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- Title
MONOCYTES MODULATE THE <b>IN VITRO</b> BASAL FREQUENCY OF SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGES OF PLASMA LEUKOCYTE CULTURES AND MITOTIC ACTIVITY OF SUPPRESSOR-CYTOTOXIC T8 HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES
- Authors
Soloneski, Sonia M.; Reigosa, Miguel A.; Garcia, Carlos F.; Larramendy, Marcelo L.
- Abstract
The effect of monocytes (MNs) on baseline SCEs and kinetics of human lymphocytes in plasma leukocyte (PLCs) and whole blood cultures (WBCs) was studied. Baseline SCEs in PLCs were nearly two-fold over WBCs. No differences in SCEs were observed between PLCs and MN-depleted PLCs, indicating that SCEs from PLCs are independent of MNs. MNs titration into PLCs decreased proportionally SCEs. Reconstitution of depleted PLCs with concentration of MNs equivalent or higher than those of PLC decreased SCEs. No variations of lymphocyte kinetics in PLCs were observed in the absence/presence of MNs. The proportion of B and T-cell subsets among interphasic lymphocytes were similar in PLC in the absence/presence of MNs, but a significant increase in the proportion of mitotic T8 lymphocytes was observed. Accordingly, MNs modulate both the in vitro basal SCEs and the mitotic activity of T8, but not their cell-cycle kinetics.
- Subjects
MONOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; LEUCOCYTES
- Publication
Cell Biology International, 2002, Vol 26, Issue 9, p771
- ISSN
1065-6995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S1065-6995(02)90931-5