Proliferation kinetics of MCF-7 cell cultures.II.Synchronization and cell recruitment induced by hormones

N. Olea
M. Villalobos
J. Thomas
J.D. López-González
J.M. de Almodovar
V. Pedraza
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Abstract

The culture of MCF-7 cells in well known experimental conditions and the analysis of the cellular uptake of 3HTdR under the influence of estrogens (17-beta-E2) and antiestrogens (OH-TAM) at precise concentration levels (10(-06)/10(-09) M) have made possible the study of the growing kinetic process of the cellular cultured population and the determination of the action of such hormonal preparations on the same process.The main findings are as follows: the growing rate of the cultured cells appears to slow down in presence of OH-TAM; the reason for this slowing growth seems to be the "blockade" of the cultured cells in the last part of G1 phase, a phenomenon that has proved to be dose-dependent; by the stimulating effect of the 17-beta-E2, the MCF-7 cells, synchronized in G1, progress simultaneously in their vital cycle during, at least, three divisory cycles; and this "recruitment" effect seems to be characteristic of the estrogen since the synchronization process fades or disappears when the 17-beta-E2 is absent from the culture medium.

Keywords:
Cell Division/drug effects, Cell Line, DNA/metabolism, Estradiol/pharmacology, Estrogen Antagonists/pharmacology, Humans, Tamoxifen/analogs and derivatives/pharmacology, Thymidine

Authors

N. Olea
M. Villalobos
J. Thomas
J.D. López-González
J.M. de Almodovar
V. Pedraza


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