title: [The effect of alkylresorcinol on the respiration and synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in isolated thymocytes].
abstract: The effect of the membranotropic agent alkylresorcinol 5C10 on the respiration, nucleic acid and protein synthesis in isolated thymocytes was studied. Within the 5C10 concentration range of 10(-7)-10(-5) M, the inhibition of respiration and incorporation of labelled precursors into thymocyte proteins and DNA was observed. In case of respiration and protein synthesis, a 50% inhibition was observed at alkylresorcinol concentrations of 10(-8) and 0.5.10(-5) M, respectively. The rate of 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA progressively decreased already at 5C10 concentration of 10(-7) M. At 10(-6) M alkylresorcinol its inhibiting effect on DNA synthesis was about 30% and it did not change with a further rise in the inhibitor concentration up to 10(-5) M. In contrast, the rate of RNA synthesis significantly increased (ca. by 20%) within the alkylresorcinol concentration range of 10(-6)-10(-5) M. At 5C10 concentrations above 10(-5) M, the state of thymocytes in the preagglutination period appeared to be critical and was characterized by a dramatic inhibition of all the parameters under study. The experimental results suggest that alkylresorcinol 5C10 causes the inhibition of processes that are functionally coupled with biological membranes.
authors: G S
authors: GS
authors: Komolova
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Gorskaia
authors: T V
authors: TV
authors: Kaverinskaia
authors: I D
authors: ID
authors: Sheveleva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012118:Resorcinols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012118:Resorcinols; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA
vernacular_title: Vliianie alkilrezortsina na dykhanie, sintez nukleinovykh kislot i belka v izolirovannykh timotsitakh.