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Plasma membrane preparations from KA31 (mouse) cells contained receptors for the binding of Rauscher murine leukemia virus (R-MuLV) envelope glycoprotein, gp70. This binding was demonstrated by gel filtration of a mixture of the microsomal fraction of the cells and 125I-labeled gp70. A rapid and convenient assay was developed to measure the complex formation between the membrane receptors and gp70 involving specific precipitation of the complex by 3 to 4% polyethylene glycol. The complex formation was responsive to the concentrations of both the receptor and gp70 and also to changes in temperature and pH. The gp70 binding was a noncooperative, saturable process, and an association constant of 3.5 X 10(8) M-1 was estimated from the binding data. The complex formation was reversible and a near-total exchange of 125I-labeled gp70 in the complex was achieved by incubation with excess of unlabeled gp70. The complex formation was inhibited by protein denaturing agents, guanidine-hydrochloride and urea. Pretreatment of the membrane fractions with either chymotrypsin or phospholipase C led to a loss of the membrane-associated receptor activity, indicating that a lipoprotein structure was important for the receptor function, consistent with the observation that nonionic detergents strongly inhibited the complex formation.
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PMID:Characterization of Rauscher murine leukemia virus envelope glycoprotein receptor in membranes from murine fibroblasts. 3 3

Cyclosporin A was given to five patients with acute leukaemia in whom graft-versus-host disease (G.V.H.D.) had developed after bone-marrow transplantation from sibling donors. In all instances the acute erythematous skin reaction of G.V.H.D. resolved within two days, but four of the five patients died. Cyclosporin A in high doses produced anorexia, nausea, and a reversible rise in blood-urea. The four patients who died all had liver damage, but the histological changes varied. Cyclosporin A modifies the acute skin reaction of G.V.H.D. In the management of liver and gut G.V.H.D., and in prophylaxis of G.V.H.D., its role needs to be determined.
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PMID:Cyclosporin A for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease in man. 8 37

The newly synthesized nitrosoureas 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(methylenecarboxamido)-urea (Acetamido-CNU), 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(4-morpholino)-urea (Morpholino-CNU), 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(1-piperidino)-urea (Piperidino-CNU), and 2-[3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosoureido]-ethylmethanesulfonate (Ethylmethanesulfonato-CNU) were compared in their chemotherapeutic activity against preterminal rat leukemia L 5222 with BCNU, CCNU, MeCCNU, Chlorozotocin, and Hydroxyethyl-CNU. With respect to the dose range effecting a median survival time of more than 90 days, MeCCNU was superior to the other substances. Chlorozotocin, on the other hand, was the only substance which achieved no cures in this experimental arrangement. From the four newly introduced substances the water-soluble substances Acetamido-CNU and Morpholino-CNU were approximately comparable to CCNU with regard to the dose range effecting a median survival time of greater than 90 days. Piperidino-CNU and Ethylmethanesulfonato-CNU also effected cures; however, only Piperidino-CNU in one dosage effected a median survival time of greater than 90 days.
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PMID:Examination of four newly synthesized 2-chloroethylnitrosoureas in comparison with BCNU, CCNU, MeCCNU, chlorozotocin and hydroxyethyl-CNU in preterminal rat leukemia L 5222. 15 9

Blood lysozyme estimation seems to be important in hematological practice. Serum levels are roughly proportional to the size of the pool and, above all, granulocytic renewal. Thus levels are increased compared with levels of circulating polynuclear cells. In bone marrow disorders, and particularly in myelofibrosis, owing to the infective granulopoiesis and/or increased destruction of the neutrophil polymorphs. It is lowered in neutropenia with a scanty bone marrow. It provides an important contribution to diagnosis of the type of acute leukemia, the fall in the lymphoblastic forms contrast with normal or increased levels in myeloblastic forms. Finally, there is a marked increase in lysosome urea in acute monocytic or myelomonocytic leukemia.
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PMID:[Lysozyme in hematologic diseases]. 16 45

Through the use of two different DNA-protein reconstitution methods, we examined the potential role of type C RNA tumor virus proteins as putative regulatory agents in the control of virus expression. Rauscher murine leukemia virus, purified from chronically infected rat cell cultures, was iodinated in vitro with [125I], and dissociated in a nondetergent high-ionic-strength urea-containing buffer. The chemically separated [125I]-labeled viral polypetides were reconstituted with purified DNA by affinity column chromatography and by gradient dialysis renaturation. In both instances, no detectable amount of radioactivity specifically bound to double-stranded DNA of any origin. This observation was in contrast to the binding behavior of identically prepared and radiolabeled, nonhistone chromosomal proteins purified from rat cell nuclei. This finding may rule out, in eukaryotic cells, a well-described prokarytoic regulatory mechanism for the control of integrated viral gene expression.
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PMID:Type C RNA virus proteins: lack of binding specificity to host cell chromosomal DNA in vitro. 44 40

Studies were made on the maximal non-carcinogenic dose of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) in rats. Groups of Wistar strain rats of both sexes, 6 weeks old, were given standard diet without DMN (group 1), or containing 0.1 ppm DMN (group 2), 1.0 ppm DMN (group 3), or 10 ppm DMN (group 4) for 96 weeks and then sacrificed for hematological, serum-biochemical, and histopathological examinations. After 96 weeks, the weights of the body and main organs in the different groups were not significantly different. The leucocyte count and blood urea-nitrogen (BUN) in group 4 were slightly increased, but other serum findings were not significantly different in different groups. Hepatocellular carcinomas were found in group 3 (1 male and 3 females), but not in group 2. Hemangioendotheliomas of the liver, adrenal adenomas, pituitary adenomas, interstitial cell tumors of the testis, ovarian tumors, and leukemia were also found. Pyelonephritis was found in both experimental and control animals, but no kidney tumors developed with these dose levels of DMN. These results show that on long-term oral administration to rats, 1.0 ppm DMN is the minimum carcinogenic dose, while a level of about 0.1 ppm DMN is non-carcinogenic.
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PMID:Long-term experiment of maximal non-carcinogenic dose of dimethylnitrosamine for carcinogenesis in rats. 51 Aug 53

Pyridine N-oxides having 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosoureidoalkyl or 1-methyl-1-nitrosoureidoalkyl groups were evaluated for their antitumor activity against AH13 hepatoma and L1210 leukemia. Among them, 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(2-pyridylmethyl)urea N-oxide (1), its tosylate (2), 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(2-pyridylethyl)urea N-oxide (4), and 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3-(3-pyridylmethyl)urea N-oxide (6) were highly active against both tumors in ip-ip system. These compounds were also active in ip-iv and ip-po systems of L1210. On the other hand, pyridine N-oxides having 1-methyl-1-nitrosoureidoalkyl group were all inactive against AH13 and weakly active against L1210. Effect on blood cells in Donryu rats bearing EDEN-5 erythroblastic leukemia cells was tested with these 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosoureidoalkylureas. These compounds caused leucopenia and compound (4) was only slightly effective against EDEN-5.
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PMID:Antitumor effect of pyridine N-oxides having 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosoureidoalkyl and 1-methyl-1-nitrosoureidoalkyl groups. 53 84

We have studied synthesis of specific proteins in two permanent lines of Friend virus-induced erythroleukemia cells (Friend line 745 and Ostertag line FSD-1, both derived from DBA/2 mice). By 96 hr following treatment with 1-2% dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), up to 25% of the protein being synthesized by both these cultures is hemoglobin. At that time, hemoglobin constitutes up to 10% of the cellular soluble protein. Both lines synthesize heme and globin coordinately, and alpha and beta globin chains in a nearly balanced 1:1 ratio. However, the ratio of betaMajor:betaMinor chains synthesized by these induced Friend leukemia (FL) cells is approximately 9 in the FSD-1 line and 1.3 in the Friend Clone 745 line, whereas it is 4 in normal adult DBA/2 mouse erythrocytes. Evidence for the latter conclusion was obtained by electrophoresis of FL hemoglobins on cellulose acetate membranes, and also by chromatographic separation of alpha, betaMajor, and betaMinor globins on carboxymethylcellulose in 8 M urea at 20 degrees C. Carbonic anhydrase activity per mg protein is 3 times higher in induced than in control cultures. 2,3-diphosphoglyceric acid is not found in induced FL cells. Induced and control FL cells agglutinate strongly and equally with Phaseolus vulgaris phytohemagglutinin. The developmental process in these cultured leukemia cells appears to be an aberrant erythropoiesis.
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PMID:Synthesis of erythrocyte-specific proteins in cultured friend leukemia cells. 80 34

The N-nitrosoureas are the most active of a variety of N-nitroso compounds tested against L1210 leukemia in mice. Structure-activity studies show that the N-(2-chloro(or fluoro)ethyl)-N-nitrosoureido grouping is necessary for high-level activity in this test system, but a variety of carrier groups can be attached to the N'-nitrogen of the urea. For high-level activity against solid tumors in rodents, eg, the Lewis lung adenocarcinoma, the N'-substituent must be a cyclohexane ring, and the most active of these compounds are substituted at position 4 of the ring. The chemistry involved in the synthesis and reactions of the nitrosoureas is described. The possible relationship of the chemically reactive species generated by the decomposition of the nitrosoureas under in vivo conditions to biologic activity is discussed.
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PMID:Chemistry and structure-activity studies of the nitrosoureas. 95 7

32P- and methyl-3H-labeled 70S Moloney murine leukemia virus RNA was purified from virions produced in Moloney murine leukemia virus-infected mouse embryo cells. Primer-free RNA subunits obtained by heat treatment and zonal centrifugation were digested with RNase T2, and methylated oligonucleotides were chromatographed on DEAE-Sephadex in 7 M urea. Approximately one molecule of RNase T2-stable oligonucleotide (-5 charge) was isolated per subunit. Structural analysis indicated that the sequence of the oligonucleotide is m7GpppGmpCp. Analysis of the mononucleotide fraction isolated by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography of the RNase T2 digest identified 15 to 23 internal N6-methyladenylic acid molecules per subunit.
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PMID:Methylation pattern of genomic RNA from Moloney murine leukemia virus. 97 37


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