Turkish Journal of Biology
Abstract
Cervical carcinoma is one type of cancer with a high mortality rate in women. In this research, we investigated the cytotoxic, antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of hydroxyurea on a human cervical carcinoma cell line, HeLa. We found that hydroxyurea has cytotoxic and antiproliferative effects on HeLa cells in a dose-dependent manner. We also found that hydroxyurea can increase cellular levels of p53 and p21, and induce DNA fragmentation in a dose-dependent manner. We concluded that the observed antiproliferative, cytotoxic and apoptosis inducing activities of hydroxyurea might be mediated by the induction of p53 and its transcriptional target, p21.
DOI
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Keywords
Hydroxyurea, p53, p21, Cervical Carcinoma, DNA fragmentation, Apoptosis
First Page
145
Last Page
150
Recommended Citation
AKÇA, HAKAN and ÖZEŞ, OSMAN NİDAİ (2002) "Hydroxyurea Induces p53 Accumulation and Apoptosis in Human Cervical Carcinoma Cells," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 26: No. 3, Article 3. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol26/iss3/3
