title: Difference in cytotoxicity of paclitaxel against neoplastic and normal cells.
abstract: The difference in growth response between neoplastic and contact-sensitive normal cells was investigated by cell growth curve, colony forming efficiency and flow cytometric analysis. Neoplastic cells (MKN-28, MKN-45, and MCF-7), treated with paclitaxel at a concentration of 0.01 mM, showed growth inhibition, low colony-forming efficiency and a prolonged G2+M phase accumulation. Normal cells (Balb/c 3T3 cells and human fibroblasts originating from stomach cancer tissue), treated with paclitaxel at a concentration of less than 0.5 microM, showed no growth inhibition and no decrease in colony-forming efficiency. Normal cells treated with 1 microM of paclitaxel showed low accumulation in G2+M phases. The results show that paclitaxel at concentrations ranging from 0.01 to 0.5 microM had a cytotoxic effect against neoplastic cells but not against normal cells, such as fibroblasts around the cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Institute, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000633:toxicity*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000633:toxicity*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D017239:Paclitaxel