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Effects of the mycotoxin botryodiplodin on mammalian cells in culture. 1981

Y Moulé, and C Douce, and S Moreau, and N Darracq

The effects of botryodiplodia, a mycotoxin synthesized by Botryodiplodia theobromae and by some strains of Penicillium roqueforti. The toxin inhibited cell multiplication in growing cultures at concentrations which were without toxic effect on cultures nearing or at confluence. In growing cultures the toxin affected DNA, RNA and protein synthesis, the effect on DNA synthesis being the greatest. The removal of mycotoxin from the culture medium brought about partial recovery of the synthetic activities of the cells. The implications of the results with respect of the recovery of DNA synthesis are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008114	Liver Neoplasms, Experimental	Experimentally induced tumors of the LIVER.	Hepatoma, Experimental,Hepatoma, Morris,Hepatoma, Novikoff,Experimental Hepatoma,Experimental Hepatomas,Experimental Liver Neoplasms,Hepatomas, Experimental,Neoplasms, Experimental Liver,Experimental Liver Neoplasm,Liver Neoplasm, Experimental,Morris Hepatoma,Novikoff Hepatoma
D008297	Male		Males
D009183	Mycotoxins	Toxic compounds produced by FUNGI.	Fungal Toxins,Mycotoxin,Toxins, Fungal
D009363	Neoplasm Proteins	Proteins whose abnormal expression (gain or loss) are associated with the development, growth, or progression of NEOPLASMS. Some neoplasm proteins are tumor antigens (ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM), i.e. they induce an immune reaction to their tumor. Many neoplasm proteins have been characterized and are used as tumor markers (BIOMARKERS, TUMOR) when they are detectable in cells and body fluids as monitors for the presence or growth of tumors. Abnormal expression of ONCOGENE PROTEINS is involved in neoplastic transformation, whereas the loss of expression of TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS is involved with the loss of growth control and progression of the neoplasm.	Proteins, Neoplasm
D002455	Cell Division	The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION.	M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002478	Cells, Cultured	Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others.	Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D004273	DNA, Neoplasm	DNA present in neoplastic tissue.	Neoplasm DNA
D005663	Furans	Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The reduced form is tetrahydrofuran.	Tetrahydrofurans
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
D012334	RNA, Neoplasm	RNA present in neoplastic tissue.	Neoplasm RNA