title: A cytostatic protein isolated from the conditioned medium of mouse monocytic leukemia WEHI-3 cell cultures.
abstract: A cytostatic factor (CF) with a molecular mass of 50 kDa was purified to more than 16,000-fold from the conditioned medium of LPS-treated mouse myelomonocytic leukemia (WEHI-3) cell cultures. The activity of CF was completely destroyed by heating at 70 degrees C for 10 min, 50 degrees C for 30 min, or by the treatment in pH 3 buffer for 2 h. CF showed a strong growth inhibitory effect on CHO cells, as well as several other unrelated cell lines, e.g., K562 and L1210, but not on L929 cells. It also inhibited Con A-induced mitogenesis in mouse and rat spleen cells. The growth inhibitory effect of CF, however, was highly reversible; CHO cells were able to regain the normal growth after removal of the factor from the culture medium. Our results suggest that CF is a protein secreted by WEHI-3 cells, which is distinct from other known macrophage- or tumor-derived cytotoxic proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmaceutics, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D003208:Concanavalin A