A detailed analysis of the cell recruitment and of the cell generation pattern of normal lymphocytes and chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL) lymphocytes, simulated by phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), was performed by the bromodeoxyuridiine (BUdR) Hoechst technique. It was found that in normal cultures the majority of cells divide two or three times, producing an early peak of DNA synthesis, while only a few cells grow exponentially and pass through many rounds of replication. On the contrary, the majority of CLL responsive cells grow exponentially, producing a delayed peak of DNA synthesis, while cells which divide only two or three times are scarce or absent. No difference in the minimal cell cycle length of the normal and the CLL exponentially growing population was found. In addition, a cell population recruited into cycle for the first time 5-6 days following PHA stimulation was observed in normal cultures but not in CLL cultures.

DNA synthesis and cell generation pattern of chronic lymphatic leukaemia lymphocytes stimulated by phytohaemagglutinin.

MATERA, Lina;PIAZZA, Alberto;PEGORARO, Luigi
1981-01-01

Abstract

A detailed analysis of the cell recruitment and of the cell generation pattern of normal lymphocytes and chronic lymphatic leukaemia (CLL) lymphocytes, simulated by phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), was performed by the bromodeoxyuridiine (BUdR) Hoechst technique. It was found that in normal cultures the majority of cells divide two or three times, producing an early peak of DNA synthesis, while only a few cells grow exponentially and pass through many rounds of replication. On the contrary, the majority of CLL responsive cells grow exponentially, producing a delayed peak of DNA synthesis, while cells which divide only two or three times are scarce or absent. No difference in the minimal cell cycle length of the normal and the CLL exponentially growing population was found. In addition, a cell population recruited into cycle for the first time 5-6 days following PHA stimulation was observed in normal cultures but not in CLL cultures.
1981
14(6)
633
638
MATERA L; CORDERO A; A. PIAZZA; GIOVINAZZO B; PEGORARO L
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