title: Cell killing and kinetic effects of diglycolaldehyde on dividing and nondividing mammalian cells in vitro.
abstract: The effects of the anticancer drug diglycolaldehyde (NSC-118994) were studied on Chinese hamster ovary cells growing in vitro. Dividing cells, specifically those in S-phase, were more sensitive to the drug than were nondividing cells, although a large fraction of nondividing cells was also killed by doses up to 800 microgram/ml. Dose-dependent effects on cell progression kinetics were observed in all phases of the cell cycle except in mitosis, during which treated cells progressed at control rates into G1-phase. The inhibition of cell progression from G1- into S-phase (most sensitive phase of the cell cycle) put self-limiting restrictions on the cell killing effects of the drug.
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007288:Inosine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007288:Inosine