title: Evaluation of the antineoplastic activity of L-rhamnose in vitro. A comparison with 2-deoxyglucose.
abstract: The effect of unsubstituted deoxyhexoses, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) and L-fucose, on tumor cells has been reported in several papers throughout the last decades. That of a similar deoxysugar, L-rhamnose, which is synthesized in bacteria and plants but not in animal cells, has until today not been explored. In the present study, we examined the effect of L-rhamnose on DNA and protein synthesis, growth and the potential induction of apoptosis of tumor cells in vitro. Using 2-DG for comparison, we studied the effect of L-rhamnose in concentrations up to 20 (32 resp.) mmol/l on the initial velocity of the incorporation of labeled precursors of DNA and proteins in short term cultures of both mouse Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) and human HL-60 cells in vitro, and further, on cell proliferation and apoptosis induction in HL-60 cells. Neither cytotoxic nor cytostatic effects of L-rhamnose were observed with the exception of slightly pronounced inhibition of DNA synthesis in EAT cells. From the lacking inhibition of the protein synthesis it can be considered that L-rhamnose does not interfere with energy metabolism, at least not in a similar manner as 2-DG.
authors.affiliation: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Biochemistry, Czech Republic. tomsikp@lfhk.cuni.cz
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomsík
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoklasová
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Micuda
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niang
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suba
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knízek
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezácová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D034921:Lamin Type B / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D012210:Rhamnose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D034921:Lamin Type B; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D012210:Rhamnose