title: Cell growth inhibition and DNA incorporation of mitomycin C in cell culture.
abstract: The present study was performed to clarify the effects of a 4-min exposure of mitomycin C (MMC) on cell growth, the cell cycle and MMC dose incorporated into DNA, using Chang's cultured human conjunctival cells. A low dose of MMC ranging from 0.00025 to 0.004% showed dose-dependent cytotoxicity when cell growth was active. Fifty percent cell viability was found when cells were treated with 0.001% MMC. A flow cytometer showed that 0.001% MMC inhibited the DNA synthetic phase. After 0.04% MMC was exposed to 3 x 10(6) cells and immediately rinsed, DNA was isolated to measure the dose of MMC detected from DNA. The total amount of DNA was 7 micrograms from which 3 micrograms of MMC was detected by high performance liquid chromatography. The above results revealed that the lowest concentration of MMC which caused 50% cell viability and cell cycle inhibition was 0.001% and that MMC was rapidly incorporated into DNA.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan. kmu-op@po.infosphere.or.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyakoshi
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000633:toxicity*; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D016685:Mitomycin; D004247:DNA