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Nucleotide changes in oxidatively stressed lymphocytes
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA.
Journal of Biochemical Toxicology
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
Similar to HIV-1-induced suppression of thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells), oxidatively stressed T cells show inhibited DNA synthesis and proliferation. The influence of oxidative stress on nucleotide pools was explored using 3H-uridine addition to OKT3-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes. The cells were preincubated and stimulated in the presence of 1 mM buthionine sulfoximine to inhibit GSH synthesis. This treatment gave rise to a significant reduction in dUDP and TTP biosynthesis following 18-32 hours stimulation, indicating possible impairment of ribonucleotide reductase activity.