• 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 43  (2) , 393-398
Abstract
Mouse lymph node cells cultured with concanavalin A (Con A) in serum-free medium containing 59Fe-transferrin [TF] took up 59Fe more rapidly than cells cultured without Con A. Uptake of Fe commended rapidly and preceded the DNA synthesis onset in stimulated cells. Total uptake of TF during culture was much < that of Fe, indicating that cells could remove Fe from TF. The released TF appeared to be undegraded. Lymphoblasts bound 6 times more TF per cell than small lymphocytes. Lymphocytes also took up Fe from citrate and nitrilotriacetate complexes, and Fe so acquired was not readily removed by deferrioxamine, indicating that it was not bound extracellulary.