Effect of immunosuppressive agents on human T and B lymphoblasts.
Effect of immunosuppressive agents on human T and B lymphoblasts.
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免疫抑制剂对人 T 和 B 淋巴母细胞的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(83)90580-4
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Kelley,WN
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作者:
Kazmers,IS;Daddona,PE;Dalke,AP;Kelley,WN
We have studied the effects of various immunosuppressive drugs on the growth of human-derived T (MOLT-4) and B (MGL-8) lymphoblasts. In addition, we have examined whether the lymphotoxic effect of any of these drugs could be attributed to inhibition of either adenosine deaminase (DDA) or purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP). Results indicated that 1-β-d-arabinofuranosylcytosine (Ara-C), methotrexate and chlorambucil were four to seven times more toxic for T than for B cells, while azathioprine, 6-thioguanine, 6-mercaptopurine, and 5-fluorouracil were highly toxic for both T and B cells. Cyclophosphamide and oxisuran were lymphotoxic only at concentrations exceeding 300 μM. Deoxyadenosine (50 μM), deoxyguanosine (10 μM) and deoxycoformycin (10 μM) failed to enhance T cell toxicity when individually combined with each drug. None of the drugs tested inhibited T or B lymphoblast ADA or PNP activity. With the exception of Ara-C, neither dATP nor dGTP accumulated in T lymphoblasts incubated in the presence of any of the drugs. We conclude that the cell culture system used in this investigation is useful for identifying lymphotoxic and T cell-specific immunosuppressive agents. However, none of the drugs studied appeared to function as an inhibitor of, or a competitive substrate for, either ADA or PNP.