title: In vitro effects of cyclosporin A (CSA) on human hemopoietic cell lines.
abstract: The sensitivity of 18 permanent hemopoietic cell lines to Cyclosporin A (CsA) was tested in a 3H-thymidine incorporation rate assay. Two human T cell lines (Molt4 and CEM) were significantly inhibited by a CsA concentration of 0.5 microgram/ml. Not affected at all or only inhibited by 10 to 20 times higher CsA concentrations were: three human B cell lines (4413a, Daudi, Raji), a monkey B cell line (B95-8), a mouse plasmocytoma line (X63-Ag8/653), a human non-B T cell line (Reh), four human myeloid lines (HL-60, ML-1, ML-2, ML-3), a human myelomonocytic line (Karpas 230), four human monoblastic lines (U 937, SU-DHL-1, THP-1, Karpas 241) and a human erythroid line (K 562). It therefore seems that among permanently growing hemopoietic cells a cell type specificity for T cells also exists.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins