin
The objective of this study was to elucidate the mechanism by which cyclic AMP increases arginase activity in cultured human Caco-2 tumor cells. Caco-2 cells were incubated for 24 h in the presence of 8-bromo cyclic AMP or forskolin, and the cells were harvested, lysed, and assayed for total
Cultured human adrenal cortical adenocarcinoma cells (SW-13) form a confluent monolayer of epithelial-like cells when seeded into culture flasks. Following a 24-48 hr non-mitotic period, cells begin to divide and become confluent within a week after seeding at 5 X 10(4) cells/cm2. The SW-13 cells
Studies on purine de novo-synthesis and cyclic AMP in normal and pathologic leukocytes. The destruction of neoplastic cells by cytostatic agents depends on the existence of metabolic reactions within the cells which can be specifically blocked by these agents. Concerning the action of purine
In Y1 adrenocortical tumor cells, corticotropin (ACTH), cyclic AMP, and 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (8BrcAMP) stimulated ornithine decarboxylase activity (L-ornithine carboxy-lyase, EC 4.1.1.17) and steroidogenesis. The concentrations required for half-maximal activation of ornithine
MCF-7 human breast cancer cells that were treated for one hour prior to X irradiation with the cyclic AMP-inducing agent 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine displayed a slight but significant increase in surviving fraction over untreated controls at each radiation dose level. This was accompanied by a
Addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP (cAMP) and agents (isoproterenol and epinephrine) that stimulate the activities of adenylate cyclase enhance the stimulation of mammary tumor virus (MTV) production two- to threefold by glucocorticoid in short-term primary cultures of mammary tumors. This cAMP
Using cultured Y-1 mouse adrenal tumor cells which produce 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20-DHP), it was found that 0.01 mM corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone increased basal and inhibited ACTH-induced 20-DHP production during consecutive 30 and 120 min incubations. Steroid effects were
Recently, we have demonstrated that trichosanthin (TCS), a promising agent for the treatment of cervical adenocarcinoma, inhibited HeLa cell proliferation through the PKC/MAPK/CREB signal pathway. Furthermore, TCS down-regulated Bcl-2 expression was abrogated by a decoy oligonucleotide (OGN) to the
Neoplastic mouse lung epithelial cells contain greatly diminished activity, protein, and mRNA for the type I isozyme of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA I), while expression of the type II isozyme (PKA II) is similar to that of normal lung cells. A time course of PKA mRNA content in
Somatostatin (SRIF) inhibits stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation and adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) release from mouse anterior pituitary tumor cells (AtT-20/D16-16). In order to determine whether guanine nucleotide inhibitory proteins (Ni) mediate these effects, AtT-20 cells were treated with pertussis
The responsiveness of anterior pituitary tumor (GH3) cells to promoters of prolactin secretion and/or synthesis and cyclic AMP accumulation was studied as a function of cellular Ca2+ content. GH3 cells exposed to media containing 1 mM ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic
The regulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) production by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), forskolin, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (cAMP) was examined at the cellular and molecular levels. The above three agents could suppress LPS (100 ng/ml)-stimulated TNF production by
Three well-characterized human breast cancer cell lines, MCF-7, T47D and Cama-1, have been grown in defined medium in the absence of serum. Under these conditions, the growth of these cells was inhibited by a variety of cyclic AMP elevating agents, including cholera toxin, monobutyryl cyclic AMP,
Genes regulated by cyclic AMP-response element-binding protein (CREB) have been reported to suppress apoptosis, induce cell proliferation, and mediate inflammation and tumor metastasis. However, it is not clear whether CREB is critically involved in lung carcinogenesis. We found that non-small cell