title: [Effects of hexamethylene bisacetamide on P53 protein expression of MEC-1 cell line and cell differentiation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between the differentiation of the mucoepidermoid carcinoma cell line MEC-1 induced by HMBA and the expression of P53 protein.
  
  
  METHODS
  Effects of HMBA on the growth of MEC-1 cells in vitro were measured with MTT colorimetric assay, and the content of DNA in cells was assayed by using Feulgen's staining. The P53 protein expression of MEC-1 cells was detected with ABC immunohistochemistry with anti-mutant P53 protein antibody, and the distribution of cells in different differentiation phase was determined by flow cytometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  HMBA inhibited the growth of MEC-1 cells in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner, and HMBA-treated MEC-1 cells were arrested in the G1 phase and had a lower content of DNA and a lower level of P53 protein compared with the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differentiation of MEC-1 cells induced by HMBA may be associated with the regulation of HMBA on the P53 protein expression and the cell differentiation cycle.
authors.affiliation: College of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Situ
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018277:Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C014026:hexamethylene bisacetamide