[Modification of the cellular cytoskeleton and hepatic tumor promotion].
Non transformed epithelial hepatic cells (established cell line and adult rat hepatocytes) treated by liver tumor promoters, phenobarbital and biliverdin, for 24 and 48 h showed a fragmentation and loss of F-actin and a depolymerisation of microtubules. This pattern closely resembles that of transformed cells which were not susceptible to the action of promoters. In liver preneoplastic nodules obtained from rats submitted to an initiation-promotion process, actin almost completely disappeared with the concomitant appearance of a characteristic enzymatic pattern rich in GGT and GST-P. Therefore, cytoskeleton of hepatic cells is a target for tumor promoters and could play a role in promotion mechanism.
Laboratoire de toxicologie cellulaire, Institut de recherches scientifiques sur le cancer, Villejuif, France.
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D000818:Animals; D001664:Biliverdine / Q000633:toxicity; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
D002273:Carcinogens; D001664:Biliverdine; D010634:Phenobarbital
Altérations du cytosquelette cellulaire et promotion tumorale hépatique.