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Erythrocytes modulate cell cycle progression but not the baseline frequency of sister chromatid exchanges in pig lymphocytes
Miguel A. ReigosaI,II; Sonia SoloneskiI; Carlos F. GarciaI; Marcelo L. LarramendyI
ILaboratorio de Citogenética y Cátedra de Citologia, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 1900 La Plata, Argentina. Tel.: 54-21-21 1727. Fax: 54-21-53 0189. E-mail: larramen@isis.unlp.edu.ar / Marcelo.La rramendy@Helsinki.Fi. Send correspondence to M.L.L.
IIDepartamento de Citogenética, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular (IMBICE), La Plata, Argentina.
ABSTRACT
The effect of co-culturing varying concentrations of pig and human red blood cells (RBCs) on the baseline frequency of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and cell-cycle progression in pig plasma (PLCs) and whole blood leukocyte cultures (WBCs) was studied. No variation in SCE frequency was observed between pig control WBC and PLC. Addition of pig and human RBCs to pig PLCs did not modify the baseline frequency of SCEs. On the other hand, cell proliferation was slower in PLCs than in WBCs. The addition of pig or human RBCs to PLCs accelerated the cell-cycle progression of pig lymphocytes. When RBCs were added to PLCs the concentration and time sequence of RBC incorporation affected the cell-cycle progression of swine lymphocytes. When doses of pig or human RBCs equivalent to those present in WBCs were added immediately after PLC stimulation, the cell-cycle kinetics were similar to those of WBCs. Shorter co-incubation periods or a reduction in the dose of RBCs made cell-cycle progression intermediate between PLC and WBC values. Thus, pig and human RBCs modulated the in vitro cell-cycle progression of pig lymphocytes in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and the low baseline frequency of SCEs of pig lymphocytes is independent of the presence or absence of erythrocytes in culture.
Keywords: Erythrocytes; sister chromatid; pig.
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