title: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition reduces neuroblastoma cell growth rate.
abstract: Because of the known capacity of angiotensin II to serve as a growth factor in multiple tissues, we elected to study the effects of renin-angiotensin system inhibition on the growth of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Cells were treated with captopril (0.05-5 mg/ml), enalapril, or enalaprilat (0.02-5 mg/ml) or saralasin (0.1-0.25 mg/ml). In all cases, statistically significant reductions in cell growth were seen over 5 days of culture. In additional experiments, captopril and enalaprilat significantly decreased thymidine incorporation into DNA in these cells. The administration of angiotensin II in the presence of captopril partially offset these suppressive effects.
authors.affiliation: Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Re
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mondal
mesh_terms: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002216:Captopril / Q000494:pharmacology; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004656:Enalapril / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects; D012504:Saralasin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D007328:Insulin; D004656:Enalapril; D002216:Captopril; D012504:Saralasin