title: Effect of ethanol on DNA synthesis and c-met induction in Chang liver cells with long-term culture.
abstract: This investigation was performed to determine whether ethanol affects induction on Chang liver cells of the c-met protooncogene product (c-met), a cell-surface receptor for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). These cells were cultured for 4 weeks with 5, 50, or 100 mmol/L ethanol, or 10, 100, or 200 mumol/L acetaldehyde. Ethanol was found to inhibit [3H]thymidine incorporation by cells in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, acetaldehyde at 100 mumol/L also inhibited [3H]thymidine uptake. Treatment with recombinant HGF led to enhanced [3H]thymidine incorporation by cells treated with ethanol or acetaldehyde as well as by those left untreated, with no significant differences in the rates of increase among these three cell groups. The amount of c-met messenger RNA, however, was unaffected by treatment with ethanol or acetaldehyde. Expression of c-met as measured by cell ELISA was also unchanged by both treatments. These results suggest that ethanol has no effect on c-met induction on Chang liver cells and that HGF may not be involved in the ethanol induced inhibition of DNA synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akatuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kokubun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tojo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kasukawa
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000431:Ethanol; D004247:DNA; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D013936:Thymidine