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Monocytes affect cell‐cycle progression but not baseline frequency of sister chromatid exchanges of pig lymphocytes
Author(s) -
Soloneski Sonia,
Garcia Carlos F.,
Reigosa Miguel A.,
Larramendy Marcelo L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
environmental and molecular mutagenesis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1098-2280
pISSN - 0893-6692
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1999)33:1<86::aid-em10>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - cell cycle , sister chromatid exchange , sister chromatids , biology , lymphocyte , guinea pig , immunology , cell , in vitro , cell growth , microbiology and biotechnology , cell culture , andrology , endocrinology , genetics , medicine , gene , chromosome
The effect of pig monocytes (MNs) on the baseline frequency of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and cell‐cycle progression of pig lymphocytes was studied in plasma leukocyte (PLCs) and whole blood leukocyte cultures (WBCs). No variation in SCE frequency was observed between control WBC and PLC, nor did the addition of pig MNs to PLCs modify the baseline frequency of SCEs. Cell proliferation was slower in PLCs than in WBCs. Variations in cell‐cycle progression of pig lymphocytes from PLC were observed both in the absence and presence of adherent cells in the culture. In MN‐free cultures, lymphocytes proliferated faster than in parallel PLC cultures. However, when MNs were seeded into the cultures, cell‐cycle progression gradually slowed as a function of the concentration of adherent cells present in the cultures. This finding shows that pig MNs modulate the in vitro cell‐cycle progression of pig lymphocytes in a dose‐dependent manner and that the low baseline SCE frequency of pig lymphocytes is independent of the presence or absence of MNs in the culture. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 33:86–90, 1999 © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.