title: Adenosine triphosphate stimulates thymidine incorporation but does not promote cell growth in primary cultures of renal proximal tubule cells.
abstract: Acute addition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) stimulated thymidine incorporation in confluent, quiescent primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells in a dose-responsive manner. Similar increases in thymidine incorporation was observed with adenosine diphosphate and adenosine monophosphate but not with adenosine. The effect of chronic administration of ATP, however, suppressed cell growth. This suppression appears to be due to an effect of ATP to cause detachment of cells from culture plates, resulting in an increase in thymidine incorporation acutely but in suppression of cell growth chronically. ATP is, therefore, not a direct growth promoter of renal proximal tubule cells in primary culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Humes
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cieslinski
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015636:Magnesium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D015636:Magnesium Chloride; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000241:Adenosine; D013936:Thymidine