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Methotrexate and folic acid effect in normal and sarcoma 180 bearing mice.

Four- to six-fold surplus of folic acid in oral application reduced the toxicity of methotrexate administered repeatedly in high therapeutic doses. The therapeutic effect of methotrexate applied intraperitoneally to mice with the ascitic S 180 sarcoma, as measured by their survival, can be reliably demonstrated; moreover, the survival can be prolonged by adding folic acid into drinking water. In the solid form S 180 the intraperitoneal administration of methotrexate did not significantly reduce the weight of tumors of treated aminals as compared to untreated animals. The maximum tolerated dose of methotrexate was lower in animals with the ascitic tumor than in non-tumorous animals.

Administration, Oral

Studies on Crocker sarcoma 180 under the effect of alkylating agents. IV. Morphological studies of sarcoma 180 during treatment with the antitumour drug cytoxan.

The effect of one massive dose of cytoxan (150 mg/kg), as an alkylating agent, on the morphology of sarcoma 180 cells was followed after 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 120, and 168 h. After 1 h the cells of treated tumour showed clumping and a decrease in their size. In addition, statistical analysis manifested significant decrease in all phases of mitotic figures. All mitotic figures were completely stopped after 3 h from cytoxan treatment. After 6 and 12 h from cytoxan treatment the hyaline degenerations became more marked in the treated tumour tissue. Chromosomal bridge formation, nuclei aberrations and polynuclear cells were more prominent in 24, 48, and 96 h from cytoxan treatment. Increase in the nuclear size and hyaline degeneration were observed in treated section of 120 and 168 h.

Alkylating Agents

Characterization of acidic actin in mouse sarcoma 180 cells.

Mouse sarcoma 180 cells have a polypeptide that has the same molecular weight as actin but it is more acidic than alpha-actin. Its tryptic peptide pattern on reversed-phase HPLC was very similar to that of beta + gamma-actin, an actin sample prepared by affinity chromatography on DNase I-Sepharose contained the acidic polypeptide, and monoclonal anti-actin antibody reacted with it; therefore, the polypeptide is considered an actin isoform. The mRNA for this variant actin was identified by analyzing the polypeptides translated in vitro, which indicated that the variant actin is not a post-translationally modified form of any known actin. The variant actin was not stained by polyclonal anti-gizzard actin antibody which reacts with gamma-cytoplasmic, alpha-smooth and gamma-smooth muscle actins, nor by polyclonal anti-skeletal muscle actin antibody which reacts with skeletal, cardiac and alpha-smooth muscle actins. These results suggest that this variant actin is related to beta-cytoplasmic actin or, is a novel species whose N-terminal amino acid sequence is not Glu-Glu-Glu.

Actins

Detection of induced resistance in short-term-tests. Adriamycin-resistant sarcoma 180.

By treatment of the sarcoma 180 (ascites) with adriamycin over 30 passages in NMRI mice, an adriamycin-resistant tumor cell line was developed. The resistance could be detected both in animal experiments and in the short-term test. In spite of treatment of the sarcoma 180 with triaziquone over 50 passages, no resistance could be detected against triaziquone either in the in vitro test or in animal experiments. The necessary criterion for a pretherapeutic test of sensitivity or resistance--a good correlation between in vivo and in vitro results--was fulfilled in all experiments carried out.

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Conditioned medium from mouse sarcoma 180 cells contains vascular endothelial growth factor.

Medium conditioned by mouse sarcoma 180 cells stimulates the growth of capillary endothelial cells. The growth factor produced by mouse sarcoma 180 cells is heparin-binding, dithiothreitol-sensitive, endothelial cell specific, and secreted into the medium. The characteristics of this mouse sarcoma-derived growth factor are very similar to those of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) first described by Ferrara and Henzel (1989). The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the two growth factors are similar. Since the amino acid sequence of vascular permeability factor (VPF) is essentially identical to that of VEGF, a Western blot of mouse sarcoma 180-derived endothelial growth factor was probed with a polyclonal antibody raised against human VPF. This antibody reacted with several proteins of approximately 23 kDa, suggesting the presence of multiple forms of a VEGF-like protein. A full length cDNA probe for bovine VEGF reacted strongly with RNA isolated from mouse sarcoma 180 cells. We conclude that an endothelial growth factor found in conditioned medium from mouse sarcoma 180 cells is VEGF.

Amino Acid Sequence

Adenosine phosphyorylase activity as distinct from inosine-guanosine phosphorylase activity in Sarcoma 180 cells and rat liver.

Adenosine phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.-) activity present in Sarcoma 180 cells grown in culture and in rat liver, is shown to be distinct from inosine-guanosine phosphorylase by several criteria: (a) treatment of Sarcoma 180 cell extract with p-chloromercuribenzoate inhibited the two activities to a different extent, (b) adenine selectively protected the adenosine phosphorylase activity of Sarcoma 180 and rat liver extract against heat inactivation, while hypoxanthine selectively protected inosine-guanosine phosphorylase activity, (c) at nearly saturating substrate concentrations and using Sarcoma 180 extract, the rates of ribosylation of a mixture of adenine + hypoxanthine or adenine + guanine, but not of hypoxanthine + guanine, were found to be almost equal to the sum of their individual rates as measured separately, (d) inosine selectively inhibited the ribosylation of hypoxanthine and guanine catalysed by Sarcoma 180 and rat liver extract while 2-chloroadenosine selectively inhibited the ribosylation of adenine and N6-furfuryladenine, (e) pH vs. activity curves were similar with hypoxanthine or guanine as the substrate but they were markedly different from the curve with adenine as the substrate. The potential role of adenosine phosphorylase activity in vivo is discussed.

Adenine

Effect of immunoglobulin G on membrane-bound enzyme activity of sarcoma 180 cells.

Changes in the activity of membrane bound ATPase of Sarcoma 180 cells caused by immunoglobulin G (IgG) of anti-Sarcoma 180 was investigated in relation to the incorporation of amino acid by the cells. Enzymatic activity of ATPase was increased up to 160% of the original activity upon incubation of the cell with IgG. Kinetic studies showed that IgG did not change the affinity of this enzyme for the substrate, but exerted influence upon catalytic efficiency of the enzyme. The rate of incorporation of leucine into Sarcoma 180 cells was also affected by IgG, as observed in the effect of IgG on the enzymatic reaction of the cells.

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Molecular changes in cell surface membranes resulting from trypsinization of sarcoma 180 tumor cells.

Sarcoma-180 tumor cells in culture or grown as an ascites form in the CD-1 mouse have been subjected to mild trypsinization procedures in order to study morphological and molecular changes resulting from proteolysis. The cells attached to a substratum become rounded within 20 min. and most undergo cell division, but they do not detach from the substratum. Removal of trypsin permits the cells to go back to their original spindle shape over an 8-20 h period. Surface membranes were isolated from trypsinized ascites and cultured cells and subjected to dodecyl sulfate-acrylamide gel electrophoresis. Both cell types showed the same two kinds of changes in electrophoretic patterns. First, there was a loss of glycoproteins from both cell types even though they show different complements of cell surface glycoproteins. Second, there is a loss of high molecular weight polypeptides, which have previously been suggested to play a role in membrane stabilization and cell shape. These results further implicate these polypeptides in the control of cell morphology and offer circumstanital evidence for transmembrane interactions of surface glycoproteins with the high molecular weight polypeptides as a factor in controlling cell morphology.

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Entry of mRNA into polyribosomes during recovery from starvation in mouse sarcoma 180 cells.

Starvation in mouse sarcoma 180 cells leads to a block in initiation of protein synthesis which results in the conversion of polysomes to 80-S ribosomes. The mRNA is released as nucleoprotein particles. Addition of nutrients to the starved cell causes the rapid uptake of the mRNA into large polysomal structures. The ribosomes enter these structures more gradually, without much effect on the sedimentation profile of the labeled mRNA. The results indicate that the stored mRNA in starved cells is readily available for uptake into polysomes. They also suggest that the mRNA may be binding to components other than ribosomes during the initial stages of polysome formation.

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[Effect of UHF frequency on the growth of sarcoma 180].

Studies performed on mice transplanted sarcoma 180 subcutaneously indicated that the UHF-field of non-thermogenic intensity in multiple (5-10 fold) total irradiation inhibits the tumor growth (T = 60%) and produces a 1.5 times increase of an average survival in tumor-bearing animals. It is suggested that there is a direct relationship between the increased antiblastic function of the body and a stimulating effect of the UHF-field on the immune response in animals.

Animals

Thiol proteinase inhibitor in the ascitic fluid of sarcoma 180 tumor-bearing mice.

A thiol proteinase inhibitor (TPI) has been purified from the ascitic fluid of Sarcoma 180 tumor-bearing mice. The molecular weight of the inhibitor was estimated to be 67,000 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the substance inhibited papain, cathepsins B and L, but not cathepsins H and D and trypsin. The inhibitor also liberated kinin upon treatment with trypsin or mouse glandular kallikrein, indicating that the inhibitor is a kininogen, and the kinin liberated upon trypsinization was identified as bradykinin. An immunoreactive TPI with a molecular weight indistinguishable from that of the ascites TPI was found in plasma of non-tumor-bearing mice as well as that of tumor bearers. Plasma levels of immunoreactivity were increased up to twice the normal levels in tumor bearers inoculated with Sarcoma 180 or 3LL tumor cells. Supplementation of the purified ascites TPI into Sarcoma 180 culture medium caused a significant suppression of cell growth as well as [3H]thymidine incorporation at a concentration below that normally present in plasma. In contrast, addition of ascites-TPI to cultured mouse embryonic cells caused enhancement of cell growth as well as [3H]thymidine incorporation. These results indicate that in mice responding to tumor growth, a TPI corresponding to a kininogen is induced which may regulate tumor growth by countering tumor-related proteolytic activity.

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Optimization of high-dose methotrexate with leucovorin rescue therapy in the L1210 leukemia and sarcoma 180 murine tumor models.

An analysis of dose and schedule dependence of calcium leucovorin rescue during high-dose methotrexate therapy of ascitic forms of l1210 leukemia and Sarcoma 180 is reported. Schedules with very delayed "low-dose" leucovorin rescue following lethal doses of methotrexate were highly effective in preventing toxicity and achieved a pronounced antitumor effect in both ascites tumor models. Best results were obtained on a schedule of methotrexate (400 mg/kg s.c.) followed 16 to 20 hr later by calcium leucovorin (12 mg/kg s.c.) given once every 2 hr for a total of 5 doses. Progressive increases in the calcium leucovorin dosage on any schedule reduced both toxicity and the antitumor effect of methotrexate in each model. Following a single course of therapy, essentially no toxicity was observed, and the antitumor effects were 2-fold (L1210 leukemia) and 4-fold (Sarcoma 180) greater than a single, maximally tolerated dose (24/kg s.c.) methotrexate alone. An increase in the methotrexate dosage to 800 mg/kg s.c. with or without an increase in calcium leucovorin dosages on the same schedule did not appreciably increase the antitumor effect observed. Two courses of high-dose methotrexate (400 mg/kg s.c.) with leucovorin rescue (24 mg/kg s.c. 16, 20, and 24 hr after drug) given with an 8-day interval between courses doubled the total antitumor effect in each model with no substantial increase in toxicity and gave long-term survivors with Sarcoma 180. The results, overall, are in close agreement with prior prediction for schedule and dose dependence made on the basis of related pharmacokinetic and biochemical studies in murine tumor models reported from this laboratory.

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[Use of carminomycin in combination with UHF hyperthermia in the therapy of sarcoma 180].

It was found that combined treatment of sarcoma 180 with local U. H. F.-hyperthermia and carminomycin resulted in the tumor growth inhibition by more than 90 per cent, which was much higher than the effect of every agent alone. The thermochemotherapy allowed a decrease in the dose of the antibiotic without decreasing the antitumor effect. The U. H. F.-hyperthermia has an independent tumorolytic effect and promotes selective accumulation of carminomycin by the tumor.

Animals

Experimental transplantation models of mouse sarcoma 180 in ICR mice for evaluation of anti-tumor drugs.

Two new experimental models of transplantable mouse sarcoma 180 were developed in ICR mice in order to examine the optimum transplantation sites and methods. The cervicodorsal hypoderm was evaluated as the best transplantation site for mouse sarcoma 180 among seemingly usable transplantation sites such as groin, armpit, cervicodorsal, abdominal and lumbodorsal hypoderms by hypodermic transplantation. In addition, the lung transplantation model was established by monitoring the survival period as a reliable parameter for evaluation of anti-tumor effects.

Aclarubicin

Inhibition of mannose incorporation into glycoproteins and dolichol-linked intermediates of Sarcoma 180 cells by 6-methylmercaptopurine ribonucleoside.

6-Methylmercaptopurine ribonucleoside (6-MMPR), an inhibitor of purine nucleotide biosynthesis de novo, was used as a model compound to evaluate the relationship between the levels of intracellular guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and the formation of cellular glycoproteins and their dolichol-oligosaccharide precursors in Sarcoma 180 cells. Previous studies using the purine antimetabolite, 6-thioguanine (6-TG), demonstrated a relationship between the drug-induced decrease in GTP levels and the incorporation of radiolabelled mannose and fucose into cellular glycoproteins; estimation of the importance of these cell-surface alterations to the cytotoxicity produced by this agent was complicated by the incorporation of 6-TG nucleotides into cellular DNA and RNA. In this report, evidence is presented to show that the toxicity of 6-MMPR to Sarcoma 180 cells is associated with the effects of this agent on the intracellular pools of purine nucleotides. GTP functions in part in the activation of the sugar mannose, a step necessary for the biosynthesis of glycoproteins from nucleotide sugar precursors. Thus, 6-MMPR, which blocks the de novo pathway of purine nucleotide biosynthesis, caused a pronounced decrease in the intracellular pools of GTP in Sarcoma 180 cells; this phenomenon was accompanied by a marked reduction in the incorporation of radiolabelled mannose into cellular glycoproteins and their dolichol-linked oligosaccharide precursors. In contrast, the incorporation of glucosamine, a sugar not metabolically activated by GTP, into glycoproteins, and of leucine into protein, were depressed only after prolonged incubation with either 6-MMPR or 6-TG. Adenine restored purine nucleotide pools depleted by 6-MMPR and partially prevented both the reduction in mannose incorporation into glycoprotein and the cytotoxic effects of this antimetabolite. Guanosine partially reversed the effects of 6-MMPR on intracellular GTP pools and mannose incorporation but not the depression of ATP pools produced by this anti-metabolite. However, guanosine did not reverse the cytotoxicity of 6-MMPR but instead enhanced its toxicity. The findings are consistent with the possibility of membrane changes being involved in the cytotoxicity of 6-MMPR, but clearly other factors are involved as well.

Adenosine Triphosphate

Protein kinase C in adriamycin action and resistance in mouse sarcoma 180 cells.

Adriamycin has a wide variety of biological actions on susceptible cells, several of which may be integrally involved in cytotoxicity. In this paper, we present evidence that one of the alterations in cell function that occurs in the presence of Adriamycin is an elevation in the production of diacylglycerol. The effect is rapid, reaches a peak within 10 min of exposure of Sarcoma 180 cells to Adriamycin, and can thus be classified among the earliest alterations that occur in cells damaged by Adriamycin. Concomitant with the rise in diacylglycerol is an increase in cytosolic protein kinase C activity. Although Adriamycin does not appear to modulate the activity of this enzyme by direct binding, drug-exposed Sarcoma 180 cells have a 56% increase in intrinsic cytosolic protein kinase C (PKC) activity, with no change in the activity of the membrane form. Experiments with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate suggest that the PKC effect is linked to Adriamycin action, since activation of the enzyme by short 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate exposure enhances Adriamycin's cytotoxicity as well as its ability to provoke DNA damage (measured by alkaline elution). Likewise, down-regulation of PKC by extended 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate exposure partially protects the cells from Adriamycin-induced cytotoxicity as well as from DNA damage. Thus, the ability of cells to be injured by Adriamycin appears to be correlated with the activity of PKC. Multidrug-resistant subline Sarcoma 180A10 cells have the same total quantity of membrane-recruitable PKC as the sensitive parent Sarcoma 180 cells, as determined by [3H]phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate binding. However, the resistant cells have a significantly higher intrinsic PKC activity and an altered ability to translocate the enzyme to the cell surface. Taken together, the results raise the possibility that cell signaling mechanisms, particularly those involving protein kinase C, may play an important role in mediating the biological action of the anticancer drug Adriamycin.

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Experimental chemotherapy with 5-arylpyrimidine antifolates: Further studies on toxicity and the responsiveness of ascitic, solid, and intracranial sarcoma 180 to DDMP and DDMP with citrovorum factor.

Multiple-dose toxicity of the 5-arylpyrimidine DDMP showed marked seasonal variation and sex dependence in BD2F1 mice. Considerable therapeutic activity against the ascitic, solid, and intracranial forms of Sarcoma 180 was demonstrated. Antitumor effects were highly schedule and dose dependent at a limited number of doses between 16 and 40 mg/kg. Antitumor activity (increase in lifespan) was approximately twofold greater against the ascitic tumor compared to the intracranial tumor at each dose level. The use of citrovorum factor rescue appeared to improve the therapeutic index of DDMP against intracranial Sarcoma 180 on specific multiple-dose schedules. Citrovorum factor rescue did not result in a greater initial antitumor effect of DDMP against the solid Sarcoma 180, but the effect was maintained for a longer period of time by allowing an increase in the number of doses which could be administered without toxicity.

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Synergistic effect of ultrasound and hematoporphyrin on sarcoma 180.

The antitumor effects of combined use of ultrasound (US) and a photosensitizer, hematoporphyrin (Hp), were determined in mice bearing sarcoma 180. In order to find the optimum timing of the US irradiation after the administration of Hp, the Hp concentrations in the tumor and in the plasma were determined and were analyzed pharmacokinetically. Antitumor effects were evaluated by measuring the tumor size and the tumor weight. Hp alone showed no antitumor effect but US alone showed a slight antitumor effect. The combined treatment with US and Hp showed marked synergistic effects on sarcoma 180 (inhibition ratio was 74% of the control). From these results, the enhancement of antitumor effect is thought to be caused by the sensitization of tumor cells to US mediated by Hp.

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