title: Relationship between cell ploidy and glucocorticoid induced death in human lymphoid cell lines.
abstract: We have found a relationship between sensitivity to glucocorticoid induced cell death (at 10 microM glucocorticoid) and ploidy in the human lymphoid cell line CCRF/CEM-C7. Most sensitive clones are diploid, whilst resistant clones and the resistant parent line CCRF/CEM are tetraploid. Diploid sensitive clones have a tendency to become aneuploid within a few months of isolation, with alterations in their kinetic responses to glucocorticoids. This is followed by a doubling in DNA content which results in reversion to the tetraploid glucocorticoid resistant state of the parent line CCRF/CEM. A few sensitive clones have been found to be tetraploid but with different kinetic responses to glucocorticoids as compared to diploid clones. The principal difference being an extended lag period (48-72 h) prior to lethal response. The relationship between ploidy and glucocorticoid sensitivity does not appear to extend to other human lymphoid cell lines.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002999:Clone Cells; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011003:Ploidies; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; D004247:DNA; D008775:Methylprednisolone