Effect of cyclic AMP and theophylline on phagocytotic activity of Tetrahymena pyriformis.

Experientia, 1976/3/15;32(3):321-2.

Csaba G, Lantos T

PMID: 176056

Abstract
Dibutyril cAMP and the cPDE-inhibitor theophylline both enhance the phagocytotic activity of Tetrahymena. Theophylline and cAMP-activating histamine are synergistic. It follows that the cAMP-adenylcyclase system functions in the unicellular animal Tetrahymena.
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