title: [Comparative studies of the cyclic AMP content and renewal of this nucleotide in thymic, splenic and lymph-node lymphocytes in adult rats].
abstract: Cyclic AMP (c-AMP) content and turnover were measured in pure preparations of lymphocytes obtained from thymus, spleen and lymph nodes in the Rat. The c-AMP content was determined by combining the methods of Krishna and of Thomson and Appleman, and its turnover was estimated from the activities of adenylcyclase and phosphodiesterase using 3H-adenine. The values, espressed per 10(8) cells, were the lowest for the thymus and the highest for the lymph nodes, while they were intermediary for the spleen. The differences in the c-AMP turnover between the three organs may be correlated with the extent of the mitotic activity of the corresponding lymphocytes, this activity being related inversely to the turnover of c-AMP.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases
vernacular_title: Etude comparée des teneurs en AMP cyclique et du renouvellement de ce nucléotide dans les lymphocytes thymiques, spléniques et ganglionnaires chez ie rat adulte