title: Effect of dimethylsulfoxide and butyrate on 5'-nucleotidase of human renal carcinoma cells.
abstract: The effect of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and butyrate, agents which induce differentiation of certain cancer cells, on membrane associated 5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT) of 2 human renal carcinoma cell lines (Cur and Caki) was investigated. Under a variety of conditions of agent addition, 5'-NT specific activity increased in Cur and decreased in Caki cells. This opposite response pattern was observed for assays performed on lysates at pH 9.0 and 7.4 and assays with intact cell monolayers, even under conditions of identical cellular growth inhibition. It is concluded that the cell lines responded in a fundamentally different way to the chemical agents. An increase in 5'-NT has correlated with cell maturation for a number of processes. The DMSO induced increase in Cur 5'-NT was dependent on protein synthesis.
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D020148:Butyric Acid; D003513:Cycloheximide; D009708:Nucleotidases; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide