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Inhibition of plasma membrane NADH oxidase activity and growth of HeLa cells by natural and synthetic retinoids

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Several retinoids, both natural and synthetic, were evaluated for their ability to modulate NADH oxidase activity of plasma membranes of cultured HeLa cells and the growth of HeLa cells in culture. Both NADH oxidase activity and the growth of cells were inhibited by the naturally-occurring retinoids all trans-retinoic acid (tretinoin) and retinol as well as by the synthetic retinoids, trans-acitretin, 13-cis-acitretin, etretinate and arotonoid ethylester (Ro 13-6298). For all retinoids tested, inhibition of NADH oxidase activity and inhibition of growth were correlated closely. With tretinoin, etretinate and arotonoid ethylester, NADH oxidase activity and cell growth were inhibited in parallel in proportion to the logarithm of retinoid concentration over the range of concentrations 10-8 to 10-5 M. Approximately 70% inhibition of both NADH oxidase activity and growth was reached at 10 µM. With retinol, trans-acitretin and 13-cis-acitretin, inhibition of NADH oxidase activity and growth also were correlated but maximum inhibition of both was about 40% at 10 µM. The possibility is suggested that inhibition of the plasma membrane NADH oxidase activity by retinoids may be related to their mechanism of inhibition of growth of HeLa cells in culture. (Mol Cell Biochem 166: 101-109, 1997)

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  1. Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Shaoli Dai

  2. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    D. James Morré

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

    Christoph C. Geilen, Brigitte Almond-Roesler & Constantin E. Orfanos

  4. Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Dorothy M. Morré

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Dai, S., Morré, D.J., Geilen, C.C. et al. Inhibition of plasma membrane NADH oxidase activity and growth of HeLa cells by natural and synthetic retinoids. Mol Cell Biochem 166, 101–109 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006866726050

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