EFFECTS OF HYDROXYUREA AND RADIATION ON HAIR MATRIX CELLS

Investigations were undertaken in CF₁ mice to study the effects of hydroxyurea (HU) on hair matrix cell kinetics, and to assess the effects of combined administration of HU and irradiation on induction of temporary alopecia. HU 100 mg/kg was administered intraperitoneally and each animal received tritiated thymidine 0·5 μCi/g 30 min before biopsy. Serial biopsies were taken up to 48 hr after drug administration. Autoradiographs of anagen follicle squashes revealed sharp reductions in mitotic and labeling indices within 30 min. Depressed mitotic indices of 0·6–0·9% at 1–4 hr returned to normal (2·3%) after 6 hr, followed by cyclic mitotic 'overshoot', and were preceded by parallel changes in the labeling indices. HU-induced cellular damage was most marked 4 hr after HU injection, with almost complete recovery from injury observed at the 24 hr interval.
The effects of varying the time intervals from 1 to 12 hr between HU administration and irradiation (650 rads) after injection of HU 1200 mg/kg were examined. Hair loss was measured 7 days later by photomicroscopy. Cyclic maximum alopecia was found at the 1–5 and 8–12 hr intervals, with relative 'protection' occurring at the 6–7 hr time periods.     

THE EFFECTS OF CYTOSINE ARABINOSIDE ON THE CELL CYCLE OF CULTURED HUMAN LEUCOCYTES: A MICRODENSITOMETRIC AND AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY

PHA-stimulated leucocytes treated with cytosine arabinoside showed a changed uptake of [³H]thymidine, a lowered mitotic index and chromosome damage. Combined autoradiography and Feulgen microdensitometry demonstrated inhibition of DNA synthesis. Cells in the S period of the cell cycle were arrested in their progress, and cells newly entering S accumulated at the beginning of this period. At stronger concentrations these effects on the cell cycle were complicated by the cytotoxic effect of cytosine arabinoside. The inhibition of DNA synthesis is considered in the light of the chromosomal damage and megaloblastic changes caused by cytosine arabinoside, and is compared to the different pattern of DNA arrest found in megaloblastic anaemia.     

THE EFFECT OF CYTOSINE ARABINOSIDE IN VITRO ON AGAR COLONY FORMING CELLS AND SPLEEN COLONY FORMING CELLS OF C57BL MOUSE BONE MARROW

This study reports the effect of cytosine arabinoside in culture on two classes of bone marrow progenitor cells in C57BL mice, agar colony forming cells (ACU) and spleen colony forming cells (CFU). Both normal cells and rapidly proliferating cells were studied. The results show that in normal mice, 23 % of ACU but only 7 % of CFU are killed following 1 hr incubation with the drug. With longer periods of incubation, the survival of ACU in the controls is poor, and the results for the drug-treated cultures suggest that the cells are held up in cycle. In continuously irradiated mice, the proportion of ACU and CFU killed after 1 hr incubation with drug is increased to 43–54%, confirming previous results that these cells are proliferating more rapidly than in normal mice. In mice treated with myerlan, 54 % of ACU are killed by 1 hr in vitro exposure to cytosine arabinoside, again confirming that ACU are rapidly proliferating. However, the proportion of CFU killed is lower (23 %). These results are compared with other studies of the effect of cytosine arabinoside in vivo and also with thymidine suicide in the same strain of mice. The results show that cytosine arabinoside has the same effect as tritiated thymidine, and also that the proportion of CFU killed by these agents in vitro is lower than when the agents are injected in vivo. It is suggested that the conditions in culture have an adverse effect on CFU, which cease DNA synthesis, and are protected from the killing effect of cytosine arabinoside and tritiated thymidine. Since cytosine arabinoside in vitro has an effect similar to tritiated thymidine in vitro on bone marrow progenitor cells in C57BL mice, in vitro incubation with cytosine arabinoside could be an alternative method to thymidine suicide for measuring differences in cell proliferation rate.     

STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HYDROXYUREA ON THE ERYTHROPOIETIN-SENSITIVE CELLS

The response of polycythaemic mice to a standard dose of erythropoietin has been measured at various, time intervals after single or repeated injections of hydroxyurea. The results exclude S phase of the cell cycle as the period responsive to erythropoietin. They suggest the existence of feedback mechanisms within the cell cycle, operating at the G₁-S boundary and within the G₁ phase. Hydroxyurea given to polycythaemic mice at various time intervals after erythropoietin induced characteristic changes in the response. These changes can be explained if both gradual transit of differentiated cells into the DNA synthesis (S phase) and changes in amount of the erythropoietin sensitive cells caused by the feedback mechanisms operating in the cell cycle are considered.     

TRANSIT TIMES THROUGH THE CYCLE PHASES OF JEJUNAL CRYPT CELLS OF THE MOUSE ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF THE MEAN VALUES AND THE VARIANCES

Mean transit times as well as variances of the transit times through the individual phases of the cell cycle have been determined for the crypt epithelial cells of the jejunum of the mouse. To achieve this the fraction of labelled mitoses (FLM) technique has been modified by double labelling with [³H] and [¹⁴C]thymidine. Mice were given a first injection of [³H]thymidine, and 2 hr later a second injection of [¹⁴C]thymidine. This produces a narrow subpopulation of purely ³H-labelled cells at the beginning of G₂-phase and a corresponding subpopulation of purely ¹⁴C-labelled cells at the beginning of the S-phase. When these two subpopulations progress through the cell cycle, one obtains FLM waves of purely ³H- and purely ¹⁴C-labelled mitoses. These waves have considerably better resolution than the conventional FLM-curves. From the temporal positions of the observed maxima the mean transit times of the cells through the individual phases of the cycle can be determined. Moreover one obtains from the width of the individual waves the variances of the transit times through the individual phases. It has been found, that the variances of the transit times through successive phases are additive. This indicates that the transit times of cells through successive phases are independently distributed. This statistical independence is an implicit assumption in most of the models applied to the analysis of FLM curves, however there had previously been no experimental support of this assumption. A further result is, that the variance of the transit time through any phase of the cycle is proportional to the mean transit time. This implies that the progress of the crypt epithelial cells is subject to an equal degree of randomness in the various phases of the cycle.     

LETHAL AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF ACETAMIPRID ON THE LARVAE OF CULEX PIPIENS PALLENS

Abstract Acetamiprid is a novel neonicotinoid insecticide invented by Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. To explore the possibility of acetamiprid as larvicide of mosquitoes, lethal and sublethal effects of acetamiprid on the larvae of Culex pipiens pallens were studied by immersion method in the laboratory. The results indicated that the larvae of Culex pipiens pallens were sensitive to acetamiprid. The mortality of larvae peaked at 72 h after treatment. The 1 st instar larvae was the most susceptible to acetamiprid, and the 4th instar larvae was the most tolerant to acetamiprid, the LC, values were 0. 020 mg/L and 0. 296 mg/L at 72 h after treatment, respectively. Sublethal concentrations of acetamiprid could delay the development of larvae and decrease the weight of pupa. We suggested that acetarniprid is a safe and effective substitute for the using larvicides of mosquitoes.     

啶虫脒对淡色库蚊幼虫的致死和亚致死影响

啶虫脒是日本曹达公司新开发的一种氯代烟碱类杀虫剂,为了探讨其用于蚊虫幼虫控制的可能性,我们在室内用浸渍法测定了啶虫脒对淡色库蚊幼虫的致死和亚致死影响,结果表明,淡色库蚊幼虫对啶虫脒较敏感,幼虫的死亡高峰出现在处理后第3天,幼虫的四个龄期中,一龄最敏感,四龄耐药力最强,二在处理后72h时的LC50值分别为0.020mg/L/升和0.296mg/L。幼虫在亚致死浓度的啶虫脒溶液作用下,发育期延长,蛹重下降。说明啶虫脒可用于蚊虫幼虫的控制。     

RELATIONSHIP OF NUTRITIONAL FACTORS TO IN VITRO TUMOR CELL GROWTH AND CYTOTOXICITY PRODUCED BY CYTOSINE ARABINOSIDE

The in vitro relationship between nutritional factors, proliferative status of tumor cells, and the cytotoxic action of cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) was investigated. The reduction in the concentration of only one essential amino acid, L-isoleucine, in the growth medium of A(T₁)Cl-3 hamster fibrosarcoma cells decreased DNA synthesis in this cell population and slowed the rate of progression of G₁ phase cells into S phase of the cell cycle. The complete omission of isoleucine from the growth medium blocked the progression of G₁ phase cells into S phase and prevented the cytotoxic action of ara-C. The addition of isoleucine to the isoleucine-deprived cells permitted these cells to enter the S phase and restored their sensitivity to the cytotoxic action of ara-C. When G₁ phase cells were placed in a medium containing reduced levels of all the amino acids and vitamins there was a prolongation of the G₁ phase. Since medium with low levels of amino acids produced a delay in the entry of G₁ phase cells into the S phase, the time interval in which these cells were most sensitive to the cytotoxic action of ara-C was different for G₁ phase cells placed in medium with adequate levels of all the amino acids. These in vitro data indicate that nutritional factors can markedly effect the proliferation of tumor cells and the cytotoxic action of ara-C.     

唾液酸对正常造血细胞及白血病细胞增殖分化的影响

本实验以测定细胞电泳率(EPM)反映细胞表面唾液酸相对含量。发现胎肝细胞电泳率明显高于成年骨髓细胞,经神经氨酸酶(NA)处理胎肝细胞、骨髓细胞、L_(801)急性白血病细胞和KCL-22慢性白血病细胞后,细胞EPM均明显下降。细胞集落数及细胞形态学检测表明,NA处理后,多向造血干细胞(CFU-S)增殖能力减弱,向粒系的分化增强;KCL-22细胞生成的集落数明显减少,成熟细胞的比例明显增加。     

低钙对鲫鱼视网膜中视杆,视锥信号向水平细胞传递的不同作用

本工作应用细胞内记录技术,在灌流的鲫鱼离体视网膜的标本上,研究了低钙对外网状层中视锥、视杆信号向水平细胞传递的不同影响。当降低灌流溶液中Ｃａ（２＋）浓度至０．１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ时使视锥－和视杆－水平细胞（Ｃｏｎｅ－ＨＣ和Ｒｏｄ－ＨＣ）均去极化,但对两者的光反应性有不同的影响：使Ｌ型Ｃｏｎｅ－ＨＣ对６８０ｕｍ和５００ｕｍ闪光反应的幅度有不同程度的减小,但使Ｒｏｄ－ＨＣ对光反应的幅度显著增大。在０．１ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＣａ（２＋）Ｒｉｎｇｅｒ液灌流时,无论是明视ＰⅢ（反映机锥活动）或暗视ＰⅢ（反映视杆活动）,其反应的幅度均增大,提示发生在低钙时Ｃｏｎｅ－ＨＣ和Ｒｏｄ－ＨＣ光反应性的不同变化产生于突触传递的过程中。进而,磷酸二酯酶抑制剂ＩＢＭＸ对ＰⅢ的影响与０．１ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＣａ（２＋）Ｒｉｎｇｅｒ液的作用相似,而对Ｌ型Ｃｏｎｅ－ＨＣ和Ｒｏｄ－ＨＣ的作用均是使光反应性增大。这提示,在０．１ｍｍｏｌ／ＬＣａ（２＋）的Ｒｉｎｇｅｒ液中,Ｃｏｎｅ－ＨＣ和Ｒｏｄ－ＨＣ光反应性的变化差异可能是由于低钙对视锥和视杆终末Ｃａ２＋内流的不同影响而产生。     

MODE OF GROWTH OF THE JEJUNAL CRYPT CELLS OF THE RAT: AN AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY USING DOUBLE LABELLING WITH 3H- AND 14C-THYMIDINE IN LOWER AND UPPER PARTS OF CRYPTS

The frequency distribution of cells through the mitotic cycle in lower and upper portions of jejunal crypts of the rat was examined by the ³H-¹⁴C-thymidine double labelling technique. Isolated crypts were cut perpendicular to the longitudinal axis so that the percentage of cells in the lower portion varied from 16 to 74 %. The lower and upper portion of the same crypt were squashed separately on one microscope slide and the number of ³H- and ¹⁴C-only labelled cells were scored to determine the flow rate into and out of S for the two portions. The mitotic cycle and its phases of the crypt epithelial cells were also determined. For lower portions of crypts which contained less than 40 % of the total cell number in that crypt the flow rate into S was about 1–7 times that of the flow rate out of S indicating that nearly every mitosis in this region produced two proliferative daughter cells. As the proportion of cells in the lower part of the crypt increased the quotient of the flow rate into S divided by the flow rate out of S decreased, and approached the steady state value of 1 0 in lower portions containing 60–74 % of the cells. For upper portions of crypts which contained less than 40% of the total crypt cells the flow rate into S was about 0 2 times that of the flow rate out of S, indicating that in this region mitoses predominantly produced non-proliferative daughter cells. The results obtained were in good agreement with the model of crypt cell proliferation proposed by Cairnie, Lamerton & Steel (1965b).     

小鼠LAK细胞对红系祖细胞及多向造血祖细胞增殖的影响

小鼠脾细胞经重组人白细胞介素-2(rhIL-2)激活后对YAC-1,LP-3和WEHI-164等肿瘤细胞均有很强的杀伤活性。在CFU-E和BFU-E培养体系中,不同浓度LAK细胞与BMC直接加入或预温育4h后再培养,均能加强CFU-E和BFU-E增殖。低浓度LAK细胞(LAK/BMC为0.5)与BMC直接加入或预温育后再加入CFU-mix培养体系中,均能增强CFU-mix增殖,而高浓度LAK细胞和BMC(LAK/BMC=8.0)直接加入培养体系则抑制CFU-mix增殖;若共温育后再培养则非常明显地抑制CFU-mix增殖,CFU-mix仅为对照的17.6％。小鼠LAK细胞对造血祖细胞体外增殖具有调节作用,这种调节可能包括分泌某些细胞因子以及细胞间直接相互作用两种方式。     

甘丙肽及其受体在嗅成鞘细胞中的表达及对细胞增殖的影响

本实验从新生大鼠嗅球中分离出嗅成鞘细胞,进行体外培养。运用RT-PCR方法检测甘丙肽及其受体在体外培养的嗅成鞘细胞中的表达;运用MTT法检测甘丙肽及其受体激动剂、拮抗剂对嗅成鞘细胞增殖的影响。结果显示:嗅成鞘细胞表达甘丙肽(GAL)及其受体GalR2,而不表达其他两种受体GalR1和GalR3;甘西肽及两种受体激动剂GAL1-11和GAL2-11能够明显地抑制体外培养的嗅成鞘细胞的增殖,这一效应可被非特异性甘丙肽受体拮抗剂M35所阻断。     

ACTION OF HYDROXYUREA AND N-CARBAMOYLOXYUREA ON THE CELL CYCLE OF TETRAHYMENA

Addition of a 50 mm dosage of hydroxyurea (HU) to growing cultures of the cilitate Tetrahymena pyriformis allows cell growth to continue but inhibits DNA synthesis, and inhibits cell division after a 20–30% increase in cell number. Higher concentrations of HU cause cell death. T. pyriformis strain differences exist in sensitivity to HU. No cytotoxicity selective to a specific phase of the cell cycle could be demonstrated.
The inhibitory effects of HU are entirely reversed by removal of HU and this procedure can be used to induce cell cycle synchrony. Supplementing HU treated cells with deoxyribonucleosides relieves the inhibitory action of HU.
Carbamoyloxyurea (COU) is a reactive intermediate of HU and its action on Tetrahymena appears to be similar to that of HU. Because of this similarity and because COU is more potent than HU we postulate that COU is responsible for the unique properties previously ascribed to HU.     

槲皮素对血管内皮细胞增殖和迁移的抑制作用

本实验研究了槲皮素对人脐静脉内皮细胞株(ECV304)增殖和迁移的抑制作用。研究发现,槲皮素作用一定的时间后,能明显抑制ECV304细胞的增殖(IC50为50．08μg/ml)和迁移(IC50为7．84μg／ml),而且其抑制作用呈浓度依赖性;细胞出现凋亡形态学改变,琼脂糖凝胶电泳形成DNA条带,推测其诱导细胞发生了凋亡。     

阿克拉霉素对顺铂和足叶乙甙杀伤卵巢癌细胞的影响

有效化疗药物的选择对于提高卵巢癌的治疗效果至关重要。本应用MTT法,分别测定了阿拉克霉素（Aclarubicin,ACR）血浆峰浓度与不同浓度顺铂（Cisplatin,CDDP）或足叶乙甙（Etoposide,VP-16）合用对SKOV3卵巢癌细胞24h的抑制率,并分析药物合并效应。采用荧光染色观察细胞凋亡;琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测DNA断裂;并用western印迹检测TopoII表达与药物作用之关系。结果表明,ACR对VP-16具有拮抗作用;与药物单用相比,二合用后使细胞凋亡率减少、DNA断裂减少,拓扑异构酶II表达增强。CDDP单用可以促进TopoII表达。ACR与CDDP和对卵巢癌细胞的抑制具有协同效果;表现为细胞凋亡率增加、DNA断裂增加,TopoII表达降低,尤其对TopoIIβ表达的抑制作用明显。因此认为：ACP与CDDP合用能够提高对卵巢癌细胞的抑制效果,TopoII是其重要的作用靶点。该结果对于临床治疗具有一定的参考意义。