title: Effect of interferon-beta on the cell cycle of human glioma cell line U-251 MG: flow cytometric two-dimensional (BrdU/DNA) analysis.
abstract: This paper describes the determination of the effect of IFN-beta on U-251 MG cells using the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU/DNA) analysis technique. The cell cycle perturbation of exponentially growing cells was estimated by a newly developed two-dimensional analysis of sequential BrdU/DNA distributions measured at 4-hr intervals after IFN-beta administration. The U-251 MG cell line was sensitive to IFN-beta, and cell proliferation was inhibited by 50.0% at 48 hr. Analysis of DNA histograms indicated that IFN-beta accumulated the cells in the S-phase, from 16 to 48 hr after treatment. In the two-dimensional analysis, labeled cells treated with IFN-beta moved from the S-phase through the G2M-phase and then entered the G1-phase within 12 hr after the initial treatment, in a pattern similar to labeled cells untreated with IFN-beta. After 16 hr, labeled cells treated with IFN-beta began to accumulate in the S-phase and remained there even after 48 hr. These results imply that IFN-beta may have an effect on the G1-phase, thereby inducing S-phase accumulation of human glioma cell line U-251 MG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Genka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shitara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takakura
mesh_terms: D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007370:Interferon Type I; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine