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. 1971 Dec;125(3):721–732. doi: 10.1042/bj1250721

Application of the isotope-dilution principle to the analysis of factors affecting the incorporation of [3H]uridine and [3H]cytidine into cultured lymphocytes. Evaluation of pools in serum and culture media

D R Forsdyke 1
PMCID: PMC1178176  PMID: 4947658

Abstract

1. Rat lymph-node cells were incubated in serum and medium 199 with [5-3H]uridine or [5-3H]cytidine and acid-precipitable radioactivity was measured. Results were interpreted in terms of an isotope-dilution model. 2. Both serum and medium 199 contained pools that inhibited radioactive labelling in a competitive manner. The serum activity was diffusible and inhibited labelling with [3H]cytidine more than with [3H]uridine; in these respects the activity resembled cytidine (14μm). 3. The pools in serum and plasma were the same size; however, the rate of labelling was greater in plasma, owing to a diffusible factor. 4. Paradoxically, relatively simple media (Earle's salts and Eagle's minimum essential) appeared to have a larger pool than the more complex pyrimidine-containing medium 199; this suggests a contribution to the pool by cells in the simple media. 5. In the absence of pools the average cell was capable of incorporating 2000 radioactive nucleoside molecules/s.

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