Aurintricarboxylic acid decreases proliferative potential of SKOV3 and MCF7 human carcinoma cells.
Vadim E. Fraifeld, Roberta Seidman, Orli Sagi, Kh.K. Muradian, Marina Wolfson · PubMed · 2001
The effect of aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) on cell growth and proliferative capacity was studied in human ovarian SKOV3 and breast MCF7 carcinoma cells. ATA moderately inhibited cell growth measured by a Neutral red assay after a 24-hour incubation of the cells in the presence of ATA. The ATA-treated cells displayed a markedly decreased capacity to proliferate, as was evident from a colony formation assay. The initial and delayed anti-proliferative effects of ATA were dose-dependent. Together, the results indicated that ATA offers the potential of being recognized as an anti-tumor drug, at least in certain types of cancers.