Ol. Shestova et al., SENSITIVITY TO RUBOMYCIN AND CYTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MOUSE LEUKEMIA P-388 CELLS - SUGGESTED RELATIONSHIPS, Gematologia i transfuziologia, 38(8), 1993, pp. 15-18
In search for markers of tumor cell resistance to cytostatic drugs, cy
tological characteristics were compared of resistant and sensitive to
rubomycin variants of mouse P-388 leukemia. Morphocytochemical, morpho
metrical and cytogenetic investigations were performed as well as meas
urements of intracellular pH. As shown by the fluorescent test, pH lev
els in rubomycin-sensitive and resistant subpopulations differed. This
fact evidences an important role of intracellular pH in inducing the
resistance and revealed some mechanisms of rubomycin-resistant tumor c
ell selection.