title: Differentiating effect of sodium butyrate on human hepatoma cell lines PLC/PRF/5, HCC-M and HCC-T.
abstract: The in vitro effect of sodium butyrate (SB) on human hepatoma cell lines PLC/PRF/5, HCC-M and HCC-T was investigated. SB was added at the non-toxic but cytostatic concentration of 1 mM. In all these cell lines, SB reduced cell proliferation and changed the morphology of the cells into a fibroblast-like shape. In PLC/PRF/5, alpha-fetoprotein production and c-myc expression were inhibited. In contrast, gene expression of albumin, one of the normal liver-cell products, and that of integrated hepatitis B virus genome, was increased. In HCC-M and HCC-T, c-myc expression, which was enhanced in the naive state, was reduced. In HCC-M, fos expression was inhibited but the expression of N- and K-ras genes did not change. SB seemed to induce normal or mature properties of hepatocytes in human hepatoma cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morizane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyaguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D009857:Oncogenes / Q000187:drug effects; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D020148:Butyric Acid; D003907:Dexamethasone