title: Induction, by adriamycin and mitomycin C, of modifications in lipid composition, size distribution, membrane fluidity and permeability of cultured RDM4 lymphoma cells.
abstract: Adriamycin and mitomycin C were previously found to modulate the sensitivity of lymphoma cells to lysis by certain effectors of immunity and this modulation was dependent on drug concentration. In the present studies, RDM4 lymphoma cells were treated with different concentrations of the two drugs for 24 h in culture. These treatments resulted in changes in the lipid composition, membrane fluidity, cell size distribution, and permeability to 51CrO4, Trypan blue, Acridine orange and trimethylaminodiphenylhexatriene (TMA-DPH) of the cells. Changes in some of these parameters, as a function of drug concentration, resulted in dose-response curves which were bell-like shaped, hence paradoxical similarities between non-drug-treated cells and cells treated with higher drug concentrations were observed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008560:Membrane Fluidity / Q000187:drug effects*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008937:Mitomycins; D010743:Phospholipids; D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin