The kinetics of increase in chromatin protein content in heated cells: a possible role in cell killing.
The kinetics of increase in chromatin protein content in heated cells: a possible role in cell killing.
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加热细胞中染色质蛋白含量增加的动力学:在细胞杀伤中可能发挥作用。
作者:
J. R. Roti Roti;K. Henle;R. Winward
The protein content of chromatin isolated from mammalian cells that are heated at temperatures between 40 and 48°C, is increased relative to that from control cells. The kinetics of this increase in chromatin protein content was defined by heating HeLa cells at temperatures between 40 and 48°C for periods of up to 60 min. At temperatures above 43°C, these kinetics show a rapid initial rate of increase which decays to a slower limiting rate. The initial rate of increase in chromatin protein content obeys the Arrhenius law with an activation enthalpy of 86.8 ± 1.4 kcal/mole. Hyperthermia-cell-survival curves, determined between 44 to 48°C, show an activation enthalpy of 153.8 ± 2.5 kcal/mole for cell killing. At 48°C, the activation entropies are 208.2 cal/mole K for the protein increase and 419.6 cal/mole K for cell killing. Although the activation enthalpy and entropy for the increased protein content of chromatin are about half those for cell killing, the Gibbs free energy of activation is similar for bo...