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. 1980 Sep;16(9):761-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF02619310.

Inhibition of lymphocyte growth by spermidine in medium containing fetal bovine serum

T L Swanson, G E Gibbs

Inhibition of lymphocyte growth by spermidine in medium containing fetal bovine serum

T L Swanson et al. In Vitro. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

The effect of spermidine and fetal bovine serum on DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis in phytohemagglutinin-stimulated human lymphocytes was investigated. At 10(-4) M spermidine, DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis ceased and 70% of the original cell population died within 62 hr. Lower spermidine concentrations had no significant effect on DNA and protein synthesis, but caused an early, unexplained increase in the rate of RNA synthesis. Heating at 56 degrees C for 30 min had no effect on the plasma amine oxidase activity in fetal bovine and horse sera but abolished the activity in human plasma. It is concluded that low amounts of aminoaldehydes and acrolein produced by plasma amine oxidase at spermidine concentrations below 10(-4) M do not noticeably alter lymphocyte metabolism. However, the aminoaldehydes and acrolein produced become abruptly cytotoxic at 10(-4) M spermidine.

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