title: Differential susceptibility to 9-nitrocamptothecin (9-NC)-induced apoptosis in clones derived from a human ovarian cancer cell line: possible implications in the treatment of ovarian cancer patients with 9-NC.
abstract: We have investigated whether variability in the apoptotic pathway may account for the differential susceptibility to apoptosis-induction by 9-nitrocamptothecin (9-NC) in cell subpopulations derived from the human ovarian cancer cell line, SKOV-3. Quantitative differences in the apoptotic fractions of cells were assessed by flow cytometry, whereas major regulatory and executing components of the apoptotic machinery were investigated by Western blot analysis using specific antibodies. The results indicate that indeed the apoptotic pathway was activated by 9-NC in some, but not all, cells of the SKOV-3 cell line, suggesting that 9-NC alone may partially be effective for treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Biology, Department of Biology, University of Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Kannan V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Balan
authors.forename: Noemi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramos-DeSimone
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wyche
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Panayotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pantazis
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D019254:Genes, bcl-2; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; C079905:rubitecan; D002166:Camptothecin