title: Mouse erythroblast formation is inhibited by anemia-inducing substance from the plasma of a patient with a malignant neoplasm.
abstract: An anemia-inducing substance (AIS) was found as a protein, with a molecular weight of 50,000 on SDS electrophoresis gel, that decreased the osmotic resistance of erythrocytes. In this study, the plasma fraction containing AIS is shown to inhibit mouse erythroblast formation in vitro. The addition of the plasma fraction from a patient with an advanced malignant neoplasm to a liquid culture of mouse bone marrow cells with erythropoietin results in low numbers of erythroblast formation and low cellular yields of alpha- and beta-globin mRNAs. These inhibitions were not observed after immunoadsorption of the plasma fraction with an antiserum against AIS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishiko
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004900:Erythroblasts / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007106:Immune Sera; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005914:Globins