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1.
IET Syst Biol ; 5(2): 137-44, 2011 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21405202

ABSTRACT

Despite myriads of possible gene expression profiles, cells tend to be found in a confined number of expression patterns. The dynamics of Boolean models of gene regulatory networks has proven to be a likely candidate for the description of such self-organisation phenomena. Because cells do not live in isolation, but they constantly shape their functions to adapt to signals from other cells, this raises the question of whether the cooperation among cells entails an expansion or a reduction of their possible steady states. Multi random Boolean networks are introduced here as a model for interaction among cells that might be suitable for the investigation of some generic properties regarding the influence of communication on the diversity of cell behaviours. In spite of its simplicity, the model exhibits a non-obvious phenomenon according to which a moderate exchange of products among adjacent cells fosters the variety of their possible behaviours, which on the other hand are more similar to one another. On the contrary, a more invasive coupling would lead cells towards homogeneity.


Subject(s)
Cell Communication/physiology , Models, Biological , Models, Statistical , Systems Biology , Algorithms , Gene Regulatory Networks , Signal Transduction
2.
J Comput Biol ; 18(4): 559-77, 2011 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21417939

ABSTRACT

The response to different kinds of perturbations of a discrete model of gene regulatory network, which is a generalization of the random Boolean network (RBN) model, is discussed. The model includes memory effects, and the analysis pays particular attention to the influence on the system stability of a parameter (i.e., the decay time of the gene products) that determines the duration of the memory effects. It is shown that this parameter deeply affects the overall behavior of the system, with special regard to the dynamical regimes and the sensitivity. Furthermore, a noteworthy divergence in the response of systems characterized by different memory lengths in the presence of either temporary or permanent damages is highlighted, as is the substantial difference, with respect to classical RBNs, between the specific dynamical regime and the landscape of the attractors.


Subject(s)
Gene Regulatory Networks , Models, Genetic , Animals , Computer Simulation , Humans
3.
J Theor Biol ; 265(2): 185-93, 2010 Jul 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20399217

ABSTRACT

The asymptotic dynamics of random Boolean networks subject to random fluctuations is investigated. Under the influence of noise, the system can escape from the attractors of the deterministic model, and a thorough study of these transitions is presented. We show that the dynamics is more properly described by sets of attractors rather than single ones. We generalize here a previous notion of ergodic sets, and we show that the Threshold Ergodic Sets so defined are robust with respect to noise and, at the same time, that they do not suffer from a major drawback of ergodic sets. The system jumps from one attractor to another of the same Threshold Ergodic Set under the influence of noise, never leaving it. By interpreting random Boolean networks as models of genetic regulatory networks, we also propose to associate cell types to Threshold Ergodic Sets rather than to deterministic attractors or to ergodic sets, as it had been previously suggested. We also propose to associate cell differentiation to the process whereby a Threshold Ergodic Set composed by several attractors gives rise to another one composed by a smaller number of attractors. We show that this approach accounts for several interesting experimental facts about cell differentiation, including the possibility to obtain an induced pluripotent stem cell from a fully differentiated one by overexpressing some of its genes.


Subject(s)
Cell Differentiation , Cells , Models, Biological
5.
Anticancer Res ; 20(5A): 3059-66, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11062723

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Understanding the molecular basis of the metastatic spread of cancer and the underlying mechanisms is crucial for the development and appropriate clinical use of novel therapeutic agents directed at prevention of metastasis. Retinoids have been reported to inhibit cell proliferation, modulate cell differentiation, enhance apoptosis and to prevent the conversion of in situ cancer to locally invasive malignancy by suppressing the invasive process as well as by inhibiting angiogenesis. Fenretinide (4-HPR), a synthetic derivative of retinoic acid, is less toxic than natural retinoids and is active in the prevention and treatment of a variety of tumours in animal models. Its efficacy in cancer chemoprevention and therapy has been investigated in clinical trials. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to evaluate the effects of 4-HPR on the late stages of tumour progression, chemically transformed BALB/c 3T3 cells, showing a fully malignant phenotype, were exposed to 4-HPR (0.25-10 microM; 72 hours pre-treatment) and then analysed for in vitro invasive ability. The possible mechanisms of action responsible for the anti-invasive activity of 4-HPR were investigated, analysing cellular adhesion, motility, and proteolytic capability. RESULTS: Data showed that 4-HPR significantly inhibited the invasive phenotype of chemically transformed cells; the reduction in Matrigel invasion was dose-dependent and seemed not to be related to cytotoxic effects or reduction in cell proliferation rates induced by 4-HPR assayed doses. The 4-HPR-induced decrease in chemotactic motility of transformed cells correlated well with the invasion inhibition. 4-HPR, at active concentrations, differently affected cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix, depending on the coating substrate used (laminin, collagen IV, fibronectin and vitronectin). 4-HPR treatment significantly enhanced cell adhesion to laminin, while reducing cell-vitronectin attachment. It did not modify the attachment of the cells to fibronectin and collagen IV. Zymographic analysis failed to demonstrate 4-HPR involvement in the modulation of the activity and expression of gelatine degrading enzymes. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that 4-HPR inhibits tumour cell invasion through a basement-like matrix, by suppressing chemotactic motility and by altering cell-matrix interactions.


Subject(s)
Anticarcinogenic Agents/pharmacology , Extracellular Matrix/drug effects , Fenretinide/pharmacology , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Anticarcinogenic Agents/metabolism , Biocompatible Materials , Cell Division/drug effects , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Chemotaxis/drug effects , Chemotaxis/physiology , Collagen , Drug Combinations , Fenretinide/metabolism , Gelatinases/metabolism , Laminin , Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/metabolism , Mice , Proteoglycans
6.
Anticancer Res ; 19(1A): 589-96, 1999.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10226603

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Several natural products have been found to exhibit a chemopreventive activity both in in vivo and in vitro experimental systems. Among them, protease inhibitors seem to play a key role in the regulation of growth and phenotypic expression of transformed cells as well as in the regulation of the late events of carcinogenesis. We evaluated the effect of antipain (AP), a natural protease inhibitor, on chemically induced BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation, on invasion and chemotactic motility of transformed cells and on their gelatinase expression. METHODS: BALB/c 3T3 cells were plated and exposed to 2.5 micrograms/ml 3-MCA or 50 micrograms/ml, 1,2-DBE. The effect of a non-cytotoxic dosage of AP (10 microM) was studied by: a) pretreating cells with AP for 48 hours before the carcinogen exposure; b) adding AP simultaneously to the carcinogen treatment; c) chronic addition of AP at each medium change throughout the experimental duration. The effectiveness of the treatment was analysed as the ability to reduce or inhibit the occurrence of transformed foci. Modulation of the invasive phenotype by anti-transforming dosages of AP was evaluated by in vitro Matrigel invasion assay. Gelatin zymography was performed in order to assess AP regulation of proteolytic enzymes, such as metalloproteases, involved in invasion and metastasis. RESULTS: AP treatment can reduce the transformation rate both in 3-MCA- and 1,2-DBE-initiated cells. Its effectiveness depends on the administration schedule, and chronic addition seems to be the most effective treatment. The concentration of AP, which is effective in the antitransformation assay, is not able to significantly affect the migration and invasion of chemically transformed cells or their gelatinase activity. CONCLUSIONS: AP can suppress chemically induced BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation through mechanisms which do not involve modulation of the invasive phenotype.


Subject(s)
Anticarcinogenic Agents/pharmacology , Antipain/pharmacology , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/drug effects , Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Mice
7.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital ; 19(6): 348-51, 1999 Dec.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10875158

ABSTRACT

Angiolipoma is a histological variation of lipoma. It occurs in 17% of the cases of lipoma and the cervico-facial localization is quite rate. Indeed, in the literature 17 cases of angiolipoma have been presented in the head and neck region and none in the oropharygeal area. The present work reports a case of pedunculate angiolipoma in a 44-year-old male: the red-violaceous growth resting on the upper surface of the tongue--was 13 cm long and 1 cm in diameter. The implantation base corresponded to the left posterior-lateral wall of the oropharnyx, 1 cm below the lower tonsilar pole. A serreneoud loop was used to remove the angiolipoma in direct view, the patients mouth held open with an autostatic gag. Histologically it was a non infiltrating variant for which simple removal is curative and recurrences are rare. Viceversa, removal of the infiltrating type requires expanding there section edges to include surrounding tissues in an attempt to preventre currences which are quite frequent (occurring in approximately 50% of the cases).


Subject(s)
Angiolipoma/surgery , Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Oropharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Adult , Angiolipoma/pathology , Humans , Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms/pathology , Male , Oropharyngeal Neoplasms/pathology , Treatment Outcome
8.
Cancer Lett ; 106(2): 147-53, 1996 Sep 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8844966

ABSTRACT

Cytotoxic and cell transforming activity of the organophosphate insecticide acephate have been studied in an in vitro experimental model which foresees the exposure of BALB/c 3T3 cells to the chemical. The assay was performed in the presence or absence of metabolic activation system derived from phenobarbital and beta-naphthoflavone induced rats (S9-mix). Cytotoxicity of acephate was unaffected by the presence of the metabolizing fraction. Cell-transforming potential, evidenced through the induction of transformation foci, was observed at all tested doses (i.e. 100, 200 and 400 micrograms/ml) with or without exogenous bioactivation. This activity was related with cell proliferation since it was particularly evident in a level-II cell-transformation assay when the cells were allowed to perform active proliferative activity. These findings, obtained in a medium-term (6-8 weeks) test, may contribute to a better understanding of the action of acephate in the multistep carcinogenesis, proving more information on the oncogenic risk to humans.


Subject(s)
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Insecticides/toxicity , Organothiophosphorus Compounds/toxicity , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Mice , Phosphoramides , Rats
9.
Cancer Res ; 56(10): 2434-9, 1996 May 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8625324

ABSTRACT

In osteosarcoma, resistance to chemotherapy and metastatic spread are the most important mechanisms responsible for the failure of current multimodal therapeutic programs. We have shown previously that overexpression of the MDR1 gene product P-glycoprotein is the most important predictor of an adverse clinical course in patients with osteosarcoma. treated with chemotherapy. In this study, we analyzed the relationship between P-glycoprotein expression and local aggressiveness and systemic dissemination of multidrug-resistant (MDR) human osteosarcoma cells. Compared to parental sensitive cells, MDR cells showed a decreased tumorigenicity,and metastatic ability in athymic mice, together with a reduced migratory and invasive ability and a lower homotypic adhesion ability in vitro, suggesting that P-glycoprotein overexpression is associated with a less malignant phenotype. These experimental observations were confirmed by clinical data. In fact, the time of appearance of lung metastases in a series of osteosarcoma patients treated with chemotherapy was significantly shorter in the group of cases with no expression of P-glycoprotein in the primary lesion compared to the group with P-glycoprotein overexpression. Moreover, the incidence of P-glycoprotein overexpression was found to be higher among patients with localized disease at the clinical onset than in patients with evidence of metastasis at the time of diagnosis. These data indicate that, in osteosarcoma, the MDR phenotype is not associated with a more aggressive behavior both in vitro and in clinical settings, suggesting that the previously shown association of the MDR phenotype with a worse outcome in osteosarcoma is not related to a higher metastatic ability of cells with P-glycoprotein overexpression but is more likely due to their lack of responsiveness to cytotoxic drugs.


Subject(s)
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/physiology , Bone Neoplasms/pathology , Drug Resistance, Multiple/genetics , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics , Neoplasm Proteins/physiology , Osteosarcoma/pathology , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/biosynthesis , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics , Animals , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Bone Neoplasms/drug therapy , Bone Neoplasms/genetics , Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis , Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics , Disease Progression , Female , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic , Humans , Integrins/biosynthesis , Integrins/genetics , Lung Neoplasms/secondary , Mice , Mice, Nude , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Neoplasm Metastasis , Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis , Neoplasm Proteins/genetics , Neoplasm Transplantation , Osteosarcoma/drug therapy , Osteosarcoma/genetics , Osteosarcoma/secondary
10.
Carcinogenesis ; 17(2): 225-31, 1996 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8625443

ABSTRACT

Two of the most representative halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons, 1,2-dibromoethane and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, were tested in the two-stage cell transformation model for analysing the promoting ability. Both of these compounds had previously been found to exert genotoxic effects, probably acting as moderate initiators. BALB/c 3T3 cells were initiated with subtransforming doses of N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine or 3-methylcholanthrene and then exposed to a chronic treatment with different non-transforming dosages of the two haloalkanes. 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane did not exert any promoting activity in that system. By contrast, significant promoting effects by 1,2-dibromoethane were observed both in cells treated with N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and in cells treated with 3-methylcholanthrene. Promotion of the transformation process initiated with 3-methylcholanthrene was detectable when confluent cells in the chemical-treated plates were replated in the level-II amplification test. This experimental procedure allowed cells to perform further rounds of replications and transformed foci to became detectable. Results gave evidence for a promoting role of 1,2-dibromoethane in multistep carcinogenesis, probably responsible for the higher oncogenic ability of this compound with respect to 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane.


Subject(s)
3T3 Cells/drug effects , Carcinogens/toxicity , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/chemically induced , Ethane/analogs & derivatives , Ethylene Dibromide/toxicity , Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/toxicity , 3T3 Cells/pathology , Animals , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Ethane/toxicity , Methylnitronitrosoguanidine , Mice , Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
11.
Jpn J Cancer Res ; 86(10): 941-7, 1995 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7493913

ABSTRACT

Cytotoxic and cell-transforming activities of the three fungicides, captan, captafol and folpet, have been studied in an experimental in vitro model by exposing BALB/c 3T3 cells to the chemicals with or without S-9 mix-induced bioactivation. Cytotoxicity of the three compounds was reduced in the presence of the metabolizing system. Each assayed pesticide displayed cell-transforming ability in the presence of the metabolizing system. The relative efficiency was: captafol > captan > folpet. Cell transformation was considered to be due to carcinogenesis-promoting activity. These data, obtained in a medium-term (6-8 weeks) experimental model, contribute to a better understanding of the action of the three pesticides in the multistep carcinogenesis process and provide more information concerning the oncogenic risk of these xenobiotic compounds for humans.


Subject(s)
Captan/analogs & derivatives , Captan/pharmacology , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/drug effects , Fungicides, Industrial/pharmacology , Phthalimides/pharmacology , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Biotransformation , Cell Survival/drug effects , Cyclohexenes , Mice , Microsomes, Liver/metabolism
12.
Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol ; 89(3): 329-39, 1995 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8680801

ABSTRACT

Further information was gathered on the possible carcinogenic hazard associated to the exposure to the insecticide lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane). The parameters studied were the cytotoxic and cell transforming activities of the pesticide on BALB/c 3T3 cells in an in vitro experimental model system in the absence or in the presence of rat liver S-9 mix-induced metabolic activation of the chemical. Lindane did not exert cytotoxic effects at all the tested doses (ranging from 10 micrograms/ml to 200 micrograms/ml) in the absence of bioactivation. However, dose-related cytotoxic effects were observed in the presence of the metabolizing system. Furthermore, lindane showed statistically significant and dose-dependent cell transformation activity at all the tested doses (10 micrograms/ml, 50 micrograms/ml and 100 micrograms/ml ) either in the absence or in the presence of bioactivation. This activity was related with cell proliferation since it was exerted in a level-II transformation test by replating cells and allowing the amplification of the cell transforming effects of the chemical. The formation of radicals and of reactive oxygen species, resulting from the chemical metabolism, could account for lindane activity as carcinogenesis promoting agent, although contemporary genotoxic effects induced by the pesticide could not be excluded.


Subject(s)
Carcinogens, Environmental , Hexachlorocyclohexane/toxicity , Insecticides/toxicity , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Cell Count , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Models, Biological , Rats
13.
J Toxicol Environ Health ; 45(4): 481-8, 1995 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7643434

ABSTRACT

The promoting activity of benzene on rat liver carcinogenesis was investigated. The chemical was tested for its ability to enhance the growth of preneoplastic foci, as detected by gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) staining in diethylnitrosamine (DENA) initiated hepatocytes. Two weeks after receiving a single ip dose of 200 mg/kg DENA, F344 rats were given daily oral doses of 400 mg/kg benzene (5 d/wk) for 6 wk. At wk 3 after the experiment began, all animals underwent partial hepatectomy, and at wk 8 were sacrificed. Following benzene treatment, no variation in the liver/body weight ratio was observed. After scoring of foci in liver slides, no significant difference in foci number and area could be observed between rats treated with DENA plus benzene and rats treated with DENA alone. Practically no foci were observed in the liver of rats treated only with benzene. The lack of benzene promoting activity in the liver model is discussed.


Subject(s)
Benzene/pharmacology , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced , Precancerous Conditions/chemically induced , Animals , Diethylnitrosamine , Disease Models, Animal , Drug Interactions , Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , Male , Precancerous Conditions/pathology , Rats , Rats, Inbred F344
14.
Jpn J Cancer Res ; 86(2): 168-73, 1995 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7730140

ABSTRACT

The two-stage transformation assay increases the sensitivity of cells to chemicals and permits detection of carcinogens acting as initiating agents. 1,2-Dibromoethane, a representative halogenated aliphatic, has been tested in the two-stage BALB/c 3T3 cells transformation test at dosage from 16 microM to 128 microM. This dose range is much lower than those previously found efficient in transforming BALB/c 3T3 cells. Apart from the lowest dose, which induced borderline effects, all the other assayed dosages appeared to induce heritable changes in the target cells. The initiated cells were revealed as fully transformed foci both in the combination with a chronic promoting treatment and also by allowing cells to perform more rounds of cell replication. The results clearly show that 1,2-dibromoethane can act as an initiator of cell transformation.


Subject(s)
Carcinogens/pharmacology , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/chemically induced , Ethylene Dibromide/pharmacology , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Cell Line, Transformed , Cell Survival/drug effects , Colony-Forming Units Assay , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C
15.
Teratog Carcinog Mutagen ; 15(2): 73-80, 1995.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8525470

ABSTRACT

The cytotoxic effects and the transforming properties of two fungicides, metalaxyl and zineb, whose mutagenic or carcinogenic activity has not been clarified yet, were analyzed in the in vitro BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation test both in the presence and in the absence of an exogenous metabolizing system. Zineb was completely detoxified when the exogenous metabolizing system was added to the target cells to increase their inherent metabolic capacity. Metalaxyl induced cell transformation at any assayed dosage, i.e., 500, 250, and 50 micrograms/ml, in the presence of bioactivation, and at the highest dosage (500 micrograms/ml) in the absence of bioactivation. The transforming effect was detectable only in the level-II transformation cultures and it was likely linked to the induction of additional cell proliferation which allowed obtaining the transformation amplification in these experimental conditions.


Subject(s)
Alanine/analogs & derivatives , Carcinogens/toxicity , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Fungicides, Industrial/toxicity , Zineb/toxicity , 3T3 Cells , Alanine/toxicity , Animals , Benzo(a)pyrene/toxicity , Biotransformation , Cell Survival/drug effects , Methylnitronitrosoguanidine/toxicity , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Microsomes, Liver/metabolism
17.
Mutat Res ; 321(4): 219-28, 1994 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7515160

ABSTRACT

Cyanazine, cyhexatin, dicamba and DNOC are pesticides commonly and broadly used in agriculture pest control. However, there is little information on their toxicity and mutagenicity in human cells and in whole animals. Therefore, UDS assay and SCE assay in human peripheral lymphocytes, and chromosome aberration analysis in bone marrow of rats have been used to assess the DNA-damaging activity of the above pesticides. Cyanazine proved non-genotoxic in all the test systems. Cyhexatin showed only weakly positive results for SCE induction in human lymphocytes, providing no concern for genotoxicological hazard. While dicamba did not show clastogenic effects in rodents, DNOC gave significant dose-related increases of structural chromosome aberrations in rat bone marrow cells. Female animals showed increased sensitivity to the toxic effects by DNOC at the highest dose. The results provide further information on the intrinsic genotoxic activity of the tested pesticides, which may contribute to the toxicological assessment of the risk associated with human exposure.


Subject(s)
Mutagenicity Tests/methods , Mutagens/toxicity , Pesticides/toxicity , Animals , Bone Marrow/drug effects , Chromosome Aberrations , Dicamba/toxicity , Dinitrocresols/toxicity , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Herbicides/toxicity , Humans , Insecticides/toxicity , Lymphocytes/drug effects , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Salmonella typhimurium/drug effects , Salmonella typhimurium/genetics , Trialkyltin Compounds/toxicity , Triazines/toxicity
18.
Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol ; 80(3): 345-56, 1993 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8351414

ABSTRACT

The pesticide fenarimol is capable of transforming BALB/c 3T3 cells in an in vitro model system, and its action resembles a carcinogenic process in vivo. In the absence of metabolic activation, transformed foci are already visible in the standard experimental procedure. The addition of the S9 fraction as an exogenous metabolic system leads to a decrement of cytotoxic effects and the reduction of the transformation rate. The transformed phenotype, however, becomes visible when confluent cells are replated and allowed further cell replication. Transformation effects by fenarimol may be due to both a weak genotoxic activity and/or stronger promoting activity.


Subject(s)
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/chemically induced , Fungicides, Industrial/toxicity , Pyrimidines/toxicity , Animals , Cell Count/drug effects , Cells, Cultured , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C
19.
Invasion Metastasis ; 13(5): 234-43, 1993.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7960576

ABSTRACT

1,2-Dibromoethane (DBE), which can act as initiating agent, is capable of inducing a malignant phenotype in BALB/c 3T3 cells. Cells transformed with a single noncytotoxic dose formed more progressive tumors in vivo. Almost all animals (95%) receiving the inoculum of two different transformed clones developed tumors within 1 month. In the control group only 55% of the animals developed tumors after 4 months. Treatment with DBE also increased the chemotactic properties of target cells, which also acquired ability to penetrate and colonize a reconstituted basal membrane (matrigel). These data suggest that DBE could play a key role in tumor progression.


Subject(s)
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Chemotaxis/drug effects , Ethylene Dibromide/pharmacology , Neoplasm Invasiveness/pathology , Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology , 3T3 Cells , Animals , Cell Division/drug effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Kinetics , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Nude , Neoplasms, Experimental/chemically induced , Phenotype , Time Factors
20.
Environ Mol Mutagen ; 21(1): 81-6, 1993.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8419158

ABSTRACT

Cytotoxic and cell transforming activities of the pesticides cyanazine, diflubenzuron, dithianon, procymidone, and vinclozolin were investigated in vitro by utilizing the BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation test performed in the presence or in the absence of S-9 mix as an exogenous bioactivation system for the chemicals. All the assayed pesticides were cytotoxic in the absence of S-9 mix, whereas only dithianon exerted cytotoxic effects in the presence of metabolic activation. All the chemicals tested did induce BALB/c 3T3 cell transformation, to a various extent, in the absence of S-9 mix. Cell transforming ability of cyanazine and diflubenzuron was not detectable in the presence of S-9.


Subject(s)
Carcinogens/toxicity , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic , Diflubenzuron/toxicity , Fungicides, Industrial/toxicity , Triazines/toxicity , 3T3 Cells/drug effects , Animals , Anthraquinones/toxicity , Bridged Bicyclo Compounds/toxicity , Carcinogenicity Tests , Cell Survival/drug effects , Liver Extracts/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Microsomes, Liver/enzymology , Oxazoles/toxicity , Transformation, Genetic
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