title: Potentiation of bleomycin cytotoxicity in cultured mammalian cells by polyacrylic acid. III. Induction of DNA strand breakage and suppression of cellular heat production.
abstract: The 2E cytotoxicity of bleomycin toward cultured mammalian cells was synergistically enhanced by vortex-stirring in the presence of a low dose of high molecular weight polyacrylic acid. Cellular DNA isolated immediately after the above treatment suffered from severe single strand breaks. Heat production of the treated cells also decreased sharply immediately after the treatment, indicating that some functional disorder was probably induced on the cell membrane leading to cell death, possibly resulting from enhanced DNA strand breaks.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamae
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007939:Leukemia L1210; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D001761:Bleomycin; C006903:carbopol 940