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Intracellular acidification inhibits the proliferative response in BALB/c-3T3 cells

✍ Scribed by C. A. Lucas; R. J. Gillies; J. E. Olson; K. A. Giuliano; R. Martinez; J. M. Sneider

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
734 KB
Volume
136
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9541

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✦ Synopsis

One of the earliest events to occur upon the addition of serum to quiescent cells is an increase in the intracellular pH (pHin). The relationship between this pH change and proliferation is not known. In the present study, we investigate the consequences of acidifying the cytosol using the weak acid, 5', 5"-dimethyl oxazolidine 2,4-dione (DMO). At a concentration of 50 mM, DMO inhibits the serum-induced increases in pHin, DNA synthesis, and cell number. This concentration of DMO is shown not to inhibit the steady-state rate of mitochondrial respiration and not to inhibit DNA synthesis in a pH-independent fashion. The effects of DMO treatments are also shown to be reversible, indicating that this compound is not cytotoxic. These observations indicate that DMO inhibits cell proliferation by lowering intracellular pH. One important event that must occur prior to the initiation of DNA synthesis is an elevated rate of protein synthesis. The rate of protein synthesis in situ is extremely pH sensitive. Addition of 50 mM DMO to serum-stimulated cultures reduces the rate of leucine incorporation to unstimulated levels. These observations suggest that cytoplasmic acidification may inhibit proliferation through its effects on protein synthesis.

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