Cell death, survival and proliferation in Tetrahymena thermophila. Effects of insulin, sodium nitroprusside, 8-Bromo cyclic GMP, NG-methyl-L-arginine and methylene blue

Cell Biology International
S T ChristensenL Rasmussen

Abstract

Cells of the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila produce compounds that act as autocrine (paracrine) survival and/or growth factors. 8-Bromo cyclic GMP, sodium nitroprusside, hemin, protoporphyrin IX, human recombinant and bovine insulin were tested for their ability to substitute for the cell-produced factors and stimulate cell survival and proliferation. The cells were inoculated into conical flasks in a nutritionally complete, chemically defined medium at known cell densities from 5 to 5000 cells/ml. In unsupplemented medium cells at 5 to 500 cells/ml ('low initial cell density cultures') died within 8 h, whereas cells at 1000 and 5000 cells/ml ('high initial cell density cultures') proliferated with lag phases lasting for up to 4 h. In the presence of insulin compounds, hemin, protoporphyrin IX, or 8-bromo cyclic GMP, cells also proliferated at all low initial cell densities. Sodium nitroprusside was effective over two separate concentration ranges: at the nanomolar levels as well at low pico- to femtomolar levels. At initial population densities of up to 50 cells/ml the cells at both concentrations of sodium nitroprusside survived about 4-fold longer than the controls. At 500 initial cells/ml, cells at the high concentrations ...Continue Reading

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