title: Cytotoxicity and induction of apoptosis by 4-amino-3-acetylquinoline in murine leukemia cell line L1210.
abstract: Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds are used in the pharmaceutical industry, in medicine and in agriculture for their biological activity. 4-Amino-3-acetylquinoline, a new synthetically prepared quinoline derivative, was the most effective compound in our primary cytotoxic screening. In this study, we evaluated cytotoxic/antiproliferative activity of quinoline using murine leukemia cell line L1210. Its ability to induce apoptosis was studied, too. Quinoline derivative acted cytotoxically on tumor cell line L1210, the IC(100) value were 50 microg/ml (for 24 h), 25 microg/ml (for 48 h) and 10 microg/ml (for 72 h). The IC(50) values was found to be less than 4 microg/ml, a limit put forward by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for classification of he compound as a potential anticancer drug. The cytotoxic concentrations of 4-amino-3-acetyl quinoline induced morphological changes of L1210 cells and the apoptotic DNA fragmentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Repický
authors.forename: Sona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jantová
authors.forename: Marica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theiszová
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Milata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C522284:4-amino-3-acetylquinoline; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011804:Quinolines