Effect of tyrphostins on programmed cell death in colon adenocarcinoma cell line LS-180

• Published in: Folia histochemica et cytobiologica Vol. 39 Suppl 2; p. 81
• Main Authors: Dudzisz-Sledź, M, Mizerski, G, Marzec, B, Korszeń-Pilecka, I, Rudzki, S, Wojcierowski, J, Mańdziuk, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Poland 2001
• Subjects: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology; Apoptosis - drug effects; Colonic Neoplasms; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; Cyclins - analysis; Cyclins - biosynthesis; Female; Humans; In Situ Nick-End Labeling; Middle Aged; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 - analysis; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 - biosynthesis; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc - analysis; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc - biosynthesis; Tumor Cells, Cultured - cytology; Tumor Cells, Cultured - drug effects; Tumor Cells, Cultured - metabolism; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - analysis; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - biosynthesis; Tyrphostins - pharmacology
• ISSN: 0239-8508

Programmed cell death is an important process in the regulation of cellular proliferation, rest, differentiation and death. It is a genetically controlled process with characteristic biochemical and morphological features. Apoptosis directly regulates tumorigenesis and its induction could be a useful method of cancer therapy. Cancer cells could be influenced by some factors which induce apoptosis. We investigated the influence of tyrphostins, that specifically inhibits protein tyrosine kinases and stops the cell cycle in apoptosis of the colon adenocarcinoma cell line LS180. We used them at the concentration of 1-10 microM for 24 and 48 hours. We detected apoptosis using techniques that monitor either biochemical and morphological features of this process, such as staining with 7-amino-actinomycin D, staining with Grünwald-Giemsa, TUNEL reaction, in situ hybridization and with immunoperoxidase staining procedures. We examined the expression of genes and proteins connected with programmed cell death (p53, c-myc, p21, bcl-2). We estimated the results by cytophotometry and documented them by colour photography. We found that tyrphostin rapidly inhibits the cell cycle, particularly at the concentration of 5 microM. The expression of genes and proteins was strongly correlated with the increased apoptotic cell death conforming to the results of TUNEL and staining methods.