title: Effects of a peptide fraction isolated from mitochondrial DNA on stationary rat hepatocyte culture.
abstract: In this research we have investigated the effects of mitochondrial peptide fraction bound to DNA on stationary rat hepatocyte cultures. The treatment with this peptide was responsible of cellular lysis, followed by significant proliferation after 46th day until 51st in which it is reestablished. In the present study it seems that peptides bound to hepatocyte mitochondrial DNA are involved in longer term cultural stabilization properties. Our results demonstrate that the peptide is a lysing factor activity at short terms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Covello
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capalbo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chimenti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maletta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spena
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzulla
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins