EFFECT OF ANTIBODY AND COMPLEMENT ON PERMEABILITY CONTROL IN ASCITES TUMOR CELLS AND ERYTHROCYTES

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Rabbit antibody + complement alters the permeability properties of mouse Krebs ascites tumor cells and erythrocytes. When antibody + C' acts on ascites tumor cells in a low protein medium, intracellular K+ is lost from the cells at a rate far greater than the normal leak rate. At the same time the cells lose amino acids and ribonucleotides and become fully permeable to the Na+ of the medium. When antibody + C' acts in a low protein medium, the cells swell extensively and lose most of their macromolecules to the medium (hemoglobin from erythrocytes, protein and RNA from the ascites tumor cells). If the antibody + C' acts in a medium containing protein in sufficient concentration to balance the colloid osmotic pressure of the cells, the swelling is prevented; no macromolecules are then lost from the cells, but the loss of K+ and entrance of Na+ are not altered, and the loss of amino acids and ribonucleotides is only slightly affected.