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  • Title: Augmentation of proliferation and in vitro production of cytotoxic cells by 2-ME in the rat.
    Author: Soulillou JP, Carpenter CB, Lundin AP, Strom TB.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1975 Dec; 115(6):1566-71. PubMed ID: 127009.
    Abstract:
    Low concentrations (10(-5) to 10(-8) M) of 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) greatly enhance the proliferation of allogeneic cells in the rat mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC). Studies were undertaken to determine the mode of action of 2-ME. MLC proliferation can occur in the absence of serum proteins (fetal calf serum, FCS) only if 2-ME is present; however, a synergistic effect is present with FCS plus 2-ME, with a 3-fold increase in 3HTdR incorporation with FCS concentrations as low as 0.1%. Kinetic studies show no shift in the peak of proliferation (92 hr) when comparing cultures with and without 2-ME; however, 2-ME-supplemented cultures have significant 3HTdR uptake at 24 hr, and the peak amount of uptake at 92 hr is two to four times higher. Delayed addition of 2-ME until 92 and 166 hr produces a further increase in 3HTdR uptake, indicating that the entire effect is not expressed at the time of allogeneic recognition. L-ascorbic acid, another reducing agent which lacks sulfhydryl groups, elicits a much lower effect on DNA synthesis than does 2-ME. The cytotoxicity of cells harvested from MLC supplemented with 2-ME is increased without loss of target specificity, whereas the same concentration of 2-ME has no direct effect upon the cytotoxicity assay except at higher concentrations where 2-ME suppresses cytotoxicity.
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