title: Morphological microassay and kinetics of the cytotoxicity of guinea pig lymphotoxin.
abstract: The kinetics of guinea pig lymphotoxin (GLT)-cytotoxicity on three L cell sublines were studied in detail by a micromethod using morphological distinctions between intact cells and dead cells. The reduction of the intact cell number and increase of the dead one concurrently occurred after a lag time, its length depending upon the GLT concentration ([GLT]). Although different patterns of the changes in the survival ratio (S) were discerned with different sublines, under appropriate conditions, --ln S was proportional to [GLT] and the reciprocal of the initial target cells number. Furthermore, it was shown that the S value at 24 hr was dependent upon the absolute amount of GLT.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007739:L Cells; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha