title: Differences in chemotherapeutic susceptibility of human T-, B-, and non-T-/non-B-lymphocytes in culture.
abstract: Eleven human lymphoid cell lines, two T-cell lines, six B-cell lines and three non-T-/non-B-cell lines were evaluated for their asparagine dependence and for their chemotherapeutic susceptibility to asparaginase, cytosine arabinoside (ara-C), and 5-fluorouracil (FU). Two T-cell lines were asparagine dependent, whereas all B-cell and non-T-/non-B-cell lines were asparagine independent. These differences in nutritional requirements were consistent with as much as 5,000-fold differences in asparaginase sensitivity. B cells were found to be as much as 200-fold less sensitive to ara-C than T cells, irrespective of the benign or malignant nature of the cells or the presence or absence of EB virus infection. One non-T-/non-B-cell line with cell markers similar to the B-cell group behaved like a B-cell line. Two other non-T-/non-B-cells showed unique ara-C dose-response curves. FU sensitivity study revealed heterogeneity among B-cell groups. Non-T-/non-B-cell lines were uniformly FU insensitive. These differences in chemotherapeutic susceptibility were discussed in terms of usefulness as an in vitro model.
mesh_terms: D001215:Asparaginase / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001216:Asparagine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D001216:Asparagine; D001215:Asparaginase; D005472:Fluorouracil