Retinoids inhibit squamous cell carcinoma growth and intercellular communication

The Journal of Surgical Research
George H RudkinTimothy A Miller

Abstract

Retinoids have been shown to inhibit the growth of squamous cell carcinoma and other malignancies. They have also been shown to alter gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) and the expression of connexins, the protein subunits of gap junctions. We report in this study that the alteration of GJIC by retinoids may be directly related to inhibitory effects on cell growth. SCC-13 cells were treated with all-trans retinoic acid (tRA) and 13-cis retinoic acid (cRA) at 10(-7) and 10(-6) M concentrations in culture. No treatment and ethanol vehicle controls were included for each experiment. Serial cell counts of parallel cultures were performed to determine cell growth. The parachute technique was performed in combination with fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis to determine GJIC. Northern and Western blot analysis were performed to assess connexin mRNA and protein expression. The growth rate was inhibited for cells treated with tRA (10(-6) M) (P < 0.05) and cRA (10(-6) M) (P = 0.068) vs. vehicle control. GJIC was significantly inhibited with both tRA (10(-7) and 10(-6) M) (P < 0.001) and cRA (10(-7) and 10(-6) M) (P < 0.001) at 24, 48, and 96 h as determined by FACS analysis. To correlate GJIC with cell gro...Continue Reading

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