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. 1994 Mar;120(3):156–158. doi: 10.1007/BF01202194

The effect of phorbol ester treatment on migration of C3H 10T1/2 and BT5C glioma cells: possible application to carcinogenesis

Przemysław Janik 1,, Božena Szaniawska 1, Dariusz Kowalczyk 1, Joanna Miłoszewska 1
PMCID: PMC12200044  PMID: 8263011

Abstract

Treatment with the tumor-promoting phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) and the second-stage promotor 12-O-retinoylphorbol 13-acetate induced down-regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) and enhanced the migration of C3H 10T1/2 cells. In the case of BT5C glioma cells the same negative correlation was observed only after treatment with TPA. The negative control 4α-phorbol affected neither PKC activity nor the migratory ability of both cell lines.

Key words: Phorbol esters, Protein kinase C, Cell migration, Carcinogenesis

Abbreviations

PKC

protein kinase C

TPA

12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate

RPA

12-O-retinoylphorbol

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