Abstract
Two transaminase inhibitors, aminooxyacetate and cycloserine, inhibited the initiation of insulin-stimulated DNA synthesis in chick embryo fibroblasts. This inhibition was overcome when pyruvate (4 mM), oxaloacetate (4 mM), or α-ketobutyrate (10 mM) was included in the culture medium with hormone and inhibitor. Aminooxyacetate also inhibited lactate production in insulin treated cultures in the absence of added α-keto acid.