{"title":"Extracellular materials and determination of neuroectoblast in amphibian gastrula.","authors":"S S Sánchez, F D Barbieri","doi":"10.1159/000163463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163463","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The biological activity of the extracellular material (ECM) located in the dorsal and ventral regions of Bufo arenarum is assayed. Ectoblast cells were isolated and cultured with ECM taken from the embryonal regions. The epiblastic cells treated with dorsal ECM, mainly located at the interphase between the invaginating blastoporal lip and the overlying ectoblast differentiated morphologically into neural, mesenchyme and pigment cells. In contrast, control epiplastic cells, cultured either in salt solution or in ventral region ECM, differentiated into ciliated and secretory cell types. The results reported here provide evidence that the dorsal region ECM of the embryo can induce neural differentiation in indeterminate epiblastic cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"60-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163463","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14272059","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":"Interaction between cisplatin-treated macrophages and Dalton's lymphoma cells in vitro.","authors":"S M Singh, A Sodhi","doi":"10.1159/000163457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163457","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Murine peritoneal macrophages treated with cisplatin (10 micrograms/ml) showed increased binding to Dalton's lymphoma cells in vitro. Macrophages and target cells both extend cytoplasmic extensions towards each other, which finally join and fuse to form a distinct cytoplasmic bridge between the two cells. At later stages of coincubation the macrophages and tumor cells get closely bound with several short cytoplasmic connections. Finally the plasmalemmae between the two cells fuse over a large surface area and the tumor cell is phagocyted. No tumor cell was found to form cytoplasmic bridges when incubated with untreated macrophages. The base of cytoplasmic bridge and the cytoplasmic bridge between the macrophage and tumor cells stained for actin and fibronectin, but not for tubulin. We also report the transfer of lysosomes from the cytoplasm of cisplatin-treated macrophages to the tumor cell cytoplasm through cytoplasmic bridges. It is further reported that cisplatin-induced macrophage cytotoxicity against DL cells is inhibited by nifedipine and chlorpromazine.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14311728","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":"Vesicle-mediated delivery of membrane to growth cones during neuritogenesis in embryonic rat primary neuronal cultures.","authors":"T B Shea, V S Sapirstein","doi":"10.1159/000163464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Single cell suspensions from 15-day embryonic rat hindbrain plated on collagen formed large clumps by day 1 in culture. Neurite outgrowth was visible within 2 days. By day 14, morphological synapses were observed in nearly all instances of contact of a neurite ending with another cell. At day 3 in culture, the Golgi apparatus consisted of relatively few, broad lamellae. By contrast, at day 7 in culture this organelle consisted of tightly packed lamellar stacks with a considerable increase in vesicles budding from lamellae. Electron-lucent vesicles, ranging in size from 60 to 180 nm, similar to those generated by the Golgi apparatus were noted in neurite shafts and growth cones, with fusion of these vesicles virtually exclusively at the growth cone leading edge. Monensin resulted in the loss of these vesicles in cell somata and neuritic profiles. The electron-dense marker horseradish peroxidase was not incorporated into these vesicles following its addition to the culture medium, indicating that the vesicles were exocytotic. The number of total vesicles increased during the first 7 days of neurite outgrowth with no further increase up to day 14. This increase was due entirely to vesicles not labeled with the impermeable electron-dense stain ruthenium red, indicating that this increase represents actual vesicular elements and not increased surface convolutions. These data suggest that the 60- to 180-nm electron lucent vesicles are derived from the Golgi apparatus and, by fusion with the growth cone plasmalemma, provide new membrane required for neuritic outgrowth and maintenance.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"67-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163464","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14311731","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}
L Curatolo, G Frascotti, P Ubezio, C Mannironi, L Morasca
{"title":"Characterization of transformed cell lines evolving from a normal C3H line.","authors":"L Curatolo, G Frascotti, P Ubezio, C Mannironi, L Morasca","doi":"10.1159/000163459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163459","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The development of transformed cell lines evolving from an embryo fibroblastic C3H primary culture was followed before and after the ageing crisis using different techniques. By flow cytometry, alteration of subpopulations having different DNA content and altered metabolic activity was observed after the crisis, with the trend to assume a near tetraploid DNA index at higher passages. The fibrin clot retractile activity was lost in all cases during the ageing crisis, but the outcome did not present uniform values of growth characteristics or chromosome number and tumorigenicity appeared to be a nonstable property of the transformed cell lines.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"20-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14311730","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":"Synergistic effect of natural human tumor necrosis factors alpha and beta in the clonogenic assay.","authors":"M Miyake, S Fuchimoto, K Orita","doi":"10.1159/000163495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We tested the antiproliferative effect induced by the natural human tumor necrosis factors alpha and beta (nHuTNF-alpha, -beta) or a combination of these in the clonogenic assay. The antiproliferative effects were evaluated by examining the inhibition of clonogenic growth of RPMI-4788 cells, which had been established from a human colon cancer. TNF-alpha and -beta were natural human types produced by a B cell leukemia line (BALL-1 cells) and were both over 99% pure. The antiproliferative effect in combination of nHuTNF-alpha and -beta was analysed by using the median effect plot and the combination index. The results indicate a synergism between two factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 6","pages":"297-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163495","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14354786","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 distribution of B16F10 melanoma cells in the liver lobule.","authors":"E Hilario, F Unda, S F Aliño","doi":"10.1159/000163496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163496","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The distribution pattern and the number of tumor cells arrested in the liver were studied in mouse livers. Mice were perfused intravascularly with a suspension of B16F10 melanoma cells. The animals were sacrificed at 0, 1, 5, and 20 min after tumor cell perfusion. The pattern of tumor cell distribution was studied by morphological methods, and by a combined method of fluorescent-tumor cell labelling and histochemical succinate dehydrogenase activity on frozen sections, in order to define the localization of tumor cells arrested in the liver lobule. The results show that the tumor cells have an exclusive distribution in the periportal regions of the liver lobule (identified as the high succinate dehydrogenase activity areas), and that the cells are not arrested in the pericentral regions (identified as the low succinate dehydrogenase activity areas). In addition, indomethacin treatment (2 mg/kg/day) induced an increase in the number of melanoma cells arrested in the liver, but a different distribution with respect to controls was not observed. These results show that periportal regions of the liver lobule constitute a particular domain in which the B16F10 melanoma cells present a special retention ability that can be modulated by indomethacin treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 6","pages":"303-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163496","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14354787","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":"Alterations in lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes and phosphofructokinase activity in the hormonally induced G-XII cell line.","authors":"A K Malik, N Sharma, P Chandiok, T N Chapekar","doi":"10.1159/000163489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163489","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>G-XII cell line was earlier developed in our laboratory from the granulosa lutein cells of goat ovaries, subjected to sustained stimulation by ovine luteinizing hormone. It is a non-clonogenic and non-tumorigenic cell line which secretes progesterone. In the present paper, we report some biochemical findings on the cell line studied between passages 10 and 15. The cells exhibited a shift in the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme pattern from the heart form to muscle form and a 300% increase in the phosphofructokinase activity compared to fresh granulosa cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 5","pages":"264-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163489","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14111618","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":"Mouse peritoneal macrophages produce CFU-gm and CFU-meg growth-promoting factors.","authors":"M Sugimoto, Y Wakabayashi, S Hirose, M J Murphy","doi":"10.1159/000163460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of peritoneal macrophage-conditioned medium (macrophage CM) from lipopolysaccharide-injected mice on granulocyte-macrophage colony (CFU-gm) and megakaryocyte colony (CFU-meg) formation was examined using a plasma clot culture system. Macrophage CM stimulated mouse bone marrow cells to form CFU-gm and CFU-meg in the presence of pokeweed mitogen-stimulated spleen cell-conditioned medium, but it had no effect on colony formation in the absence of exogenous colony-stimulating factors (CSF). CFU-gm and CFU-meg colony formation was enhanced by low concentrations of exogenous GM-CSF or Meg-CSF alone. These data demonstrate that macrophage CM contains an activity that sensitized CFU-gm and CFU-meg to exogenous CSF.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"29-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163460","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14185717","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}
J Neumüller, M Tohidast-Akrad, K Ammer, A Hakimzadeh, G Stransky, S Weis, G Partsch, R Eberl
{"title":"Ultrastructural and autoradiographic investigations of cell cultures derived from tendons or ligamentous material from patients with fibromatous disorders.","authors":"J Neumüller, M Tohidast-Akrad, K Ammer, A Hakimzadeh, G Stransky, S Weis, G Partsch, R Eberl","doi":"10.1159/000163469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cell cultures were derived from tendons or ligamentous material from patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), Dupuytren's contracture (DP), tendopathia nodosa (TN) and hallux valgus (HV). The ultrastructure of the operation specimens as well as of the cell monolayers was investigated, using a floating sheet method in order to preserve both cell-to-cell contacts and the orientation of the monolayers. The histologic features of the tissues obtained in the operations were correlated with the ultrastructure of the cells in culture derived from these specimens. In DP, above all in the nodules, an activation of the capillary endothelium in the vicinity of myofibroblasts and mast cells was observed. In CTS the collagen fibrils varied extremely in diameter. In DP and TN biopsies a splicing process of helicoidly arranged fibrils could be seen. A disintegration of elastic fibers in the fibrillar and amorphous components was found in DP nodules, HV and TN tissues. Transitional forms between fibroblasts and myofibroblasts were observed not only in DP but also-though in a smaller percentage--in the cultures derived from the other patients. The cells showed organelles for active protein synthesis and transport. Autophagocytosis and the formation of multilamellated bodies took place in TN and HV cultures. In CTS, DP and TN cultures cells were connected via gap junctions. In some cultures, above all in those derived from CTS, monocilia were found. In CTS cultures the formation of intracellular collagen occurred. Growth parameters were rather low in HV cultures. PLmax (maximal pulse labelling index) values were higher in TN cultures than in DP and HV cultures. Plating efficiency (PE) values were higher in cultures derived from cell-rich and capillarized tissues than in biopsies with few cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 3","pages":"113-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163469","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14359437","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}
N Kawai, M Kawai, T Nishimura, K Arimura, I Ichihara
{"title":"Correlation of anionic residue mobility at the filopodial plasma membranes with multilayer formation in transformed 3T3 cells.","authors":"N Kawai, M Kawai, T Nishimura, K Arimura, I Ichihara","doi":"10.1159/000163472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163472","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Simian virus 40-transformed 3T3 (SV40-3T3) cells formed multilayers on a Falcon dish and had numerous filopodial projections, some of which intertwined with those of adjacent cells, in contrast to the few projections of their nontransformed counterparts. When these cells were incubated with polycationic ferritin (0.5 mg/ml), ferritin particles, representative of anionic sites, were spread widely on their surfaces at 4 degrees C, while they formed clusters at 37 degrees C, especially on filopodial surface areas opposing adjacent projections in SV40-3T3 cells. These findings demonstrate an increase in the mobility of molecules with anionic residues on filopodial plasma membranes in SV40-3T3 cells, thus suggesting a role for these projections in the formation of multilayered cell aggregates.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 3","pages":"143-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163472","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14359438","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}