title: Flow cytometric and biochemical analysis of dose-dependent effects of sodium butyrate on human endometrial adenocarcinoma cells.
abstract: Sodium butyrate (SB) treatment was previously shown to produce seven-fold increases in estrogen hormone receptor binding sites of human endometrial adenocarcinoma (IK) cells. Flow cytometric analysis and histone gel electrophoresis were used to examine cell cycle, cell metabolism, and nuclear histone fractions in IK cells treated with different concentrations of SB. SB-treated cells stained with fluorochromes specific for DNA, RNA, or general protein were analyzed by flow cytometry (FCM). Changes in accessibility to three DNA stains and gel electrophoresis were used to analyze rearrangements in chromatin structure. SB caused an accumulation of cells in the G1 phase and inhibited DNA synthesis, but not cellular levels of RNA and protein. Hoechst accessibility to A-T rich regions on DNA was dramatically increased after removal of SB. H1 histones were dephosphorylated and core histones were acetylated during SB-treatment. Information obtained in these studies may be useful for correlating cellular and biochemical events with SB-induced increases in nuclear steroid hormone binding sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obsterics and Gynecology, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Crissman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kagabu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nishiya
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Cram
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006657:Histones / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006657:Histones; D020148:Butyric Acid