Effect of sodium butyrate on synthesis of specific proteins by human breast-carcinoma cells.
Effect of sodium butyrate on synthesis of specific proteins by human breast-carcinoma cells.
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.1980.287
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发表时间:
1980-10
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Howell, A
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作者:
Grieve, R J;Woods, K L;Mann, P R;Smith, S C;Wilson, G D;Howell, A
SODIUM BUTYRATE has been observed to reduce growth rate, alter synthesis of specific proteins and induce biochemical and morphological differentiation, in a variety of cultured tumour-cell lines (Prasad & Sinha, 1976). Its effects on cell lines of human origin include:(1) induction of erythroid differentiation in leukaemia cells (Andersson et al., 1979);(2) induction of neurite formation in neuro-blastoma cells (Prasad & Kumar, 1974);(3) stimulation of synthesis ofthe glyco-protein hormones FSH and hCG, and of their common a-subunit by HeLa cells (derived from cervical carcinoma)(Ghosh & Cox, 1976, 1977; Lieblich et al., 1977); and (4) stimulation of synthesis of o-subunit by a bronchial-carcinoma line (Chou et al., 1977). We report here that sodium butyrate has marked effects on protein synthesis in human breast-carcinoma cells. These actions are not limited to induction of differentiation. Production of o-subunit is normally confined to placental tissue and to certain endocrine cells. However, inappropriate synthesis of glycoprotein hormonesand their subunits has been noted in a variety of tumour types (Rosen et al., 1975). In order to clarify the actions of butyrate we have studied its effects on the MCF7 human breast-carcinoma line, with regard to synthesis of (a) the milk protein lactal-