title: [The biological effect of sodium butyrate (NaBT) on SGC-7901 cells].
abstract: Changes of (Na+-K+)-ATPase activity, cAMP and fibronectin (FN) content and cell surface microvilli were studied cytochemically, immunocytochemically and scanning electron microscopically on human stomach Glandular carcinoma (SGC-7901) cells treated with NaBT(2.5 mM). It was found that NaBT not only inhibited cell growth but also remarkably decreased the activity of cell surface (Na+-K+)-ATPase of SGC-7901 cells. Note worthy was that, in comparison with the untreated tumor cells, the increase of the intensity of intracellular cAMP and FN immunofluorescence in NaBT-treated tumor cells was striking. Moreover, in contrast to untreated tumor cells, the cell surface of NaBT-treated tumor cells showed more smooth and fewer microvilli under SEM. That NaBT may induce differentiation of SGC-7901 cells through inhibition of (Na+-K+)-ATPase activity and modulation of cellular cAMP and FN content was discussed.
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D005353:Fibronectins; D020148:Butyric Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase