title: Cytotoxic factor induced in murine serum after intravenous administration of a dehydrogenation polymer of p-coumaric acid (a synthetic lignin).
abstract: A cytotoxic factor (CF) toward cultured murine leukemia L1210 cells was induced in mouse serum by intravenous injection of a dehydrogenation polymer of p-coumaric acid (DHP-pCA). When the serum from the treated mice was diluted with ethanol, CF was preserved in its supernatant (EtOH-sup). An EtOH-sup prepared from untreated control mice also showed cytotoxicity, although at much higher concentrations. The CF activity of EtOH-sups from both treated and untreated mice was completely eliminated by acid treatment at pH 2 at 90 degrees C for 30 min but kept intact by alkali treatment. In addition, the CF activity of both EtOH-sups was not affected by digestion with chymotrypsin. CF was recovered in a neutral MeOH-eluate from a DEAE-cellulofine column but not in HCI-MeOH eluate, in which lignified materials including DHP-pCA should have been recovered. These findings strongly suggest that CF is not a metabolite of DHP-pCA but an endogenous component of the normal serum which is augmented by DHP-pCA administration.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Tanabedori, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002845:Chromatography; D003373:Coumaric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood; D004355:Drug Stability; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D003373:Coumaric Acids; D003603:Cytotoxins; D000431:Ethanol