Abstract
A NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity was increased upon mitogen stimulation of human lymphocytes. The activity was not inhibited by antimycin A or rotenone but was specifically inhibited by antibodies elicited against rat liver NADH-cytochrome b 5 reductase or cytochrome b 5. The activity was linear with cellular homogenates up to 5.2 × 10 6 cells/ml and had abroad pH optimum of 7.7. The presence of 3-methylcholanthrene in mitogen stimulation media had no effect on the NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity but differentially induced the benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase (AHH) activity. The reductase activity was present in nonstimulated cells and appears not to be significantly increased in activity per cell upon mitogen-stimulation of the peripheral lymphocyte.
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