Reversible inhibition by human serum lipoproteins of cell proliferation
โ Scribed by Fumiaki Ito; Yuko Takii; Jiro Suzuki; Yukito Masamune
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 747 KB
- Volume
- 113
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
Normal human serum or plasma was studied for the presence of inhibitors of cell proliferation by assaying inhibition of incorporation of labeled thymidine into acidโinsoluble fraction using human FL cells. Lipoprotein fraction obtained by gel filtration through Sepharose 4B and by KBr density gradient centrifugation was found to play a major part of the inhibitory activity of the serum. It was also shown that the inhibitory activity resides in lowโdensity lipoprotein (LDL). The addition of the lipoprotein fraction to growing FL cells caused an early decrease in the transport of uridine and thymidine across the membrane. This change in the permeability of membrane was followed by the preferential inhibition of DNA synthesis and a reduction in the percentage of mitotic cells in the cell population. The inhibition of the growth was reversible and was observed in various types of cells irrespective of species.
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