Effect of Suramin on Growth of Androgen-Responsive Mouse Tumor (Shionogi Carcinoma 115) and Its Autonomous Subline (Chiba Subline 2)

Abstract

Suramin has been shown to inhibit the binding of various growth factors to their receptors. Shionogi Carcinoma 115 cells (SC 115 cells) and Chiba Subline 2 cells (CS 2 cells) are clones of an androgen-responsive mouse tumor cell and its autonomous subline, respectively. Since the growth of SC 115 and CS 2 cells are assumed to be regulated by their own fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-like growth factors, the present study was undertaken to examine the effect of suramin on these cells.
Suramin inhibited the growth of SC 115 and CS 2 cells in a dose dependent manner. The inhibition of suramin was reversible up to 50μg/ml. Suramin reversibly changed the shape of these cells from fibroblast-like to polygonal and epithelial-like ones, and inhibited ³H-thymidine incorporation into these cells which was evoked by acidic and basic FGFs, and conditioned medium obtained from CS 2 cells. The binding of ¹²⁵I-basic FGF to SC 115 and CS 2 cells was inhibited by suramin. However, suramin had no effect on growth factor production and the hst-1 gene expression on CS 2 cells. In conclusion, suramin inhibited the autocrine and paracrine growth of SC 115 and CS 2 cells by blocking the binding of autocrine growth factors to their receptors.