Levine S, Saltzman A, Klein A W
Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA.
Cell Prolif. 2000 Aug;33(4):203-7. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2184.2000.00170.x.
Lithium salts are widely used for treatment of psychiatric illness. Lithium also affects cell proliferation. During investigation of the effect of lithium chloride on the central nervous system (CNS) of nephrectomized rats, we noted numerous mitotic figures in the neural lobe of the pituitary. Morphologic criteria established that the mitotic cells were astrocytes, the supporting glial cells of the CNS, also known as pituicytes. Equimolar doses of chlorides of chemically related cations (sodium, potassium, rubidium) had no such effect.
锂盐被广泛用于治疗精神疾病。锂也会影响细胞增殖。在研究氯化锂对肾切除大鼠中枢神经系统(CNS)的作用时,我们注意到垂体神经叶中有许多有丝分裂图像。形态学标准确定有丝分裂细胞是星形胶质细胞,即中枢神经系统的支持性神经胶质细胞,也称为垂体细胞。等摩尔剂量的化学相关阳离子(钠、钾、铷)的氯化物没有这种作用。