title: Flow cytometric analysis of the cell cycle of the leukemic cell lines treated with etoposide and cytosine arabinoside.
abstract: Effects of etoposide (VP-16) and cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) on the cell cycle of HL-60 and THP-1 cells were studied by flow cytometry using the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)/DNA assay technique to investigate the efficacy of VP-16 for monocytic leukemia cells. VP-16 inhibited the proliferation of THP-1 cells more strongly than that of HL-60 cells at any concentrations used at 24 and 48 hr. VP-16 arrested HL-60 and THP-1 cells in the G2/M phase and reduced them in the G0/G1 and early S phase at higher concentrations. There was no significant difference in the percentage of G2/M phase cells at the same concentration between both cells. However, reduction in the G0/G1 and early S phase cells was more marked in THP-1 than HL-60 cells significantly. On the other hand, Ara-C perturbed the cell cycle of HL-60 cells more than that of THP-1 cells at 24 and 48 hr. These results suggest that the effects of VP-16 on the cell cycle may be more intense in THP-1 than HL-60 cells, and support the efficacy of VP-16 for treating monocytic leukemia in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishiyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yahagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D003561:Cytarabine; D005047:Etoposide; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine