title: Arginine 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate and sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate: a comparative study of their effects upon tumour cells.
abstract: The action of arginine 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate in comparison with sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate on cell growth and cell adhesion of a metastatic sub-line of murine melanoma (F10/B16) was investigated. The capability of the two compounds to interfere with the cytotoxicity of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide and of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II) in F10 cells was studied. The in vivo studies included the determination of acute and sub-acute toxicity of the two salts on mice. Very low toxicity and no significant differences between the two compounds were detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magnolfi Zipoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Berti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D008297:Male; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental; D008623:Mercaptoethanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D015080:Mesna / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D051379:Mice; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008623:Mercaptoethanol; C059083:arginine 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate; D001120:Arginine; D015080:Mesna