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Short-chain fatty acids, such as propionic, n-butyric, n-butyric, n-valeric, isovaleric, n-caproic, and n-caprylic acids, induce alkaline phosphatase activity in cultured mammalian cells. Long-chain fatty acids have no similar effects. With B-6 cells (mouse X Chinese hamster cell hybrids), n-butyrate at 2 to 5 mM exhibits the greatest activity. Induction begins exponentially about 24 hours after addition of the fatty acid and continues over 48 hours. Studies on the inducing activity-structure relationship revealed the necessity of a carboxyl and an ethyl or longer alkyl group. n-Butyrate shows a marked synergistic action of induction when added along with other types of inducers: adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). Treatment of other cell lines with either n-buryrate, cAMP, or BrdU revealed a cell-type specific response pattern of alkaline phosphatase. The biological significance of this effect of short-chain fatty acids is discussed.
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PMID:Induction by short-chain fatty acids of alkaline phosphatase activity in cultured mammalian cells. 17 33

Sodium butyrate causes HeLa cells to assume an elongated and jagged shape. Ultrastructurally this change is associated with the formation of bundles of microfilaments. Desmosomes were present between adjacent cells. No increase in microtubules was observed in the butyrate-treated cells. Butyrate induces an increase in the activity of 2 membrane-bound enzymes, alkaline phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase; however, the activity of a third membrane enzyme, acetylcholine esterase, is reduced. The activities of the several other enzymes with different subcellular localizations are not significantly increased. Colcemid and cytochalasin B prevent or reverse the butyrate-mediated change in HeLa cell morphology and also partially inhibit the induction of alkaline phosphatase activity in these cells. The effect of cytochalasin B on alkaline phosphatase induction may be caused by a reduction in protein synthesis produced by this fungal metabolite.
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PMID:Ultrastructural and enzymic modulation of HeLa cells induced by sodium butyrate and the effects of cytochalasin B and colcemid. 97 76

Some biological and neurochemical properties of the venom of stonefish (Syanceja horrida) were investigated. The venom exhibited oedema-inducing, haemolytic, hyaluronidase, thrombin-like, alkaline phosphomonoesterase, 5' nucleotidase, acetylcholinesterase, phosphodiesterase, arginine esterase, and arginine amidase activities. Recalcification clotting time, prothrombin, and kaolin-cephalin clotting times were increased 1.7-2.3- and 2.4-fold respectively. The LD50 (i.v. mouse) was 300 micrograms/Kg. Its effects on uptake and stimulation of neurotransmitter synthesis and release were observed in rat brain synaptosomes. In the presence of 100 micrograms venom, uptake of [methyl-3H] choline in rat brain synaptosomes was inhibited 70%, while that of 4-amino-n-[U-14C] butyric acid was inhibited 20%. The toxin also stimulated the release of [3H]-acetylcholine from the synaptosomes.
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PMID:Biological activities of Synanceja horrida (stonefish) venom. 136 68

The in vitro effect of butyrate on expression of differentiation markers in colonic epithelial cells was assessed in the colon cancer cell line, LIM1215 and in epithelial cells isolated from a surgically resected histologically normal colon. Markers used to assess cell differentiation were: net glycoprotein synthesis ([3H]-glucosamine uptake) expressed relative to net protein synthesis ([14C]-leucine uptake), and the expression of the brush border glycoproteins (alkaline phosphatase and carcino-embryonic antigen) in cell homogenates calculated relative to cellular protein content. In response to 24 h exposure to 1 mmol/L butyrate, all markers significantly increased in LIM1215 cells whereas they all significantly decreased in isolated colonic epithelial cells under identical culture conditions. Similar effects were seen at butyrate concentrations of up to 4 mmol/L. Butyrate suppressed proliferation of LIM1215 cells but had no consistent effect on [3H]-thymidine uptake by, or DNA content of, normal epithelial cells. Additional experiments found no evidence of a toxic effect of butyrate at those concentrations nor of an alteration of cell responsiveness to butyrate due to the isolation process itself. In contrast to its differentiative effect on neoplastic cells, butyrate reduces the expression of phenotypic markers of differentiation in vitro in colonic epithelial cells from non-neoplastic mucosa.
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PMID:Contrasting effects of butyrate on the expression of phenotypic markers of differentiation in neoplastic and non-neoplastic colonic epithelial cells in vitro. 157 99

The present work was designed to study the differentiating effect of butyrate on LS174T cells after modification of their lipids with long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) supplementation. The LCFAs 18:1(n-9), 18:2(n-6), 20:4(n-6), 20:5(n-3), and 22:6(n-3) bound to added to the media of confluent cells for eight days. The fatty acid-to-albumin ratio was 3:1. The concentration of fatty acids in the media was 100 microM. On the last day, half of the flasks were treated with 2 mM butyrate. The data indicate that supplementation with polyunsaturated LCFAs having 20-22 carbon atoms resulted in a significant reduction in cell density and viability, whereas all LCFA supplementation reduced differentiation as measured by alkaline phosphatase activity. Butyrate treatment increased the density, viability, and differentiation of the tumor cells. The effect of butyrate on differentiation was mainly with cells supplemented with 18:1, 20:5, and 22:6. In the absence of LCFA supplementation, butyrate reduced the concentration of 22:5(n-6) in the cellular lipids. Also, butyrate modified the LCFAs incorporated in cells supplemented with 18:2 and 20:5, with changes occurring in 20:5(n-3), 22:5(n-3), and 22:5(n-6). Thus the present study suggests an interaction between butyrate and LCFA on differentiation and LCFA metabolism of human colon cancer cells.
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PMID:Influence of butyrate on lipid metabolism, survival, and differentiation of colon cancer cells. 179 8

Three weeks of butyric acid applications (0.5 g/kg and 1.0 g/kg body weight) caused strong dose-dependent strains on the acid-base balance in young fattening bulls aged 4 months. Disorders were primarily reflected in changed net values of acid-base excretion in urine. Activity of alkaline phosphatase was found to depend strongly and directly on these changes. Drastic variations were recorded also from nitrogen metabolism.
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PMID:[Subacute butyric acid burden in cattle. 2. Effect on the acid-base balance and the protein metabolism in young fattening bulls]. 277 41

We have studied the effects of sodium butyrate, retinoic acid, and dimethyl sulfoxide on two human ovarian carcinoma cell lines PE04 and PE01. PE04 cells, after treatment with sodium butyrate at cytostatic doses (2-3 mM for 4 days), exhibited phenotypic changes including induction of alkaline phosphatase and determinants recognized by the monoclonal antibodies 123C3 and 123A8. These effects are not simply the result of cytostasis as they were not produced by dimethyl sulfoxide or retinoic acid. Other markers are also modified by sodium butyrate including lipid, acid mucin, and glycogen. Retinoic acid modulated expression of lipid and CA125, while dimethyl sulfoxide reduced expression of CA125. Other short chain fatty acids such as propionic acid and valeric acid (in addition to butyric acid) also induced alkaline phosphatase and the determinants recognized by 123C3 and 123A8 in PE04 cells. Other differentiation inducers and cytotoxic agents studied did not induce these markers at cytostatic concentrations. The effects of sodium butyrate (and related short chain fatty acids) thus appear to be relatively specific for this cell line.
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PMID:Effect of sodium butyrate and other differentiation inducers on poorly differentiated human ovarian adenocarcinoma cell lines. 316 62

HeLa S3 cells produce an alkaline phosphatase indistinguishable from the enzyme from human term placenta. The phosphatase activity in these cells was induced by both prednisolone and sodium butyrate. Both agents stimulated de novo synthesis of the enzyme. The increase in phosphatase activity paralleled the increase in immunoactivity and biosynthesis of placental alkaline phosphatase. The fully processed phosphatase monomer in control, prednisolone-treated or butyrate-treated cells was a 64.5 K polypeptide, measured by both incorporation of L-[35S]methionine into enzyme protein and active-site labeling. The 64.5 K polypeptide was formed by the incorporation of additional N-acetylneuraminic acid moieties to a precursor polypeptide of 61.5 K. However, this biosynthetic pathway was identified only in butyrate-treated cells. In prednisolone-treated cells, the processing of 61.5 K to the 64.5 K monomer was accelerated, and the presence of the 61.5 K precursor could only be detected by either neuraminidase or monensin treatment. Phosphatase mRNA which comigrated with the term placental alkaline phosphatase mRNA of 2.7 kilobases was induced in the presence of either prednisolone or butyrate. Alkaline phosphatase mRNA in untreated HeLa S3 cells migrated slightly faster than the term placental alkaline phosphatase mRNA. Butyrate also induced a second still faster migrating alkaline phosphatase mRNA. Both prednisolone and butyrate increased the steady-state levels of placental alkaline phosphatase mRNA. Our data indicate that the increase in phosphatase mRNA by prednisolone and butyrate resulted in the induction of alkaline phosphatase activity and biosynthesis in HeLa S3 cells. Furthermore, both agents induced the expression of different alkaline phosphatase gene transcripts without altering its protein product.
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PMID:Control of placental alkaline phosphatase gene expression in HeLa cells: induction of synthesis by prednisolone and sodium butyrate. 365 99

The incidence, distribution, size, and histopathology of small and large bowel tumors induced by parenteral administration of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine were examined in rats given 1% or 2% sodium butyrate dissolved in drinking water. Although previous in vitro reports on colon cancer cell lines have suggested that sodium butyrate might have a role to play as a chemotherapeutic "differentiating agent," the results of this in vivo study indicate that sodium butyrate treatment enhanced the development of colonic neoplasia and was associated with increased fecal butyric acid concentrations. In contrast, no changes were seen in the incidence of small bowel tumors, luminal butyric acid concentrations, mucosal morphology, or brush-border enzyme activities (i.e., sucrase, alkaline phosphatase). This study suggests that dietary butyrate has an important, possibly indirect, regulatory role in carcinogenesis associated with an experimental animal model of colonic neoplasia.
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PMID:Effects of differing concentrations of sodium butyrate on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine-induced rat intestinal neoplasia. 373 64

The effects of short chain fatty acids on a colon carcinoma cell line, LIM1215, have been studied. Of the four short chain fatty acids tested only butyrate at 1 mmol/l and 10 mmol/l and acetate at 10 mmol/l had significant effects on this cell line. The addition of butyrate to growth medium affected the growth rate and the production of alkaline phosphatase, dipeptidyl peptidase IV and carcinoembryonic antigen. Butyrate at a final concentration of 1 mmol/l increased the doubling time of the cells from 26 hours to 72 hours and decreased the cloning efficiency of the cells from 1.1% to 0.054%. Alkaline phosphatase concentrations increased rapidly in cells cultured in 1 mmol/l butyrate reaching peak levels after four days with alkaline phosphatase concentrations increasing more than six-fold. Levels of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and carcinoembryonic antigen were also increased after culture in butyrate containing medium. The number of alkaline phosphatase containing and dipeptidyl peptidase IV containing cells increased markedly in butyrate containing cultures. In contrast the number of mucus containing cells decreased in cultures grown in medium containing butyrate. This differentiating effect of butyrate on colon carcinoma cells may be relevant to the presence of butyrate in the colonic contents and the relationship between short chain fatty acids and fibre intake.
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PMID:Effects of short chain fatty acids on a new human colon carcinoma cell line (LIM1215). 380 21


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