Chalone Inhibition of Cellular Proliferation

Inhibition of cell proliferation in the livers of hepatectomized rats by a rabbit hepatic chalone.

A purified chalone isolated from rabbit liver was tested in vitro on regenerating rat liver slices incubated with tritiated thymidine to determine more precisely the phase of the normal cell cycle that was blocked by that substance. Biochemical and radioautographic studies showed that the inhibition of tritiated thymidine incorporation during chromosomal DNA replication resulted chiefly from a ...

Neutrophil products that inhibit cell proliferation: relation to granulocytic "chalone".

Various investigators have proposed the existence of a “chalone” or product of mature granulocytes which inhibits the replication of granulocytic progenitors in a tissue-specific, species-nonspecific regulatory system. We tested this system utilizing purified populations of human leukocytes and a variety of proliferating target cell populations. Granulocyte-conditioned medium potently inhibited...

Inhibition of granulopoiesis in diffusion chambers by a granulocyte chalone.

Granulocyte chalone obtained from media conditioned by rat granulocytes was tested on normal and vinblastine treated regenerating mouse marrow placed in an in vivo diffusion chamber culture system. Raw granulocyte chalone when injected several times during the early phase of culture significantly altered the cellular growth pattern as well as the parent-progeny relationships of both normal and ...

Synthesis via Inhibition of Mitochondrial Protein Oxazolidinones Inhibit Cellular Proliferation

Na-K-2Cl cotransporter inhibition impairs human lung cellular proliferation.

The widespread presence of the Na-K-2Cl (NKCC) cotransporter protein suggests that chronic administration of inhibitors may result in adverse effects. Inhibition of the NKCC cotransporter by loop diuretics is felt to underlie the diuretic and the pulmonary smooth muscle relaxant effects of this drug class. However, the fundamental regulation of salt and water movement by this cotransporter sugg...