Modulation by retinyl acetate of microfilament bundle formation in C3H/10T1/2 cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
L J MordanJ S Bertram

Abstract

Retinyl acetate has been previously shown to inhibit carcinogen-induced neoplastic transformation in 10T1/2 cells and to accentuate many aspects of the nontransformed phenotype. Scanning electron microscopy of logarithmic phase 10T1/2 cells treated for 3 days with 0.3 micrograms/ml retinyl acetate revealed that this treatment caused extensive flattening of cells to the plastic substrate. In contrast the tumor promoter tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate, which antagonizes the antineoplastic activity of retinyl acetate, caused cell rounding and completely inhibited the action of retinyl acetate on cell morphology. During this same time course, the formation of microfilament bundles was also found to be modulated by retinyl acetate. Transmission electron micrographs of unsectioned peripheral regions of flattened cells showed that while the unit density of microfilament bundles was not influenced, the thickness of bundles, particularly those with a diameter of 100 nm or more, was increased by retinyl acetate. Tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate had little effect on microfilament bundle diameters but did partially antagonize the action of retinyl acetate. To determine if this increase was associated with an increase in total actin/cell, total ...Continue Reading

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