Vital physiological processes that drive the insect molt represent areas of interest for the development of alternative control strategies. The western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus Knight) is a pest of numerous agronomic and horticultural crops but the development of novel control approaches is impeded by limited knowledge of the mechanisms regulating its molt. To address this deficiency...

Two human leukemia cell lines (Molt-4 and HL-60) have been used for establishing cells which exhibit a low level resistance to Adriamycin. Analysis of drug uptake patterns shows that the Molt-4 resistant cells are defective in the initial intracellular accumulation of drug. In contrast to Molt-4 the levels of drug which accumulate in the sensitive and resistant HL-60 cells during a 60-min incub...

BACKGROUND Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) induces apoptosis in various tumor cells, but does not affect normal cells or human leukemic cells, such as MOLT-4 and U937 cells, which are relatively resistant to TRAIL. Three flavonoids extracted from the rhizome of K. parviflora were 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF), 5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone (TMF) and 3,5,7,3',4'-pentameth...

BACKGROUND Anticancer activities of several substituted naphthalimides (1H-benz[de]isoquinoline-1,3-diones) are well documented. Some of them have undergone Phase I-II clinical trials. Presently a series of ten N-(hydroxyalkyl) naphthalimides (compounds 1a-j) were evaluated as antitumor agents. METHODS Compounds 1a-j were initially screened in MOLT-4, HL-60 and U-937 human tumor cell lines an...

Thiosemicarbazone analogs of papaveraldine and related compounds 1-6 were synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxic and antimalarial activities. The cytotoxic activity was tested against HuCCA-1, HepG2, A549 and MOLT-3 human cancer cell lines. Thiosemicarbazones 1-5 displayed cytotoxicity toward all the tested cell lines, while compounds 2-5 selectively showed potent activity against the MOLT-3 c...

The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that decreasing plasma prolactin stimulates or permits the initiation of avian molt. Changes in the concentration of plasma prolactin in Mute swans (Cygnus olor) were compared in non-breeding singletons and breeding pairs. In breeding swans, the onset of molt is delayed compared to non-breeders, and is delayed further in breeding males compared to...

cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. despite the availability of several chemotherapeutic drugs, there is still a great need for more efficient agents for a better management of cancer. in this contribution, a series of 11 dhps (4a, 4b & 7a-i) were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against mcf-7, ls180, and molt-4 cancer cell lines using mtt assay. synthesized 2,6-di...

This work compares effect of histondeacetylase inhibitor, valproic acid (VA), on proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis induction in two human leukemic cell lines: HL-60 (human promyleocytic leukemia, p53 negative) and MOLT-4 (human T-lymphocyte leukemia, p53 wild type). Incubation with VA caused decrease in percentage of cells in S phase of cell cycle. The decrease was more intensive in ...

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the availability of several chemotherapeutic drugs, there is still a great need for more efficient agents for a better management of cancer. In this contribution, a series of 11 DHPs (4a, 4b & 7a-i) were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against MCF-7, LS180, and MOLT-4 cancer cell lines using MTT assay. Synthesized 2,6-di...