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. 1996 Sep;87(9):945-51.
doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1996.tb02124.x.

Inhibition of nucleolar function and morphological change by adriamycin associated with heat shock protein 70 accumulation

T Abe  1 , Y Fukamachi, Y Kanazawa, H Furukawa, K Shimizu, T Hirano, H Kasai, M Kashimura, K Higashi
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Inhibition of nucleolar function and morphological change by adriamycin associated with heat shock protein 70 accumulation

T Abe et al. Jpn J Cancer Res. 1996 Sep.

Abstract

Adriamycin (ADR) has been considered to target mainly DNA metabolism in the nucleus. Recently, we observed the nuclear translocation of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) after ADR treatment. We examined which intranuclear changes might be related to this alteration of HSP70 localization. We found considerable alternations in the nucleolar morphology and function in ADR-treated tumor cells, i.e., a ring-shaped segregation of granular components of almost all nucleoli and a dramatic reduction of nucleolar 45S ribosomal precursor RNA biosynthesis in HeLa cells exposed to 100 microM ADR for 2 h. Concomitantly with these changes, HSP70 was concentrated into the nucleoli, as in the case of heat shock treatment. These results indicate a novel anticancer effect of ADR via the suppression of cellular protein biosynthesis, in addition to its effect on DNA.

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