Biphasic rate of synthesis of glycoconjugates, phospholipids and DNA in concanavalin A‐stimulated mouse thymocytes. Involvement of cortisone‐sensitive and ‐resistant subpopulations
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 9 (7), 506-510
- https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.1830090704
Abstract
The time course of the rate of labeling of membrane components (phospholipids, glycolipids and glycoproteins) and DNA was followed in concanavalin A-stimulated CBA/J mouse thymocyte cultures. Two peaks of stimulated biosynthetic activity were noted, the first at the beginning of the cultivation and the second about 25 h later. Both early and late peaks of biosynthesis of membrane components were accompanied by blast transformation and were unimpeded by suppression of DNA synthesis by hydroxyurea. Cortisone-sensitive and cortisone-resistant thymocytes were prepared by selective agglutination of the cortisone-sensitive cells with peanut agglutinin (Reisner et al. Cell. Immunol. 1976. 25: 129) or cortisone treatment of the animals. Cortisone-sensitive cells responded early, while the cortisone-resistant population gave only the late response. The autoradiographic patterns from sodium dodeeyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels of [3H]fucose or [3H]galactose-labeled glycoproteins from early and late labeling cells, and cortisone-resistant cells, were compared. Late-labeling and cortisone-resistant cells gave indistinguishable patterns, but differed significantly in their patterns from early-labeling cells. It is concluded that the two peaks of biosynthetic activity during the course of concanavalin A stimulation of thymocytes are caused by two different cell populations which require different times for maximal response and react independently of one another.Keywords
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