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Life, death and genomic change in perturbed cell cycles.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7846128     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
HeLaS3 cells undergo apoptosis after 18-24 h of cell cycle stasis irrespective of the agent employed (colcemid, aphidicolin, cis-platin). At high drug concentrations apoptosis occurs in cells arrested in the cell cycle in which the drug is applied and at a cell cycle position dependent on the mechanism of drug action. At low concentrations (or short exposure times) cells undergo apoptosis after progressing through an aberrant mitosis and only after 18 h of cell cycle stasis in a 'pseudo G1/S' cell cycle position. Aberrent mitoses result in multipolar mitoses, chromosomal breakage and interchromosomal concatenation events. We propose that the ability of cells to delay progression into aberrent mitosis, as well as their propensity to undergo apoptosis, are important determinants of clinical cytotoxicity. We also suggest that apoptosis plays an important role in preventing the generation of aneuploidy and recombination and rearrangement events commonly associated with cancer.
Authors:
R T Schimke; A Kung; S S Sherwood; J Sheridan; R Sharma
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences     Volume:  345     ISSN:  0962-8436     ISO Abbreviation:  Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci.     Publication Date:  1994 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-03-03     Completed Date:  1995-03-03     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503623     Medline TA:  Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  311-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Apoptosis* / genetics
Cell Cycle / genetics*,  physiology
Cell Line
Cell Survival
Hela Cells
Humans
Mitosis
Time Factors

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