Effect of mitogen lectin on lymphocyte or brain cortex cell activation
Kovaru, H.; Kovaru, F.; Pav, M.; Dvorak, R.; Palikova, M.; Raboch, J.; Zidková, J.
Neuro Endocrinology Letters 31(3): 325-329
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-780X PMID: 20588247 Document Number: 643252
We studied a) mitogen lectin (PHA) evoked changes of Na+/K+-ATPase activity in functionally different lymphocytes or brain cortex cells and b) quantitative relationship between PHA- evoked early enzyme activation and late lymphocyte proliferation were analyzed. We performed biochemical analyses of Pi released from ATP by Na+/K+-ATPase activity. Lymphocyte proliferation was assayed by 3H-thymidine incorporation. We demonstrated PHA stimulated Na+/K+-ATPase activity of mouse spleen lymphocytes or freshly isolated brain cortex cells. Besides this, we estimated high stimulation of Na+/K+-ATPase activity and subsequent late 3H-thymidine incorporation into pig lymphocytes as both PHA dose and K+ ion concentration dependent. Thus, early PHA dose-dependent stimulation of Na+/K+-ATPase activity is a more general response in different animal species and functionally different cells. We measured both cell type- and PHA-dose dependent enzyme activity stimulation. We can suggest that intensity of early PHA induced Na+/K+-ATPase activation could be in relationship to subsequent elevated level of T lymphocyte proliferation. The Na+/K+-ATPase can be a part of mitogen lectin evoked signal transduction mechanisms.