Mechanism of augmentation of the antibody response in vitro by 2-mercaptoethanol in murine lymphocytes: III. Serum-bound and oxidized 2-mercaptoethanol are available for the augmentation |
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Authors: | Hitoshi Ohmori Itaru Yamamoto |
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Institution: | Department of Medicinal Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700, Japan |
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Abstract: | The fetal calf serum (FCS) that was incubated with 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) followed by the removal of free 2-ME could support the antibody response to sheep erythrocytes in vitro as effectively as native FCS plus 2-ME. The supporting activity of 2-ME-pulsed FCS was reversibly abrogated by the treatment with dithiothreitol followed by dialysis. In addition, iodoacetamidetreated FCS did not acquire the supportiveness by 2-ME pulsing. These observations suggest that the activity of 2-ME-pulsed FCS would be due to the mixed disulfide between 2-ME and FCS components. On the other hand, the disulfide form of 2-ME (2-MEox) could also augment the antibody response as effectively as fresh 2-ME (the reduced form). These derivatized forms of 2-ME as well as fresh 2-ME was found to stimulate the transport of 35S]cystine into murine lymphocytes when the uptake was examined by the long-term experiments (24 hr). These stimulations were thought to be mediated by the formation of the mixed disulfide between 2-ME and cysteine because the lymphocytes promoted the reaction of 35S]cystine with 2-MEox- or 2-ME-pulsed FCS to produce the mixed disulfide that had been shown to be taken up by the lymphocytes four to five times more rapidly than cystine. Therefore, it was suggested that 2-MEox and 2-ME-pulsed FCS could augment the antibody response in a similar fashion to 2-ME by stimulating the uptake of cystine, an essential amino acid. |
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