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ArticleBritish journal of cancer1996

Growth inhibition in clonal subpopulations of a human epithelioid sarcoma cell line by retinoic acid and tumour necrosis factor alpha.

R Engers, F van Roy, T Heymer, U Ramp, R Moll, M Dienst, U Friebe, A Pohl, H E Gabbert, C D Gerharz

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Article in British journal of cancer, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

R EngersInstitute of Pathology, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany.
F van Roy
T Heymer
U Ramp
R Moll
M Dienst
U Friebe
A Pohl
H E Gabbert
C D Gerharz
Ghent University · BEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelioid sarcoma is a highly malignant soft tissue tumour that is refractory to conventional chemotherapy and irradiation. Since permanent cell lines of this tumour are extremely rare, in vitro data on compounds with significant antiproliferative effects are still lacking. Therefore, we investigated the effects of retinoic acid (RA) and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) on tumour cell proliferation of three different clonal subpopulations (GRU-1A, GRU-1B, GRU-1C) derived from the same human epithelioid sarcoma cell line, GRU-1. In GRU-1A both RA (P=0.01) and TNF-alpha (P=0.002) exhibited highly significant and dose-dependent growth inhibitory effects, which could further be increased by a combined application of both compounds (P<0.006). GRU-1B proved to be sensitive to RA (P=0.006), whereas no response to TNF-alpha was observed. GRU-1C was resistant to both RA and TNF-alpha. The antiproliferative effect of TNF-alpha was mediated by TNF receptor 1(TNF-R1) and correlated positively with both the number of TNF-R1 per cell and receptor affinity. No correlation was detected between RA-induced growth inhibition and the expression pattern of the RA receptors (RARs) RAR-alpha, RAR-beta, and RAR-gamma. Plating efficiency, however, could exclusively be reduced by RA in GRU-1B, the only cell line expressing RAR-alpha. Taken together, these data are the first showing significant antiproliferative effects in human epithelioid sarcoma by RA and TNF-alpha. Whereas the TNF-alpha response seems to depend on the expression of TNF-R1, no simple correlation could be found between RA sensitivity and the expression pattern of RARs.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBase SequenceCell DivisionCell LineClone CellsDNA PrimersDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorGene ExpressionHumansMolecular Sequence DataReceptors, Retinoic AcidReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorRNA, MessengerSarcomaTretinoinAntineoplastic AgentsDNA PrimersReceptors, Retinoic AcidReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorRNA, MessengerTretinoinTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID8595164
PMCPMC2074459
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