Endothelin-2 down-regulation occurs in parallel with the anti-proliferative effect of dimethylsulfoxide in BeWO human choriocarcinoma cell line.

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Rebourcet R, Mignot TM, Robert B, Ferre F

Endothelin-2 down-regulation occurs in parallel with the anti-proliferative effect of dimethylsulfoxide in BeWO human choriocarcinoma cell line.

Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 2004;50 Online Pub:OL701-12.

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Abstract

Endothelins exhibit growth regulating properties in many cell types, and there is now considerable evidence that they play a critical pathophysiological role in human diseases such as carcinogenesis. In the choriocarcinoma cell lines JEG-3, JAR and BeWO, we demonstrate by RT-PCR that prepro endothelin (ET)-1 and prepro ET-2 mRNA were expressed, whereas prepro ET-3 was never expressed. Only ET-1 and ET-2 peptides were identified by HPLC/RIA analyses in culture media from these three choriocarcinoma cell lines. In the BeWO line, the cellular growth measured as the cell count and DNA content decreased with increasing concentrations of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; range 0.5-3%). The expression of prepro ET-2 was also suppressed by DMSO, whereas no change was noticed inprepro ET-1 mRNA. All these effects were reversible when DMSO was replaced by 15% foetal calf serum. These effects of DMSO which are correlated to ET-2 down regulation in dividing BeWO cells suggest a role for this endothelin isoform in trophoblast proliferation.