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Lipid peroxidation and activities of tyrosine aminotransferase and glutamine synthetase in hepatoma and glioma cells grown in bovine colostrum-supplemented medium

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The growth stimulating properties of bovine serum and colostrum were compared in rat hepatoma (HTC) and glioma (C6) cell cultures. A colostrum concentration of 2% was optimal for HTc cells, which then reached a terminal density 40% of that in serum-supplemented medium. The corresponding figures for C6 cells were 10 and 81%, respectively. After 4 d in culture, levels of lipid hydroperoxides were measured and compared. Highest levels of lipid hydroperoxides were found in HTC and C6 cells grown in unsupplemented medium. HTC and C6 cells grown in serum supplemented medium contained levels of 52 and 64%, respectively, of that in unsupplemented medium. The corresponding levels for cells grown in presence of colostrum were 40% for HTC and 44% for C6 cells. To obtain information on any functional alterations in the cells due to the presence of colostrum the induction of tyrosine aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.5) and glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2), by dexamethasone was studied. Although colostrum seemed to increase, the basal activities of the enzymes, no significant effects on the degree of induction could be detected.

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    Lena Odland, Stefan Wallin & Erik Walum

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This work was supported by grants from The Wenner-Gren Foundation Arla Ekonomisk Förening and the Nordic Society Against Painful Experiments on Animals (grant 82-07-15).

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Odland, L., Wallin, S. & Walum, E. Lipid peroxidation and activities of tyrosine aminotransferase and glutamine synthetase in hepatoma and glioma cells grown in bovine colostrum-supplemented medium. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 22, 259–262 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02621228

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