Latent Viral Infection of Cells in Tissue Culture. III. Role of Certain Amino Acids.

1956 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Heggie ◽  
H. R. Morgan
1957 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert R. Morgan ◽  
John P. Bader

By maintaining L cells in a balanced salt solution of inorganic salts and glucose (BSS) for 2 days or more, they are rendered incapable of supporting the growth of psittacosis virus (6BC), though it infects such cells and is present intracellularly for as long as 3 days in a non-infectious phase. The addition of an enriched medium to such a culture of cells at any time up to 4 days after infection results in the appearance of infectious virus within these cells, which multiplies and is released from the cells, providing the entire period of exposure of such cells to the BSS does not exceed 6 days, following which the cells die. A latent infection with psittacosis virus in a non-infectious phase has been established in a pure line of cells which possess properties of malignancy.


1981 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed A. Ashy ◽  
Abd El-Galil ◽  
M. Khalil ◽  
Abou-Zeid A. Abou-Zeid
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Author(s):  
V. B. Dolgo-Saburov ◽  
N. I. Chalisova ◽  
L. V. Lyanginen ◽  
E. S. Zalomaeva

In an organotypic culture, an investigation was conducted into combined effects of cyclophosphamide DNA as synthesis inhibitor used to model a resorptive action of mustard gas, and cortexin polypeptide or each of 20 encoded amino acids on the development of cell proliferation in cerebral cortex explants of the rat. The combined administration of cyclophosphamide together with cortexin or with each of the 20 encoded amino acids, except glycine, showed suppression of the cytostatic agent inhibitory effect. Thus, cortexin and amino acids have a protective effect on cell proliferation in the tissue culture of the central nervous system under the action of mustardlike substances.


Author(s):  
N. I. Chalisova ◽  
V. K. Kozlov ◽  
A. B. Mulik ◽  
E. P. Zatsepin ◽  
T. A. Kostrova

An urgent problem is the search for substances that can provide a protective effect in cases of DNA synthesis and repair disorders that arise as a result of side effects of cytostatic drugs used in the treatment of cancer. The aim of this work was to study the effect of 20 encoded amino acids in the presence of Cyclophosphane on the development of organotypic culture of rat liver tissue. The results obtained indicate that Cyclophosphane; which simulates the action of such cytostatic substances; inhibits cell proliferation in the liver tissue. It was also found that the encoded amino acids: asparagine; arginine; and glutamic acid; eliminate the inhibitory effect of Cyclophosphane in liver tissue culture. The growth zone of explants after combined exposure to Cyclophosphane (whose isolated action suppressed the growth zone) and these amino acids increased significantly and reached control values. Thus; the experimental data create the basis for the development of methods for the therapeutic use of the three studied amino acids for the removal of side effects in the treatment with cytostatic drugs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 923-929
Author(s):  
Gaurav Pandey ◽  
Prem Prakash Das ◽  
Vibin Ramakrishnan

Background: RADA-4 (Ac-RADARADARADARADA-NH2) is the most extensively studied and marketed self-assembling peptide, forming hydrogel, used to create defined threedimensional microenvironments for cell culture applications. Objectives: In this work, we use various biophysical techniques to investigate the length dependency of RADA aggregation and assembly. Methods: We synthesized a series of RADA-N peptides, N ranging from 1 to 4, resulting in four peptides having 4, 8, 12, and 16 amino acids in their sequence. Through a combination of various biophysical methods including thioflavin T fluorescence assay, static right angle light scattering assay, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), electron microscopy, CD, and IR spectroscopy, we have examined the role of chain-length on the self-assembly of RADA peptide. Results: Our observations show that the aggregation of ionic, charge-complementary RADA motifcontaining peptides is length-dependent, with N less than 3 are not forming spontaneous selfassemblies. Conclusion: The six biophysical experiments discussed in this paper validate the significance of chain-length on the epitaxial growth of RADA peptide self-assembly.


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