title: [Effect of sodium butyrate on chromosome number and DNA content of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line].
abstract: After treatment with n-sodium butyrate for 7 days, the inhibition of growth rate of human gastric adenocarcinoma cell (MGc 80-3) in culture reaches 50.7%. About 90% of the cancer cells treated with the drug undergo obvious differentiation, and their ultrastructure is also changed. Moreover, the cancer cells which have hyperdiploid chromosomes increase from 78% to 96%; on the contrary, the percentage of hypertriploid cells decreases from 6% to 2%, while that of hypertetraploid cells diminishes from 14% to 2%. By using the combination of 3H-TdR autoradiography and Feulgen cytophotometry to measure the cellular DNA content of unlabelled cells (G1), it is shown that the DNA amount in the experimental group is lower than that in the control group. Furthermore, the DNA content of undifferentiated cells in the unlabelled cells (G1) of the experimental group is hyperhexaploid in amount (D1 = 3.76 and 3.56), and about 90% undifferentiated cells have a DNA value of over 6 C. On the other hand, the differentiated cells in the unlabelled cells on the above same slide have near-tetraploid DNA values (D1 = 2.03 and 1.99), and a DNA content below 4 C is found in about 60% differentiated cells. The difference in DNA amount between these two categories of cells is statistically significant. The results mentioned above suggest that although the amount of genetic material in the morphologically differentiated cells has markedly decreased, these cells still do not represent normal diploid cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou.
authors.forename: Q S
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D000782:Aneuploidy; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000187:drug effects*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D020148:Butyric Acid