Oxygen Consumption, Lactic Acid Production and Protein Synthesis of Peritoneal Macrophages

Nature ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 195 (4837) ◽  
pp. 178-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO COMOLLI
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Peritoneal Macrophages

scholarly journals Respiration and Glycolysis of Normal Human Lymphocytes

Blood ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARL J. HEDESKOV ◽  
VIGGO ESMANN
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Glucose Utilization ◽  
Aerobic Glycolysis ◽  
Human Lymphocytes ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Crowding Effect ◽  
Normal Human

Abstract The metabolism of intact, normal, human lymphocytes in vitro was studied from a total of 80 subjects. Corrected for the metabolism of contaminating red blood cells, the glucose uptake, lactic acid production, and oxygen consumption were 62, 95, and 117 µmoles per 1010 lymphocytes per hour, respectively, provided the cells were incubated at concentrations greater than 40 x 106 lymphocytes per ml. At lower lymphocyte concentrations the oxygen consumption per lymphocyte rose steeply with decreasing cell concentration (crowding effect). A similar but weaker crowding effect was noted for the lactic acid production, but not for the utilization of glucose. The oxygen uptake was lower with 20 per cent than with 100 per cent oxygen as gas phase. Small Pasteur and Crabtree effects were demonstrated. The oxygen consumption and lactic acid production proceeded linear with time, while the glucose utilization was higher during the first 30 minutes of incubation than later on. It is concluded that lymphocytes have a low aerobic glycolysis accounting for 75 per cent of the glucose utilization. The respiration is severely inhibited at high cell concentrations and it is suggested that this is caused by an insufficient availability of oxygen to the cells.

THE EFFECT OF CARBON MONOXIDE ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION, GLUCOSE UTILIZATION, AND GROWTH IN MAMMALIAN CELLS IN VITRO

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Dales ◽  
Kenneth C. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Gas Uptake ◽  
L Cells

The effect of carbon monoxide on respiration, growth, and carbohydrate metabolism of Earle's L strain cells was investigated. The rate of gas uptake by suspensions of cells in a Warburg respirometer was the same from mixtures containing various proportions of CO/O2/N2 or containing only O2/N2. Apparently carbon monoxide was not inhibiting oxygen consumption. In respirometers filled with carbon monoxide and oxygen in the ratio of 9:1, illumination caused the net gas uptake to rise 23% above that of the controls. This suggests that the rate of oxygen consumption in the dark was reduced as a consequence of an inhibition of a respiratory enzyme by carbon monoxide. In keeping with this suggestion, a spectroscopic examination revealed the presence in L cells of absorption bands corresponding to those of the cytochrome enzymes. Using differential manometers it was established for the first time that carbon monoxide is taken up by L cells in the dark. It is concluded that a fraction of the gas uptake which is represented by the consumption of oxygen associated with normal metabolism must be reduced in the presence of carbon monoxide. It is also concluded that L cells oxidize carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The rate of multiplication of cells was reduced by carbon monoxide while the rate of glucose breakdown and lactic acid production were markedly accelerated, suggesting that there was an inhibition of cytochrome oxidase. Low partial pressures of oxygen also reduced the rate of multiplication of L cells while increasing the rate of glucose disappearance and the rate of lactic acid production. The observations reported here thus emphasize the role of aerobic oxidations in the maintenance of the maximum rate of growth.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PHAGOCYTES AND TUBERCLE BACILLI

1956 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmann Stähelin ◽  
Emanuel Suter ◽  
Manfred L. Karnovsky
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Lactate Production ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes ◽  
Cell Counts ◽  
Mononuclear Leucocytes

As a basis for studies on the interaction of phagocytes and tubercle bacilli experiments were carried out to obtain information on some biochemical characteristics of exudate leucocytes from guinea pigs. It was found that total cellular phosphorus was the most suitable measure of protoplasm. Cell counts were less reliable because of unavoidable clumping in the suspension, and dry weight measurements were less specific when contamination with erythrocytes occurred. The utility of phosphorus measurements in this connection depends upon the fact that an erythrocyte contains only 4 per cent of the phosphorus present in a leucocyte. From measurements on mixed suspensions consisting of varying known proportions of polymorphonuclear and mononuclear leucocytes as determined by differential counting, it was possible to compute true values for these two cell types with respect to oxygen consumption and lactic acid production. Thus it was found that monocytes consumed considerably more oxygen and produced more lactate than polymorphonuclear leucocytes. From the data obtained it is suggested that differences in metabolic activity found when comparing cell suspensions obtained by the use of different irritants are due to different proportions of the two cell types. In particular, the effects of oxygen tension and pH on the activities of the cells were studied. It was found that decreasing the proportion of oxygen in the atmosphere from that of air to 1 per cent reduced oxygen consumption by about 80 per cent, whereas lactic acid production was increased by about 45 per cent. It was also found that decreasing the pH of the medium below pH 7.5 caused a considerable reduction in the respiration, lactate production, and viability of polymorphonuclear leucocytes. The monocytes proved less sensitive to similar changes in pH, especially with regard to lactic acid production and viability. Observations were made of oxygen consumption and lactate production during phagocytosis. During the hour following the addition of heat-killed tubercle bacilli to the phagocytes, the oxygen consumption of suspensions rich in polymorphonuclear leucocytes rose by 60 per cent, and that of suspensions rich in monocytes rose by nearly 100 per cent. Lactic acid production was unchanged during phagocytosis.

THE METABOLISM OF GLUCOSE BY RAT UTERUS TISSUE IN EARLY PREGNANCY

1971 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. H. Surani ◽  
P. J. Heald
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Uterine Tissue ◽  
Rat Uterus ◽  
Marked Decline

ABSTRACT The oxygen uptake, lactic acid production and differential production of CO2 from [1-14C] glucose and [6-14C] glucose were examined in rat uterine tissue in vitro during the first nine days of pregnancy. After implantation had occurred the uterine areas containing the implanted blastocysts were studied separately from the remaining areas. It was found that the oxygen consumption of the tissues remained reasonably constant until day 7 of pregnancy and thereafter declined markedly in tissues from implanted areas and non implanted areas when expressed in terms of dry wt. When calculated on a DNA basis, the oxygen consumption of the implanted tissue still showed a marked decline by day 9 of pregnancy, whereas that of the non implanted tissue increased. Lactic acid production increased strongly in the implanted tissue but showed little change in the non implanted areas. The C1/C6 ratio increased significantly on day 3 of pregnancy and was consistantly and significantly higher in the implanted tissue in the non implanted tissue. The results are discussed in terms of the energy requirement for implantation.

THE EFFECT OF CARBON MONOXIDE ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION, GLUCOSE UTILIZATION, AND GROWTH IN MAMMALIAN CELLS IN VITRO

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Dales ◽  
Kenneth C. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Acid Production ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Lactic Acid Production ◽  
Absorption Bands ◽  
Gas Uptake ◽  
L Cells

The effect of carbon monoxide on respiration, growth, and carbohydrate metabolism of Earle's L strain cells was investigated. The rate of gas uptake by suspensions of cells in a Warburg respirometer was the same from mixtures containing various proportions of CO/O2/N2 or containing only O2/N2. Apparently carbon monoxide was not inhibiting oxygen consumption. In respirometers filled with carbon monoxide and oxygen in the ratio of 9:1, illumination caused the net gas uptake to rise 23% above that of the controls. This suggests that the rate of oxygen consumption in the dark was reduced as a consequence of an inhibition of a respiratory enzyme by carbon monoxide. In keeping with this suggestion, a spectroscopic examination revealed the presence in L cells of absorption bands corresponding to those of the cytochrome enzymes. Using differential manometers it was established for the first time that carbon monoxide is taken up by L cells in the dark. It is concluded that a fraction of the gas uptake which is represented by the consumption of oxygen associated with normal metabolism must be reduced in the presence of carbon monoxide. It is also concluded that L cells oxidize carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The rate of multiplication of cells was reduced by carbon monoxide while the rate of glucose breakdown and lactic acid production were markedly accelerated, suggesting that there was an inhibition of cytochrome oxidase. Low partial pressures of oxygen also reduced the rate of multiplication of L cells while increasing the rate of glucose disappearance and the rate of lactic acid production. The observations reported here thus emphasize the role of aerobic oxidations in the maintenance of the maximum rate of growth.

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