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ArticleBritish journal of cancer1998

Nitrogen mustard up-regulates Bcl-2 and GSH and increases NTP and PCr in HT-29 colon cancer cells.

A W Boddie, A Constantinou, C Williams, A Reed

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Article in British journal of cancer, 1998. 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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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A W BoddieDepartment of Surgical Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA.
A Constantinou
C Williams
A Reed
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

TOPO-II PHOSPHORYLATION AND CELL DIFFERENTIATIONR29CA062184 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI CONSTANTINOU, ANDREAS I. · 1993 to 1997
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NCI NIH HHS CA62184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We hypothesized that unexplained increases in nucleoside triphosphates (NTP) observed by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) after treatment of tumours by DNA-damaging agents were related to chemotherapy-induced up-regulation of the bcl-2 gene and DNA damage prevention and repair processes. To test this hypothesis, we treated HT-29 cells with 10(-4) M nitrogen mustard (HN2) and performed sequential perchloric acid extractions in replicate over 0-18 h. By reference to an internal standard (methylene diphosphonic acid), absolute changes in 31P-detectable high-energy phosphates in these extracts were determined and correlated with changes in bcl-2 protein levels, cell viability, cell cycle, apoptosis and total cellular glutathione (GSH) (an important defence against DNA damage from alkylating agents). After HN2 administration, bcl-2 protein levels in the HT-29 cell line rose at 2 h. Cell viability declined to 25% within 18 h, but apoptosis measured using fluorescence techniques remained in the 1-4% range. Increased cell division was noted at 4 h. Two high-energy interconvertible phosphates, NTP (P < or = 0.006) and phosphocreatine (PCr) (P < or = 0.0002), increased at 2 h concurrently with increased levels of bcl-2 protein and glutathione. This study demonstrates that bcl-2 and glutathione are up-regulated by HN2 and links this to a previously unexplained 31P MRS phenomenon: increased NTP after chemotherapy.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAmmoniaAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingApoptosisCell CycleChromatography, High Pressure LiquidColonic NeoplasmsCytidine TriphosphateGenes, bcl-2GlutathioneGuanosine TriphosphateHT29 CellsHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMechlorethaminePhosphocreatineAdenosine TriphosphateAmmoniaAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingCytidine TriphosphateGlutathioneGuanosine TriphosphateMechlorethaminePhosphocreatinePurine NucleotidesUridine Triphosphate

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PMID9652754
PMCPMC2150204
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