The effects of vasopressin on the radiation response of cultured mammalian cells.
Since vasopressin is known to exert radioprotective effects in vivo, its effects on mammalian cells in vitro were examined. No toxicity or changes in cellular plating efficiency were observed at concentrations up to 10 units/ml. There was no direct radioprotective effect attributable to exposure of the cells to vasopressin prior to and during irradiation.
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014667:Vasopressins