title: Effect of azelaic acid on melanoma cells in culture.
abstract: Using a clonogenic assay in vitro, it has been shown that exposure to azelaic acid (1-100 mM) for 24 hours has a dose-dependent effect on the survival of the colony-forming ability of murine (B16) and human (HMB2, and SK23) melanoma cells as compared with a non-melanotic non-tumoral Chinese hamster cell line (CHO). Both human cell lines were more sensitive to the diacid than the murine cells, and the HMB2 cells were more sensitive than the SK23 cells. These differences may be partly correlated with differences in pigmentation and doubling times between the three melanoma cell lines. The two human lines were more pigmented than the B16, and the SK23 more than the HMB2; the human lines had a longer doubling time than the others.
authors.affiliation: Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, UMDS, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, London, U.K.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lemic-Stojcevic
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Nias
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Breathnach
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016466:CHO Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division; D006224:Cricetinae; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D010858:Pigmentation; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003998:Dicarboxylic Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase; C010038:azelaic acid