title: Growth arrest of proadipocytes at a distinct predifferentiation G1 state associated with cytotoxic responsiveness to 8-bromo cyclic AMP.
abstract: The control of cell proliferation can result from the coupling of growth arrest and differentiation. In this regard, we recently demonstrated that growth arrest which precedes the differentiation of 3T3 T proadipocytes must occur at a distinct state in the G1 phase of the cell cycle (GD). Cells arrested at GD differ in several biological parameters from cells arrested in G1 at other states induced by either serum deprivation (GS) or nutrient deficiency (GN). Specifically, GD-arrested cells can differentiate in the absence of DNA synthesis and GD-arrested cells can be induced to proliferate when stimulated with 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; GS- and GN-arrested cells cannot. In addition, GD-, GS- and GN-arrested cells reside at topographically distinct states in G1. We now report that GD-arrested proadipocytes are also distinct in that they are highly sensitive to a cytotoxic effect of 8-bromocyclic AMP, whereas GS- and GN-arrested cells are not.
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D007399:Interphase / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D011953:Receptors, Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011953:Receptors, Cyclic AMP; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP