Chromosome abnormalities in skin fibroblasts probably induced by an anti-cancer drug

J Dermatol. 1990 Mar;17(3):155-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01617.x.

Abstract

Chromosome findings in cultured skin fibroblasts from a patient treated with an anti-cancer drug, pepleomycin sulfate, for his penis cancer are reported. In two batches of specimens (days 16 and 34, respectively), out of 120 cells examined, a total of 26 abnormal cells (21.7%) were found with no common chromosome abnormalities; there were no clones. This cytogenetic pattern of abnormalities without clones in cultured skin fibroblasts differs from that seen in congenital disease or radiation-exposed skin fibroblasts. It is suggested that the anti-cancer agent is the most likely etiological factor for these uncloned chromosome abnormalities in cultured skin fibroblasts.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bleomycin / adverse effects*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / drug therapy
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromosome Aberrations*
  • Fibroblasts / drug effects
  • Fibroblasts / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Penile Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Peplomycin
  • Skin / drug effects
  • Skin / ultrastructure

Substances

  • Bleomycin
  • Peplomycin