calcein-am and Cell-Transformation--Viral

calcein-am has been researched along with Cell-Transformation--Viral* in 2 studies

Other Studies

2 other study(ies) available for calcein-am and Cell-Transformation--Viral

ArticleYear
Identification of genotype-selective antitumor agents using synthetic lethal chemical screening in engineered human tumor cells.
    Cancer cell, 2003, Volume: 3, Issue:3

    We used synthetic lethal high-throughput screening to interrogate 23,550 compounds for their ability to kill engineered tumorigenic cells but not their isogenic normal cell counterparts. We identified known and novel compounds with genotype-selective activity, including doxorubicin, daunorubicin, mitoxantrone, camptothecin, sangivamycin, echinomycin, bouvardin, NSC146109, and a novel compound that we named erastin. These compounds have increased activity in the presence of hTERT, the SV40 large and small T oncoproteins, the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV) E6 and E7 oncoproteins, and oncogenic HRAS. We found that overexpressing hTERT and either E7 or LT increased expression of topoisomerase 2alpha and that overexpressing RAS(V12) and ST both increased expression of topoisomerase 1 and sensitized cells to a nonapoptotic cell death process initiated by erastin.

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Cell Death; Cell Line; Cell Transformation, Viral; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Fibroblasts; Fluoresceins; Fluorescent Dyes; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Genetic Engineering; Genotype; Humans; Inhibitory Concentration 50; Molecular Structure; Oncogene Proteins; Piperazines; Retroviridae; Tumor Cells, Cultured

2003
Human corneal epithelial cell viability and morphology after dilute alcohol exposure.
    Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2002, Volume: 43, Issue:8

    To determine the effect of dilute alcohol on human corneal epithelial cellular morphology and viability. Dilute alcohol is used for epithelial removal during photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser subepithelial keratomileusis (LASEK).. Corneal epithelial sheets harvested from human eyes after alcohol application during PRK were examined by light and electron microscopy (specimens I-IV). In addition, tissue cultures of human epithelial sheets were monitored for epithelial migration and attachment (specimens V-VII). To determine the effect of dilute alcohol on epithelial cell viability, simian virus (SV)40-immortalized human corneal epithelial cells were exposed to dilute alcohol in distilled water (EtOH-H2O) or to keratinocyte serum-free medium (EtOH-KSFM) for incubation periods of 20 to 45 seconds and concentrations of 10% to 70%. Cell membrane permeability and intracellular esterase activity were analyzed by calcein-acetoxymethyl ester (AM)/ethidium homodimer assay. TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay was used to detect apoptotic cells at 0, 8,12, 24, and 72 hours.. Electron microscopy showed varying degrees of basement membrane alterations after alcohol application, including disruptions, discontinuities, irregularities, and duplication (specimens I-IV). Cellular destruction and vacuolization of basal epithelial cells associated with absent basement membrane were also observed (specimen III). One of three cultured epithelial sheets showed attachment and outgrowth in the tissue culture until day 15 (specimen V). Twenty-second exposure of cultured immortalized human cells to various concentrations of EtOH-H2O showed significant reduction of viable cells when EtOH-H2O concentration exceeded 25% (P = 0.005). Increasing the duration of application of 20% EtOH-H2O beyond 30 seconds resulted in a significant reduction in viable cells (69.69% +/- 16.34% at 30 seconds compared with 2.14% +/- 2.29%, 10.45% +/- 7.11%, and 11.09% +/- 15.73% at 35, 40, and 45 seconds, respectively; P = 0.01). TUNEL assay of cultured human corneal epithelial cells exposed to 20% EtOH-H(2)O for 20 and 40 seconds showed maximal labeling at 24 hours (58.05% +/- 33.10%) and 8 hours (94.12% +/- 1.21%), respectively. Exposure to 20% EtOH-KSFM for 20 and 40 seconds resulted in substantially lower TUNEL positivity (3.51% +/- 0.20% at 24 hours and 7.11% +/- 0.49% at 8 hours).. The viability and electron microscopic findings in the basement membrane zone showed significant variation after treatment of the epithelium in vivo with dilute alcohol. The application of dilute alcohol on the monolayer of cultured corneal epithelial cells resulted in increasing cell death in a dose- and time-dependent manner.

    Topics: Actins; Apoptosis; Basement Membrane; Cell Membrane Permeability; Cell Survival; Cell Transformation, Viral; Cells, Cultured; Collagen Type VIII; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Epithelium, Corneal; Esterases; Ethanol; Fluoresceins; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Fluorescent Dyes; Humans; In Situ Nick-End Labeling; Keratins; Simian virus 40; Time Factors; Vimentin

2002