title: Role of cytoplasmic membrane in the screening of potential tumour promoters.
abstract: The functional changes of cytoplasmic membrane of mammalian cells as an alternative approach for evaluating the tumor promoter activity were investigated. The V79 metabolic cooperation assay, as the standard method for detection of tumor promoters in vitro was used. From three known tumor promoters only phenobarbital increased the efflux of [3H]2-deoxy-D-glucose-6-phosphate from the cells in the same concentration range where the inhibition of metabolic cooperation was estimated. Neither TPA, saccharin nor theophylline caused any functional changes of cytoplasmic membrane of V79 cells. On the basis of the results with known tumor promoters we suggest that following the functional changes of cytoplasmic membrane is not a convenient approach for screening potential tumor promoters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mutagenesis and Chemical Carcinogenesis, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gábelová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dusinská
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slamenová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006224:Cricetinae; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate; D005958:Glucosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D012439:Saccharin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D005958:Glucosephosphates; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate; D013806:Theophylline; D012439:Saccharin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D010634:Phenobarbital