title: Effect of cholera toxin and pertussis toxin on the growth of A431 cells: kinetics of cyclic AMP and inositol trisphosphate in toxin-treated cells.
abstract: Cholera toxin and pertussis toxin were inhibitory to the incorporation of thymidine into A431 cells in serum-free culture. Cholera toxin enhanced the growth inhibitory effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on A431 cells, whereas pertussis toxin attenuated the effect. Cholera toxin increased the concentration of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) to three-times the initial concentration at 120 minutes and it increased the concentration of intracellular inositol trisphosphate (IP3) rapidly but transiently. Pertussis toxin reduced the concentration of IP3 both in EGF treated and untreated A431 cells at 10 minutes. cAMP was not involved in pertussis toxin-mediated effects. In conclusion, the intracellular cAMP and IP3 concentrations in CT-treated A431 cells are compatible with previous reports regarding the growth inhibitory effects on A431 cells. The inhibitory effect of PTX on the EGF-induced increase of intracellular IP3 is thought to be compatible with the finding that PTX attenuated the EGF-induced growth inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinami
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D004247:DNA; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D013936:Thymidine