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Morphine effect on proliferation of normal and tumor cells of immune origin
M G Sergeeva1, Z V Grishina, S D Varfolomeyev
1A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.
Abstract:
The influence of morphine on proliferation of human tumor K562 and lymphoid cells was studied and compared with that on the mitogen-induced proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Morphine was shown to act as a suppressor of both cellular DNA synthesis (50% and more as compared to control) and the cellular population growth of mitogen-induced PBMC, B-lymphoma Namalva cells and EBV-transformed lymphocytes. Morphine activated proliferation of myeloid K562 and T-lymphoma Yurkat cells 1.5-fold. It is supposed that the opposite effects of morphine on proliferation of cell lines of immune origin reveal the difference in modulation of diverse immune cell types by morphine.