title: [Action of retinol on viable cell recovery and clonogenic potential of HTC cells after in vitro hyperthermia].
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate if the association of both hyperthermic and Retinol treatment of HTC hepatoma cells could be useful in antitumor therapy. Treatment with 5 microM Retinol was carried out before or after hyperthermia (42 degrees C or 44 degrees C, one hour; in the latter case it was performed in cells already thermo-selected. We took into consideration two parameters, i.e. the number of the collected vital cells (evaluated by the trypan blue-exclusion test) and the clonal efficiency of these cells (calculated as number of colonies obtained from 250 cells cultured for 5 days). Thermal treatment alone caused a decrease of the number of the collected vital cells and of their clonal efficiency only in the cell cultures incubated at 44 degrees C. Instead the control thermo-selected cells, both at 42 degrees C and at 44 degrees C, showed both decreased clonal efficiency and yield of the vital cells. Compared with the control cultures treated with 0.1% Ethanol, used as vitamin A solvent, only cell cultures treated with Retinol before hyperthermia showed a decreased number of collected viable cells, nevertheless their clonal efficiency was unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Generale, Università di Catania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Càllari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blandino
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saccone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Amico
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Billitteri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D014212:Tretinoin
vernacular_title: Azione del retinolo sul recupero di cellule vitali e sul potenziale clonogenico di cellule HTC ipertermizzate in vitro.