title: Growth inhibition of human breast carcinoma and leukemia/lymphoma cell lines by recombinant interferon-beta 2.
abstract: Recombinant human interferon-beta 2 was produced in Escherichia coli by direct expression of cDNA encoding the mature protein sequence. At concentrations that stimulate DNA synthesis and growth in B-cell hybridomas and plasmacytomas, the cytokine was found to exert a strong inhibition on the growth of a number of carcinoma and leukemia/lymphoma cell lines. This antigrowth effect was observed in clonogenic assays and by measurements of cell number and thymidine incorporation in growing cultures. The effect was blocked by antibodies to a synthetic peptide from the N terminus of the molecule. Normal diploid fibroblasts were inhibited at concentrations higher than those needed for breast carcinoma cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mory
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zilberstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Revel
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007938:Leukemia / Q000473:pathology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA