Effects of Adriamycin or CP -2 on the Spleen of Mouse Implanted with Ehrlich Carcinoma Cells: An Autoradiographic Study / 체질인류학회지

In this experiment, side effects of two anticancer drugs (adriamycin and CP -2) on the structure of spleen were histologically studied. Each of ICR mice was inoculated with 1 x10 7 Ehrlich carcinoma cells subcutaneously in the inguinal area. From next day, 0.2 ml of saline solution, adriamycin (2 mg/kg) or CP -2 (30 mg/kg) were injected subcutaneously every other day. The day following the 7th injection of adriamycin or CP -2, each mouse was injected with a single dose of 0.7 micro Ci/gm of methyl -3 H -thymidine (25 Ci/mmol, Amersham Lab., England) through tail vein. Seventy minutes after the thymidine injection, animals were sacrificed, and splenic tissues were collected and fixed in 10% neutral formalin. Deparaffinized sections were coated with autoradiographic emulsion EM -1 (Amersham Lab., England) in the dark room and dried, and were kept in a light -tight box. The sections were exposured for 5 weeks in the dark room, and were developed in D -19 developer. The number of the labeled cells in the areas of the white pulp, the red pulp and the marginal zone (mean number of labeled cells per 0.21 mm 2 ) were observed and calculated. In the spleen of adriamycin treated group, vacuoles containing pyknotic nuclei were observed frequently. Whereas in the CP -2 treated group, morphological changes of the spleen were not observed. The number of the labeled cells of normal control, experimental control, CP -2 treated and adriamycin treated groups were 240.3 +/-53.28, 252.3+/- 58.24, 216.7 +/-55.17 and 45.4 +/-15.46, respectively, and most of the labeled cells were located near the marginal zone of the spleen. In the adriamycin treated group, labeled cells containing a few silver grains of 3 H -thymidine were observed more frequently than in those of the normal and experimental control groups. From the above results, adriamycin and CP -2 may suppress the DNA synthesis of the splenic tissues. Especially, CP -2 does not results any histological defect on the splenic tissues. These result suggest that CP -2 is expected as one of effective anticancer drugs.

The Effect of Antimetabolites for Inhibiting the Proliferation of Rabbit Lens Epithelial Cells in Vitro

The most common cause of blurred vision after extracapsular cataract extraction is known to be an opacification of the posterior lens capsule. The pathogenesis of posterior lens capsule opacification is primarily caused by residual lens epithelial cells. For the prevention of posterior capsular opacification, several kinds of anti-mitotic drugs is being actively investigated. But the antimitotic drugs are not clinically used due to toxicity towards the intraocular tissues. The objectives of this study is to evaluate the effect of mitomycin C and tirilazad mesylate(FREEDOX(TM)) respectively for inhibiting the proliferation of rabbit lens epithelial cells when it is administered in a short period. Lens epithelial cells from white rabbits were harvested andcultured for 4 passages. Mitomycin C was applied for 3 minutes with 0.025mg/ml and 0.05mg/ml in concentration respectively. The proliferation assay was performed by [(3)H]-thymidine uptake test. Significant decrease of lens epithelial cell proliferation appeared in both drugs.When Mitomycin-C was applied with 0.025mg/ml for 3 minutes, cell proliferation was reduced to 31.5% compared with control and in 0.05mg/ml concentration, to 12.5%. When tirilazad mesylate was applied 0.15mg/ml for 3 minutes, cell proliferation was reduced to 46.5% compared with control and in 1.5mg/ml concentration, to 7.5%. If futher investigation would show the effectives and safety of these drugs, these agents could be applied into the lens capsular bad at the time of surgery to prevent the posterior capsular opacification after cataract surgery.

Effects of IL-7 on human lymphocytes

Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is known as a growth factor for pre B-cell and mature T-cells in human. But in leukemic cells, IL-7 effect is variously reported. To investigate the effect of IL-7 on the cells of childhood acute leukemia we used 3H-Thymidine assay. Twelve Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), seven T-ALL and three Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) were involved in this study. Two out of twelve ALL and three out of seven T-ALL bone marrow (BM) cells were stimulated by IL-7 in 3H-Thymidine incorporation. In normal and AML BM cells, IL-7 had no stimulatory activity as in various leukemic cell lines. Two normal peripheral blood T-cells responded to IL-7 dose dependently. We have seen the effect of IL-7 to stimulate T-lineage cells but, for precise conclusion, further study using more purified samples will be needed.

A histologic and autoradiographic study on the early changes in the movements of rat incisors / 대한치과교정학회지

The purpose of this study was to quantify the biologic effects of the tensile forces from helical springs across the maxillary incisors on the periodontal tissues of rats. 39 Sprague-Dawlely rats were divided into a control group(3 rats) and three experimental groups(36 rats)-group 1, pressured with a light force(50-75g), group 2, with a heavy force(250-300g) and group 3, with a heavy force(250-300g) plus laser irradiation. Autoradiographic and histopathologic observations were performed in 12, 24, 48 and 96 hours after force application. The result were as follow: 1. Hyalinized zone of periodontal ligament began to appear at pressure side in 12 hours in group 2 and group 3 ; all decreased in 96 hours except in group 2. 2. Alveolar bone resorption began to appear in 12 hours in group 2 and group 3 ; Group 2 showed more resorption than group 1 and no difference to group 3. 3. Tearing of periodontal ligament and vascular dilatation began to appear at tension side in 12 hours in all groups ; Group 2 showed more changes than group 1 and no difference to group 3 ; Decrease began to appear in 96 hours. 4. New bone formation began to appear at tension side in 12 hours and increased more and more; No differences were shown of groups 5. New capillary proliferation began to appear at pressure side in 12 hours; The changes were the greatest in group 3, group 2, group 1, in that order. 6. Positive reaction of cells to [3H]-thymidine was the greatest in 24 hours of all groups and decreased with times ; Group 2 showed more reaction than group 1 and no difference to group 3.

EFFECTS OF VERAPAMIL ON DNA, RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS OF HUMAN FIBROBLASTS / 中国药理学通报

In order to investigate the action of calcium antagonists on metabolism of intracellular macromolecules, The authors observed the effects of verapamil on the incor-poration of 〔 3H 〕 TdR, 〔 3H 〕 UR and 〔 3H 〕 Leu into human fibroblasts. The inhibitory effects on DNA and RNA synthesis were concentration dependent, ID50 was l2.3mg/L and 22mg/L, respectively. The inhibitory effect on the synthesis of protein was weak.

EFFECTS OF PODOPHYLLIC ACID PIPERIDYL HYDR-AZONE NITROXIDE RADICAL ON THE PROLIFERATION, MITOTIC INDEX AND DNA SYNTHESIS OF SOME CANCER CELLS IN VITRO / 中国药理学通报

It was found that the proliferation of mice L7712 leukemic cells in vitro was markedly inhibited by 5 mg/L GP1 and VP10 The inhib itory rate increased with the incubation time. At a concentration of 0 .04-20mg/L, the mitotic index ( MI ) of GP1 group increased, but the MI of VP16 group decreased. After L7712 cells were treated with GP, 5 mg/L for 12 h the MI reached the highest point which was 8 times as high as that of the control, at the same time, the MI of VP16 ( 5 mg/L) group was about one-third of that of the control. The result of the combination of GP1 with VP16 showed that VP16 could antagonize the effect of GP on MI of L7712 cells. After being treated by GP1 and VP18 for 24 h, serious damage of L7712 cells could be observed. Both drugs inhibited the incorporation of (3H) TdR into DNA of S180, ascitic hepatoma (AH), L1210 and L7712 cells incubated for 24 h. It was further observed that S180 and L7712 cells were more sensitive than other cells to both drugs.

THE INFLUENCES OF AMMONIUM GLYCYRRHIZANATE AGON PROSTAGLANDIN(PG) AND DNA BIOSYNTHESIS IN CULTURED RAT AND HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES / 中国药理学通报

The influences of varied concentrations of AG on the 8H-TdR(3H-Thymidine ) incorporation inhibition rate and the release of PGI2 and TXA2 were studied in cultured human and rat lymphocytes . The results indicated that the AG increased the 3H-TdR incorporation inhibition rate on the concentrations of 1.5? 10-7mol/L and 3?10-7mol/L. Using the RIA method, authors find that AG on the concentrations of 4 ? 10-7mol/L, 4 ? 10-3mol/L and 4 ? 10-11mo/L can significantly decrease the cultured lymphocytes TXA2 release while has no clear influences on PGI2 release

~3H-THYMIDINE UPTAKE ASSAY OF FRTL5 CELLSI THE INFLUENCE OF CELL FACTORS / 西安交通大学学报(医学版)

The amount of ~3H-TdR incorporation into D?A of FRTL5 cells was expressed as CPM/?gD?A. THe responsibity of FRTL5 cells to stimulators such as TSH was expressed as % against thJ control CPM/?gDNA of the experimental group divided by that of the control. The responsibilities of FRTL5 cells which were recovered after being fr-o zen under-180℃ for a long time, to TSH 200?g/ml were 2741% and 3028% respectively, and the responsibilities of cells cultured in TSH media continuously for a long time, to TSH 200?u/ml and 2000?u/ml were 736% and 719% respectively. There was statistically significant differences between the two groups of the cells mentioned above. This showed that freezing FRTL5 Cells for a long time Such as 2 months was able to recover the decreased responsibility of the Cells due to a long continuous TSH culture.

EFFECTS OF NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ON NEURITE OUTGROWTH AND ON SYNTHESIS OF RNA AND DNA IN RAT SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIA IN VITRO: AN AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY / 解剖学报

Nerve growth factor (NGF) can promote the outgrowth of neurites of the target ganglia. In order to further explore the relationship between this effect and the synthesis of RNA and DNA in the neurons, an autoradiography of 3~H-uridine and 3~H-thymidine was used. Superior cervical ganglia (SCG) from newborn rats were cultivated by Maximow's double coverslip method. All cultures were divided to one group of cultures a crude preparation of NGF was added to the medium and another group without NGF served as control. Before tissue culture was stopped, the. covership cultures were transferred to thelabeling-medium and incubated, and then they were fixed, and cut into serial sections and subjected to autoradiographie processes. The results show that the percentage and the level of grains of neurons labeled by 3~H-uridine in the NGF group are higher than that of control. Moreover, before the growth rate of neurites reaches a peak, the level of grains of neurons labeled by 3~H-uridine in the NGF group is obviously increased. The evidence suggests that NGF can promote the synthesis of RNA in neurons of SCG, which has a direct bearing on the quick outgrowth of neurites. In the experiments with 3~H-thymidine incorporation, that the NGF may promote the synthesis of DNA in some neurons of the third day SCG in vitro was also observed.