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Apoptosis induced by progesterone in human ovarian cancer cell line SNU-840

✍ Scribed by Sunhee Yu; Minhyung Lee; Seungjin Shin; Jong-sang Park

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 320 KB
Volume: 82
Category: Article
ISSN: 0730-2312
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.1171

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Abstract

Progesterone has been used as an ingredient of anticancer drug for patients with ovarian carcinoma. However, the mechanism of anticancer effects by progesterone has not been understood. In this study, the effects of progesterone on ovarian cancer cells, SNU‐840, were investigated. After the incubation with progesterone, the viability of the cells was evaluated by MTT assay. As a result, 45% of the cells were viable after 48 h of incubation with 100 μM progesterone. In addition, [^3^H]thymidine incorporation assay showed that the proliferation of the cells was completely inhibited by progesterone after 48 h of incubation at 100 μM concentration. Colorimetric TUNEL assay revealed the fragmentation of the chromosomal DNA, suggesting that the process of the cell death was apoptosis. The level of the p53 mRNA was determined by northern blotting assay, since many apoptosis processes are mediated by up‐regulation of the p53 expression. The level of the p53 mRNA reached its maximum at 12 h and decreased after 24 h of incubation with progesterone. In conclusion, progesterone inhibits the proliferation and elicites apoptosis of SNU‐840 cells. Also, it up‐regulates the p53 mRNA transiently. J. Cell. Biochem. 82:445–451, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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