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ArticleCancer science2005

N-acetyl-cysteine enhances growth in BCR-ABL-transformed cells.

QiGuo Zhang, Fujiko Tsukahara, Yoshiro Maru

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Article in Cancer science, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

QiGuo ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
Fujiko Tsukahara
Yoshiro Maru
Tokyo Women's Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) has been reported to have anticancer properties such as counteractions against mutagens and prevention of tumor progression by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, here we report that NAC can enhance the anchorage-independent growth of cells transformed by activated ABL tyrosine kinases or Ras. This effect was not dependent on loss of focal adhesion kinase activation. NAC rescued cell growth that was suppressed by heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 inhibitors possibly by chemical modification of their quinone moiety. NAC rendered Rat1/BCR-ABL cells resistance to a Ras inhibitor manumycin in soft agar colony formation. In the absence of Hsp90 inhibitors, NAC stimulated the activation of MAP kinase in BCR-ABL-transformed but not in the parental Rat1 cells. We propose that NAC should be used carefully in cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Genes, ablAcetylcysteineAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell Line, TransformedCell Transformation, NeoplasticFocal Adhesion Kinase 1Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesGenes, rasHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsMaleMiceNeoplasms, ExperimentalNeoplasm TransplantationOncogene Proteins v-ablProtein-Tyrosine KinasesAcetylcysteineFocal Adhesion Kinase 1Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine KinasesHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsOncogene Proteins v-ablProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPtk2 protein, mousePtk2 protein, rat

Identifiers

PMID15819723
PMCPMC11158454
OpenAlexW1988450090

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