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  • Title: Cell cycle arrest and the induction of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells exposed to adenosine triphosphate in vitro.
    Author: Yamada T, Okajima F, Akbar M, Tomura H, Narita T, Yamada T, Ohwada S, Morishita Y, Kondo Y.
    Journal: Oncol Rep; 2002; 9(1):113-7. PubMed ID: 11748467.
    Abstract:
    Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) has been shown to be an inhibitory or a stimulatory agent for cell growth in various types of cells. Here, we studied the effects of extracellular ATP on two pancreatic cancer cell lines, PK-1 and YAPC established by us. In both cell lines, ATP inhibited cell growth in a time- and dose-dependent manner, whereas the same doses of ATP stimulated DNA synthesis. Flow cytometric analysis of the cells incubated with or without ATP demonstrated the ATP-induced striking increase in cells at S-phase. The same analysis showed also the increase in sub-G0/G1 population in the same analysis and the electrophoretic pattern of DNA showed the occurrence of ATP-induced cell disintegration likely to be apoptosis. We suggest that extracellular ATP is cytotoxic for pancreatic cancer cells because of its induction of cell cycle arrest at S-phase and cell death, possibly apoptosis, overcoming the promotion of the entry into S-phase.
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