title: Influence of L-thyroxine, L-triiodothyronine, thyroid stimulating hormone, or estradiol on the cell kinetics of cultured mammary cancer cells.
abstract: We describe the in vitro influence of 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3), L-thyroxine (T4), a thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), and/or estradiol (E2: chosen as the control of the methodology) on the cell kinetics (cell distribution in the S + G2 + M phases) of mouse MXT and human MCF-7 mammary cancer cells. Experiments were performed by means of a cell image processor, analyzing MCF-7 or MXT cells that had been grown on glass cover slips and whose nuclei had been stained by the Feulgen reaction, which is selective and quantitative (stoichiometric) with respect to DNA. We show that T3, T4, and TSH at 0.01 microM dramatically stimulate the cell kinetics of the MXT mouse and the MCF-7 human mammary cancer cell lines. Indeed, the three hormones bring about a significant transient increase in the S + G2 + M fraction as does E2. Furthermore, our data indicate that E2 and TSH are antagonistic with regards to MXT or MCF-7 cell kinetics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Histologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Launoit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kiss
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D004958:Estradiol; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine