title: Effects of okadaic acid on cell growth, anchorage-independent growth, and co-cultures of normal (KMS-6), immortalized (KMST-6), and neoplastically transformed (KMST-6T and KMST-6/RAS) human fibroblasts.
abstract: The effects of okadaic acid (OA) on normal human (KMS-6), its immortalized (KMST-6) and neoplastically transformed (KMST-6T and KMST-6/RAS) cells were investigated as a model of two stage carcinogenesis. The presence of OA inhibited cell growth of the normal and immortalized cells but not that of the neoplastic KMST-6T cells. In contrast, cell growth of the other neoplastic KMST-6/RAS cells transformed with the Ha-ras oncogene was inhibited by OA. OA enhanced colony formation of KMST-6T cells in soft agar, but it suppressed that of KMST-6/RAS cells. Co-cultures of KMST-6T cells with normal KMS-6 cells showed an increase in focus formation of KMST-6T cells in the presence of OA, whereas focus formation of KMST-6/RAS cells decreased. These results indicate that OA has growth-promoting effects on certain types of transformed human cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Okayama Univeristy Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jahan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namba
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases