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Effects of platinum-thymine on mitosis of sarcoma-180 ascites cells in vitro: ultrastructural study. 1988

G Ofosu, and R Bowden

Department of Biology, Delaware State College, Dover.

Electron microscopic studies of sarcoma-180 ascites cells, which were treated with platinum-thymine at a concentration of 60 micrograms/ml, showed mitotic inhibition. The drug clumped the chromosomes into a compact mass at the center of the cell preventing them from separating during mitosis. Prolonged treatment depolymerized spindle fibers and cytoplasmic microfilament. Degraded cytoplasmic organelles crowded around the clumped chromosomes. Disintegrating and casting off of cortical cytoplasm was apparent. Platinum-thymine-treated cells did not resume mitosis irrespective of the amount of time they were allowed to remain in fresh medium. Perturbation of mitotic machinery by platinum-thymine inhibited the mitotic process and caused eventual demise of the cancer cells.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008854	Microscopy, Electron	Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen.	Electron Microscopy
D008938	Mitosis	A type of CELL NUCLEUS division by means of which the two daughter nuclei normally receive identical complements of the number of CHROMOSOMES of the somatic cells of the species.	M Phase, Mitotic,Mitotic M Phase,M Phases, Mitotic,Mitoses,Mitotic M Phases,Phase, Mitotic M,Phases, Mitotic M
D009944	Organoplatinum Compounds	Organic compounds which contain platinum as an integral part of the molecule.	Compounds, Organoplatinum
D002869	Chromosome Aberrations	Abnormal number or structure of chromosomes. Chromosome aberrations may result in CHROMOSOME DISORDERS.	Autosome Abnormalities,Cytogenetic Aberrations,Abnormalities, Autosome,Abnormalities, Chromosomal,Abnormalities, Chromosome,Chromosomal Aberrations,Chromosome Abnormalities,Cytogenetic Abnormalities,Aberration, Chromosomal,Aberration, Chromosome,Aberration, Cytogenetic,Aberrations, Chromosomal,Aberrations, Chromosome,Aberrations, Cytogenetic,Abnormalities, Cytogenetic,Abnormality, Autosome,Abnormality, Chromosomal,Abnormality, Chromosome,Abnormality, Cytogenetic,Autosome Abnormality,Chromosomal Aberration,Chromosomal Abnormalities,Chromosomal Abnormality,Chromosome Aberration,Chromosome Abnormality,Cytogenetic Aberration,Cytogenetic Abnormality
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012510	Sarcoma 180	An experimental sarcoma of mice.	Sarcoma 180, Crocker,Crocker Sarcoma 180
D013941	Thymine	One of four constituent bases of DNA.	5-Methyluracil,5 Methyluracil
D014407	Tumor Cells, Cultured	Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely.	Cultured Tumor Cells,Neoplastic Cells, Cultured,Cultured Neoplastic Cells,Cell, Cultured Neoplastic,Cell, Cultured Tumor,Cells, Cultured Neoplastic,Cells, Cultured Tumor,Cultured Neoplastic Cell,Cultured Tumor Cell,Neoplastic Cell, Cultured,Tumor Cell, Cultured