Somlyai G, Jancsó G, Jákli G, Vass K, Barna B, Lakics V, Gaál T
HYD Ltd. for Research and Development, Budapest, Hungary.
FEBS Lett. 1993 Feb 8;317(1-2):1-4. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81479-j.
The role of naturally occurring D in living organisms has been examined by using deuterium-depleted water (30-40 ppm D) instead of water containing the natural abundance of D (150 ppm). The deuterium-depleted water significantly decreased the growth rate of the L929 fibroblast cell line, and also inhibited the tumor growth in xenotransplanted mice. Eighty days after transplantation in 10 (59%) out of 17 tumorous mice the tumor, after having grown, regressed and then disappeared. We suggest that the naturally occurring D has a central role in signal transduction involved in cell cycle regulation.
