THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF L-GLUTAMINE IN LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION INVITRO
THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF L-GLUTAMINE IN LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION INVITRO
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DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041240216
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
COHEN, HJ
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作者:
CRAWFORD, J;COHEN, HJ
The biochemistry of human B lymphocyte differentiation to plasma cells is incompletely understood. L-Gln appears to be required for both lymphoblastic transformation and plasma cell formation in pokeweed-mitogen-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures. Cells cultured with pokeweed mitogen in Gln-deficient RPMI-1640 with 10% heat-inactivated and dialyzed fetal bovine serum were unable to incorporate 3H-thymidine or undergo morphologic lymphoblastic transformation assessed at 72 h. 3H-thymidineincorporation could be maximally restored with as little as 0.08 mM L-Gln or by using nondialyzed heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum, containing .apprx. 1 mM L-Gln. In subsequent cultures, using Gln-deficient RPMI-1640 with 10% nondialyzed heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum, lymphoblastic transformation was equivalent with or without additional L-Gln supplementation. Only cultures with 2 mM L-Gln supplementation underwent plasma cell differentiation as assessed by cytoplasmic staining with fluorescein-conjugated anti-Ig. When the kinetics of cellular Ig synthesis and secretion were analyzed by 3H-Leu incorporation into Ig, synthesis was 2-5 fold greater, and secretion 3-10-fold greater in cell cultures with 2 mM L-Gln supplementation. By EM, only the Gln-supplemented cells showed development of rough endoplasmic reticulum consistent with active Ig production. L-Gln supplementation had no apparent effect on cell recovery, viability, % B cells, % T cells, % monocytes, or % helper and suppressor T cells. L-Gln is essential for both lymphoblastic transformation and plasma cell differentiation. Future investigation of the selective nutritional requirements of cultured cells should yield further insights into the biochemical control of immune cell differentiation and function.