H. Rixen, C. Kirkpatrick, U. Schmitz, D. Ruchatz, C. Mittermayer
{"title":"Interaction between endothelial cells and basement membrane components. In vitro studies on endothelial cell adhesion to collagen types I, III, IV and high molecular weight fragments of IV.","authors":"H. Rixen, C. Kirkpatrick, U. Schmitz, D. Ruchatz, C. Mittermayer","doi":"10.1159/000163544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163544","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the mechanisms involved in maintaining the integrity of the vascular endothelium is fundamental to studies on atherosclerosis, thrombosis, inflammation and tumor invasion. One of the essential aspects is the relationship between the endothelial cell (EC) layer and the underlying components of the basement membrane (BM). The importance of the biological role of the individual components of the BM in the promotion of EC adhesion is investigated. In this study suspensions of bovine corneal ECs (BCECs; 5 x 10(4)/ml) were used to investigate the adhesion of EC to collagen type IV and a mixture of fragments of the tetrameric molecule (IV-F, consisting of 75, 120 and 140 kD fragments), as well as collagen types I and III, coated at a 10-micrograms/ml concentration onto glass coverslips in vitro. Adhesion was quantified after 2 h of interaction by direct counting in the light microscope following fixation of the adherent cells. Collagens type IV and IV-F markedly promoted BCEC adhesion both in the presence or absence of 10 or 50% fetal calf serum, indicating that the integrity of the tetrameric molecule is not required for EC adhesion to collagen type IV, but can be replaced by high molecular weight fragments. Collagens type I and III increased EC adhesion in the absence of serum, although not in the presence of serum. Indirect evidence for a possible role of fibronectin in EC adhesion to type-IV collagen is given by the ability of the tetrapeptide (Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (10 micrograms) to temporarily block (15-30 min) the adhesion-promoting effect of type-IV collagen. The nature of the adhesion sequences on the fragments of type-IV collagen remains to be elucidated.","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 6 1","pages":"315-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163544","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64977062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Blasco, J Torrado, A Cosme, E Alvarez, A Zugasti, A Gutierrez-Hoyos, J I Arenas
{"title":"Expression of Lewis antigenic determinants in colorectal adenocarcinomas.","authors":"E Blasco, J Torrado, A Cosme, E Alvarez, A Zugasti, A Gutierrez-Hoyos, J I Arenas","doi":"10.1159/000163519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163519","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Expression of type 1 and type 2 chain Lewis antigens was studied in 32 rectal adenocarcinoma specimens; the results were correlated with the patients' Lewis phenotype and secretor status. In addition, the pattern of expression of these antigens was analyzed in adjacent and distant normal mucosa. We used an indirect immunofluorescence technique with p-phenylenediamine counterstaining (Oriol technique) and a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against the different antigenic specificities. Normal distal colonic mucosa only expresses monofucosylated structures (Lea and X) arising from activity of the alpha 1-3,4-fucosyltransferase coded by the Le gene. Rectal adenocarcinomas also show Lea and X, but also reexpress blood group antigens ABH and exhibit difucosylated determinants (Leb and Y). The accumulation of mono- and difucosylated type 2 chain in neoplastic processes, independently of the Le and Se genes, could be due to the enzymes coded by reactivation of the H and X genes. Blood group antigens form a complex signal code, genetically regulated, which intervenes in differentiation, growth and cellular recognition processes, and which may undergo important modifications during malignant transformation. These alterations could be useful in the diagnosis and prognosis of some types of carcinoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 3","pages":"153-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163519","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13620690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cohesive properties of terminally differentiated keratinocytes.","authors":"M M Brysk, S Rajaraman, P Penn, E Barlow, T Bell","doi":"10.1159/000163509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163509","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The stratum corneum can be dissociated into single squames by several extraction methods: mechanically, with organic solvents, and with detergents. We have performed studied of reaggregation from single squames prepared by these methods. Mechanically dispersed corneocytes recombined into a lamellar-like structure closely resembling intact stratum corneum. Squames obtained by dissociation in ether formed a multilayered structure which differed from the intact tissue in the collapse of the bilayered lamellar structure into a single lucent band with osmiophilic deposits. Squames obtained after extraction with detergent failed to reaggregate.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 2","pages":"60-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163509","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13621370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation of double contour as a repair reaction in the human femoral head.","authors":"K Lothe, M A Spycher","doi":"10.1159/000163540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirty-two femoral heads from autopsy material with arthrotic changes and 12 surgical specimens of femoral heads with different diseases have been examined with respect to their ability to form a 'double contour'. An additional bony plate within the cartilage, giving rise to the double contour, occurred only in the non-pressure zone of the articular cartilage. There were no major differences between autopsy and surgical material and these changes could also not be found in normal femoral heads. The origin of a double contour could be traced to tissue elements penetrating the subchondral bone from the bone marrow, and was the result of a gradual transformation with chondroid tissue as the starting material. We observed a similar transformation leading to lamellar bone in association with pannus.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 6","pages":"287-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163540","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13665970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of the plasma membrane proteolipid in mouse neuroblastoma cells: transient increase in synthesis during differentiation with N6,O2-dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate.","authors":"T B Shea, I Fischer","doi":"10.1159/000163516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163516","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have examined the regulation of plasma membrane proteolipid (PM-PLP) synthesis and steady-state levels in mouse NB2a/d1 neuroblastoma cells during differentiation with dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) and retinoic acid (RA), agents which have been previously shown to induce the elaboration of exclusively axonal or dendritic neurites, respectively. We report that a PM-PLP-immunoreactive species is expressed by this neuroblastoma cell line, and that its expression is regulated by specific states of differentiation. Differentiation of cells with dbcAMP was accompanied by an initial 2-fold increase in this PM-PLP immunoreactive species at 24 h after treatment, which returned to control levels by 96 h after treatment. By contrast, no significant increase in synthesis was detected when cells were treated with RA. Protein blot analysis of PM-PLP in dbcAMP-treated cells indicated that there was little change in its steady-state level until 96 h following treatment, at which time a reduction of 40% was observed. Throughout induced differentiation with dbcAMP, NB2a/d1 cells continued to express a PM-PLP-immunoreactive species which comigrated on immunoblot analysis with PM-PLP form characteristic of embryonic brain (14-16 kDa), and apparently did not express the PM-PLP form characteristic of adult brain (18 kDa).</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 3","pages":"131-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13693727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In vitro interaction of heterologous platelets with isolated neoplastic cells from a murine mammary gland tumor.","authors":"A R Eynard, C Falo, P Quiroga, M E Pasqualini","doi":"10.1159/000163528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the present work was to study the in vitro effects of challenging human whole-blood and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) with neoplastic cells (NC) isolated from a murine mammary gland adenocarcinoma. Viable, but not formalinized, isolated tumoral cells induced platelet aggregation in citrated whole blood. NC did not induce aggregation of PRP samples whereas the NC added to PRP induced aggregation in 33% of volunteers if samples were previously stimulated with a subaggregatory strength of collagen. The results suggest a role for other blood cells since the proaggregatory effect was less evident on PRP. Adenocarcinoma M3 seems to be a suitable model to study in vitro platelet-cell tumor interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 4","pages":"213-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13741940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differences in intracellular calcium mobilization by interferon-beta and interferon-gamma in RPMI-4788 cells.","authors":"M Miyake, S Fuchimoto, K Orita","doi":"10.1159/000163510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163510","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human interferon (IFN) stimulates a 1.5- to 1.7-fold transient increase in the concentration of cytoplasmic-free calcium ion ([Ca2+]i) within 10-20 s upon exposure of RPMI-4788 cells to IFN. This early event of IFN-induced [Ca2+]i mobilization was measurable by loading the cells with Fura-2AM, a fluorescent Ca2+ indicator. The mobilization induced by IFN-beta or IFN-gamma was dependent on the concentration of each IFN. The increased [Ca2+]i gradually returned to its resting level within 60 s. The addition of EGTA (0.5-10 mM) to medium induced a marked decrease in the amount of [Ca2+]i mobilized by IFN-beta and a partial decrease by IFN-gamma. This finding suggests that the mechanisms of [Ca2+]i mobilization by IFN-beta and IFN-gamma might be different. While IFN-beta-induced mobilization may be mainly from an influx of the extracellular calcium ion ([Ca2+]o), IFN-gamma-induced mobilization may be a summation of an influx of [Ca2+]o and a release from intracellular Ca2+ stores.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 2","pages":"67-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163510","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13649021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Activities of glycolytic enzymes in rapidly proliferating and differentiated C6 glioma cells.","authors":"S G Dastidar, S K Sharma","doi":"10.1159/000163520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163520","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comparisons of glycolytic enzymes between rapidly proliferating and Bt2 cAMP-induced differentiated C6 glioma cells have been made. Rapidly proliferating cells had higher concentrations of glucose-6-phosphate, fructose-6-phosphate and fructose-1,6-bisphosphate compared to morphologically differentiated cells. Under maximally activating conditions, the specific activity and Vmax of hexokinase and phosphofructokinase enzymes were reduced by approximately 3- and 28-fold, respectively, in differentiated cells, without any change in Km values. These results suggest that hexokinase and phosphofructokinase occupy special control positions and the rate of glycolysis is correlated with cellular proliferation of C6 glioma cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 3","pages":"159-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163520","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13672522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential adhesion of metastatic rat mammary carcinoma cells to organ-derived microvessel endothelial cells and subendothelial matrix.","authors":"R B Lichtner, P N Belloni, G L Nicolson","doi":"10.1159/000163518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163518","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The in vitro adhesion rates of rat 13762NF mammary adenocarcinoma cell clones of different spontaneous metastatic potentials to cloned microvessel endothelial cell monolayers and their subendothelial extracellular matrix were investigated. In this system, high rates of adhesion of the cloned tumor cell lines to syngeneic target (lung) organ-derived subendothelial matrix correlated with spontaneous metastatic potential, whereas adhesion to the lung microvessel endothelial cell apical surfaces occurred at lower rates and was not highly significantly different among the tumor cell lines. Adhesion rates to bovine aortic large vessel, and human brain and human meningeal microvessel endothelial cell monolayers were, in general, lower than those found with syngeneic lung microvessel endothelial cells, and did not correlate with spontaneous metastatic potential. Growth of endothelial cells in fetal bovine serum or platelet-poor horse serum did not affect the results, suggesting that in this system metastasis-associated organ-adhesive specificity is determined at the level of the subendothelial matrix.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 3","pages":"146-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163518","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13915671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Rixen, C J Kirkpatrick, U Schmitz, D Ruchatz, C Mittermayer
{"title":"Interaction between endothelial cells and basement membrane components. In vitro studies on endothelial cell adhesion to collagen types I, III, IV and high molecular weight fragments of IV.","authors":"H Rixen, C J Kirkpatrick, U Schmitz, D Ruchatz, C Mittermayer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding the mechanisms involved in maintaining the integrity of the vascular endothelium is fundamental to studies on atherosclerosis, thrombosis, inflammation and tumor invasion. One of the essential aspects is the relationship between the endothelial cell (EC) layer and the underlying components of the basement membrane (BM). The importance of the biological role of the individual components of the BM in the promotion of EC adhesion is investigated. In this study suspensions of bovine corneal ECs (BCECs; 5 x 10(4)/ml) were used to investigate the adhesion of EC to collagen type IV and a mixture of fragments of the tetrameric molecule (IV-F, consisting of 75, 120 and 140 kD fragments), as well as collagen types I and III, coated at a 10-micrograms/ml concentration onto glass coverslips in vitro. Adhesion was quantified after 2 h of interaction by direct counting in the light microscope following fixation of the adherent cells. Collagens type IV and IV-F markedly promoted BCEC adhesion both in the presence or absence of 10 or 50% fetal calf serum, indicating that the integrity of the tetrameric molecule is not required for EC adhesion to collagen type IV, but can be replaced by high molecular weight fragments. Collagens type I and III increased EC adhesion in the absence of serum, although not in the presence of serum. Indirect evidence for a possible role of fibronectin in EC adhesion to type-IV collagen is given by the ability of the tetrapeptide (Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (10 micrograms) to temporarily block (15-30 min) the adhesion-promoting effect of type-IV collagen. The nature of the adhesion sequences on the fragments of type-IV collagen remains to be elucidated.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"57 6","pages":"315-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13679076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}