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In order to understand how cancer cells accumulate, rat hepatoma ARL-6 cells were cultured for 8 d to identify factors involved in spontaneous cell proliferation and apoptosis. With increasing time in culture, the proportion of cells in the proliferative phases of the cell cycle and the rate of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis decreased. The waning of proliferation was associated with a gradual reduction of cell viability, and this was temporally related to the appearance of typical apoptotic morphology and DNA laddering. Medium replacement or supplementation with fetal calf serum (FCS) suppressed apoptosis, while medium change, but not fetal calf serum alone, enhanced cell proliferation. Apoptosis was also suppressed by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), but supplementary glutathione was without effect. Expression of poly(adenosine diphosphate[ADP]-ribose)polymerase peaked on days 3–4 of culture, and was followed by a progressive decrease thereafter, consistent with proteolytic cleavage. This decrease was prevented to varying extents by complete medium replacement, FCS and DMSO, indicating a close temporal relationship between poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase activation and apoptosis. Expression of Fas and Bcl-2 did not change appreciably over the 8-d culture, but there was a gradual increase in Bax expression; medium change, FCS and DMSO all partly inhibited Bax expression. These data indicate that spontaneous apoptosis in cultured ARL-6 cells is inversely related to cell proliferation, and that nutrient supply, and to a lesser extent, serum-derived factors and oxidative stress modulate apoptosis in this system. Proteolytic cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase and expression of Bax are likely to be mechanistically involved with the control of spontaneous apoptosis in ARL-6 cells, whereas changes in the levels of Fas and Bcl-2 do not play a role.
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Qiao, L., Farrell, G.C. Reciprocal control of apoptosis and proliferation in cultured rat hepatoma arl-6 cells: Roles of nutrient supply, serum, and oxidative stress. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 36, 465–475 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1290/1071-2690(2000)036<0465:RCOAAP>2.0.CO;2
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