title: p53 independent G1 arrest and apoptosis induced by adriamycin.
abstract: The biological activity of adriamycin was investigated in human breast carcinoma (HBC) cells, Adriamycin inhibited the growth of a number of HBC cell lines and induced G1 arrest followed by apoptosis. In MCF-7 cells that harbor wild-type p53, adriamycin-induced G1 arrest and apoptosis was accompanied by p53-independent regulation of WAF1/CIP1 as well as bax mRNA levels. In MDA-MB-231 cells which possess a mutant p53, adriamycin-induced G1 arrest and apoptosis was also associated with a concomitant up-regulation of WAF1/CIP1 mRNA while these cells did not express bax or bcl-2 messages. Thus, adriamycin induces G1 arrest and apoptosis via a unique pathway which appears to involve activation of downstream effectors of p53-independent manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Molecular Biology Lab, Cancer Hospital, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200032.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004317:Doxorubicin