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Induction of the Expression of Differentiation-Related Antigens on Human Colon Carcinoma Cells by Stimulating Protein Kinase C
Paul L. Baron, MD;
MichaelJ. Koretz, MD;
Richard A. Carchman, PhD;
James M. Collins, PhD;
Anthony S. Tokarz, MS;
George A. Parker, MD
Arch Surg. 1990;125(3):344-350.
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• This study was undertaken to determine whether the phorbol diester, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), causes differentiation of the human colon carcinoma cell line, SW 48. Under routine growth conditions, the cells are round, have a high nuclear-to-cytoplasmic ratio, and lack cytoplasmic vacuoles. After treatment for 1 hour with 100 nmol/L of PMA at 37°C, the cells assumed a spread-out, flasklike shape, displayed a low nuclearto-cytoplasmic ratio, and exhibited cytoplasmic vacuoles. An inert but iipophilic phorbol diester, 4 phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, failed to induce these morphological changes. Cell kinetic studies showed that whereas SW 48 cells have a doubling time of 35 hours, those incubated with 100 nmol/L of PMA have a doubling time of 90 hours. Although the flow cytometry histograms were similar until 8 hours into the cell cycle, the PMA-treated cells ultimately spent proportionately less time in S and more in G2/M. Finally, under routine growth conditions, SW 48 cells express neither carcinoembryonic antigen nor G7 antigen. These antigens, which are present on the surface of well-differentiated cells, were expressed after treatment of SW 48 with PMA. The data suggest that PMA causes profound changes in structure, cell growth kinetics, and antigen expression, consistent with induction of differentiation of the cell line SW 48.
(Arch Surg. 1990;125:344-350)
Author Affiliations
From the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery (Drs Baron, Koretz, and Parker, and Mr Tokarz), the Department of Pharmacology (Dr Carchman), the Department of Biochemistry (Dr Collins), and the Massey Cancer Center, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 17, 1989.
Read before the annual meeting of the Society of Surgical Oncology, San Francisco, Calif, May 23, 1989.
Reprint requests to Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Box 11, MCV Station, Richmond, VA 23298 (Dr Parker).
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