Effects of extracellular adenosine triphosphate and adenosine on tumor cell proliferation / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

AIM To study the growth inhibition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine (ADO) on cultured tumor cells in vitro. METHODS MTT assays were used to determine the inhibition of proliferation of ATP and ADO on several tumor cell lines, including human squamous esophageal carcinoma cells TE-13, human stomach carcinoma cells HGC-27 and human erythroleukemia cells K562. The morphological changes of ATP and ADO on the cell lines were observed under light microscope. RESULTS ATP and ADO produced a certain inhibition effect on TE-13, HGC-27, K562 cells at different concentration between 0.01～1.0 mmol?L -1. The maxium inhibition fraction of TE-13, HGC-27, K562 cells exposed to ATP for 72 h was 80.52%, 58.67% and 45.07%, respectively; and to ADO for 72 h, was 74.03%, 52% and 30.99%, respectively. Under light microscope, the tumor cells exposed to higher concentration(1 mmol?L -1) of ATP and ADO displayed morphological changes of apoptosis. CONCLUSION These results suggested that ATP has a certain cytotoxic effect on several tumor cell lines, it might partly be related to ADO. Its mechanism might involve apoptosis.