[Studies on AFP-producing capacity and some other properties of human hepatoma cells treated with various anticancer drugs].

The effect of various anticancer drugs on alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) secretion and some other properties of human hepatoma cells was investigated in vitro with the following results. (1) There was a high correlation between AFP secretion and cell number after treatment of human hepatoma cells with anticancer drugs and the amounts of AFP secreted per 10(4) cells per 72 hours (AFP-secreting capacity) were not affected within therapeutically achievable concentrations (TAC). (2) The AFP-secreting capacity was affected with some exceptions in the cells treated with higher concentration of drugs than TAC. Furthermore, chromosomal and morphological aberrations in the similarly treated cells, were also observed, suggesting the relationship between the change of AFP-producing capacity and that of some other properties.