TABLE 1

Effect of 9-nitro-nos on cell cycle progression of drug-resistant cell lines and their normal counterparts Cells were treated with 9-nitro-nos for the indicated times before being stained with propidium iodide for cell cycle analysis.

Cell Cycle Parameters CEM CEM/VLB100 CEM/VM-1-5 1A9 1A9/PTX22
0 h 24 h 48 h 72 h 0 h 24 h 48 h 72 h 0 h 24 h 48 h 72 h 0 h 24 h 48 h 72 h 0 h 24 h 48 h 72 h
%
G0/G1 45.5 24.8 19.7 13.9 46.9 25.5 23.7 8.7 36.0 25.4 13.7 10.5 50.0 30.6 28.6 16.7 57.0 27.3 5.9 14.1
S 25.0 10.0 8.1 8.9 17.6 17.7 9.3 4.5 19.4 13.0 11.0 8.7 21.8 14.3 10.6 9.6 8.8 4.7 3.4 5.7
G2/M 20.9 34.2 40.0 16.9 25.7 36.0 30.2 12.5 30.7 41.0 15.0 12.2 21.2 34.2 17.2 9.0 20.4 31.4 44.3 13.7
Sub-G1 0.25 6.5 23.8 44.3 3.6 14.8 30.7 56.1 3.4 18.8 58.0 63.0 0.7 12.0 38.0 56.3 3.5 30.0 44.6 59.0