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Effect of harringtonine on apoptotic cell death and cell cycle progression in human leukemia HL60 cells

  • Y. Liu -p.
  • , T. Ueda
  • , A. Yoshida
  • , H. Iwasaki
  • , T. Nakamura

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Abstract

The mechanism of cell killing induced by haningtonine (HT) was investigated in HL60 cells by metabolic labeling studies, light and transmission electron microscopy, agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA and flow cytometry. At concentrations higher than 0.02 μM HT showed significant inhibition on cell growth and protein and DNA synthesis. Following exposure to HT, typical apoptotic cell death was observed from 1.5 to 4 h and it increased in both dose- and time-dependent fashion. This process was prevented by an intracellular calcium ion chelator. In addition, at 0.04 μM of HT the nonapoptotic cells delayed the progression of cell cycle through S and G2 phase and finally arrested in G1 phase. These results are important to understand the mechanism of action of HT and to improve the effect of HT in cancer chemotherapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1509-1515
Number of pages7
JournalANTICANCER RESEARCH
Volume14
Issue number4 A
StatePublished - 1994

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Keywords

  • Apoptosis
  • Calcium ion
  • Cell cycle
  • Flow cytometry
  • Harringtonine
  • Morphology

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