{"title":"Origin of cells in human oral mucosa heterotransplants in nude mice.","authors":"P Holmstrup, N Gram","doi":"10.1159/000163468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Species identification of cells was performed in a model to study epithelial-mesenchymal interactions using combinations of human and murine tissue. The study comprised 34 successfully recovered transplants of human palatal mucosa with 15 human epithelial outgrowths formed on uncertainly species-identified connective tissue. Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded 5-micron sections were stained with bisbenzimide (0.8 microgram/ml) and examined in an epifluorescence microscope. The nuclear-staining pattern revealed limited peripheral invasion of the transplanted connective tissue by murine fibroblasts. In areas of epithelial outgrowth a small number of fibroblasts could not be identified but most subepithelial fibroblasts were murine. The study supports previous findings which indicate that the altered differentiation of the human epithelial outgrowths was caused by the murine connective tissue underlying the human epithelium.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"108-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163468","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13605017","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}
Y Nakanishi, F Cuttitta, P G Kasprzyk, I Avis, S M Steinberg, A F Gazdar, J L Mulshine
{"title":"Growth factor effects on small cell lung cancer cells using a colorimetric assay: can a transferrin-like factor mediate autocrine growth?","authors":"Y Nakanishi, F Cuttitta, P G Kasprzyk, I Avis, S M Steinberg, A F Gazdar, J L Mulshine","doi":"10.1159/000163465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A semiautomated colorimetric assay (MTT assay), based on the ability of live cells to reduce a tetrazolium-based compound, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT), to a purplish colored formazan product that can be measured spectrophotometrically, has recently been adapted for use in drug sensitivity analysis of cultured human tumor cell lines. We report the application of this assay for the evaluation of the growth factor requirements of human small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines. Specifically, the growth stimulation of each constituent of a previously reported serum-free defined medium system for SCLC including various concentrations of hydrocortisone, insulin, transferrin, 17 beta-estradiol, and selenium (HITES) was evaluated. The optimal concentrations for insulin, transferrin, and selenium derived in the previously reported experiments with direct counting of viable cells were similar to optimal concentrations determined for the growth of three SCLC cell lines (NCI-H82, NCI-N417, NCI-H526) using the MTT assay. In contrast to the previous report, the growth-stimulating effects of hydrocortisone and 17 beta-estradiol were negligible. Using the MTT we have shown that a SCLC cell line, NCI-H345 (which has been previously reported to produce a transferrin-like molecule), was growth-inhibited by an anti-transferrin receptor antibody, when grown in transferrin-free media. The conditioned media from this cell line is stimulatory to other transferrin-sensitive cell lines, suggesting the possibility of an autocrine role for this transferrin-like molecule at least in that cell line. With carefully defined conditions for a given cell line in which cell density and other parameters are within a range of constant MTT metabolism, the assay is well suited for precise analysis of growth factor effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"74-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163465","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13982866","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}
M Schulz, G Lienhard, F Rupp, R M Zinkernagel, H Hengartner
{"title":"Expression of T cell receptor gamma-chain in murine cytotoxic T cells: analysis of a highly transcribed nonrearranged gene cluster.","authors":"M Schulz, G Lienhard, F Rupp, R M Zinkernagel, H Hengartner","doi":"10.1159/000163478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163478","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The murine T cell receptor gamma-gene family is organized in 4 gene clusters which encode variable, joining and constant gene segments. Because the function of the gamma-gene products is still unclear, there is great interest in functional rearrangements of these genes. We searched for new variable gamma-gene segments in the gamma 4-gene cluster. The mapping and sequencing of a supposed new variable segment of a functionally spliced transcript from a cDNA library of the cytotoxic T cell clone 3F9 was attempted. The results show that the supposed variable segment is a transcribed noncoding germline sequence 5' adjacent to the gamma 4-joining segment. With the gamma 4-constant sequence as a probe, strong signals could be shown in Northern analysis of the original T cell clone 3F9 and in other virus-specific T cell clones. Since all the T cell clones investigated did not show any rearrangement in the gamma 4-gene cluster, the observed high transcriptional activity in this region could be involved functionally or as an intermediate in T cell receptor rearrangement.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 4","pages":"181-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163478","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13987474","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":"Differentiation of mononuclear blood cells into macrophages, fibroblasts and endothelial cells in thrombus organization.","authors":"H J Leu, W Feigl, M Susani, B Odermatt","doi":"10.1159/000163481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The organization of thrombi and emboli may be performed exclusively by mononuclear blood cells which represent precursors of various mesenchymal cell types. Between the 10th and 20th day after the onset of blood clotting, mononuclear cells within the fibrinous matrix differentiate into (1) macrophages responsible for hematoclasia and hematophagocytosis, (2) endothelial cells lining autolytic slits in the fibrinous matrix and forming new capillaries, and (3) fibroblasts and even smooth muscle cells building up a young mesenchymal connective tissue.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 4","pages":"201-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163481","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14192642","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":"Human trophoblast glycoproteins defined by monoclonal antibody 1D2.","authors":"N Hole, N Barton-Hanson, S Berwick, P Stern","doi":"10.1159/000163461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cell surface antigen has been defined by a monoclonal antibody 1D2, raised following immunisation with lectin-purified syncytiotrophoblast glycoproteins. 1D2 was nonreactive with any one of 8 common trophoblast proteins in immunodot. Analysis of nonreduced western blots of syncytiotrophoblast microvillous plasma membrane (StMPM) protein indicated that mAb 1D2 was reactive with a series of sialylated proteins with molecular weights of 16-22 kilodaltons. Immunoprecipitates of radiolabelled StMPM protein contained molecules that co-migrated with placental alkaline phosphatase in addition to those identified by western blotting. This set of human trophoblast molecules has not been previously identified by monoclonal antibodies; the antigenicity is widely distributed in human tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"39-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163461","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14185719","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":"Megakaryocyte colony-stimulating factor and burst-promoting activity in LPS-treated mouse spleen cell-conditioned medium.","authors":"M Sugimoto, Y Wakabayashi, S Hirose, M J Murphy","doi":"10.1159/000163487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to clarify the mechanism(s) of increased splenic hematopoiesis noted in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-injected mice, the effects of spleen cell-conditioned medium (SPCM) on megakaryocyte colony (CFU-meg) formation and early erythroid (BFU-e) differentiation were investigated. After spleen cells from LPS-injected mice were incubated for 3 days, the SPCM was assayed for megakaryocyte colony-stimulating factor (Meg-CSF) in CFU-meg assay and for burst-promoting activity (BPA) and erythropoietin (Epo) in erythroid colony assays (i.e., CFU-e, BFU-e). Colony formation of CFU-meg and BFU-e peaked with the addition of 30 and 10-15% SPCM, respectively. Spleen cells from LPS-injected mice produced Meg-CSF and BPA when compared with controls. However, conditioned medium from spleen cells depleted of phagocytic cells had low Meg-CSF and BPA. SPCM did not contain detectable quantities of Epo. It appears likely that local splenic production of Meg-CSF and BPA may affect proliferation of CFU-meg and erythroid progenitor cells in the spleen.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 5","pages":"245-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163487","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14395315","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":"Progressive loss of neuronal src protein in postnatal weaver and staggerer cerebellum.","authors":"O D Wiestler, E Trenkner, G Walter","doi":"10.1159/000163479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two forms of the c-src protein-tyrosine kinase, pp60c-src, are detectable in the central nervous system. One form pp60+, appears to be exclusively expressed in neurons and is characterized by insertion of 6 amino acids compared to its non-neuronal counterpart, pp60. These 2 proteins were studied in the mutant mouse strains weaver and staggerer with postnatal loss of cerebellar granular neurons. We found a continuous postnatal decline of the neuronal form of pp60c-src, pp60+, in the cerebellum of both mutants concomitant with the degeneration of cerebellar granule cells. This indicates that granular neurons provide the main source for pp60+ in the cerebellar cortex.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 4","pages":"190-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163479","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13608205","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":"Characteristics of cyclic AMP enhancement of retinoic acid induction of increased transglutaminase activity in HL60 cells.","authors":"A M Maddox, M K Haddox","doi":"10.1159/000163462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When the human myeloid leukemia cell line (HL60) is induced to differentiate with retinoic acid (RA), there is a concentration-dependent increase in transglutaminase (TGase) activity which peaks on day 5. While dibutyryl 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (db-cAMP) alone produced only a slight increase in TGase activity in HL60 cells, the concomitant addition of db-cAMP (100 microM) with RA (10(-12)-10(-4) M) potentiates RA induction of TGase activity. Maximal increases in TGase activity (2- to 10-fold) were observed with 10(-4)-10(-7) M RA and when db-cAMP was present from 24 to 48 h after the addition of RA. The cyclic nucleotide enhancement was dose-dependent from 10 to 100 microM of cAMP. Less marked increases were observed with 8-bromo-cAMP and with the phosphodiesterase inhibitor theophylline. Although the simultaneous addition of PGE1 or PGE2 (10(-8)-10(-6) M) produced no enhancement of RA-induced TGase activity, adding PGE1 or PGE2 24 or 48 h following RA treatments produced an enhancement of TGase activity. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor potentiated the increases produced by db-cAMP and the prostaglandins. Dibutyryl cAMP enhanced the ability of RA to induce the cells to reduce nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT), a functional measure of differentiation, at lower concentrations of RA and with shorter treatment durations. cAMP potentiates RA-induced TGase activity in HL60 cells and the combination appears to be associated with enhanced RA-induced differentiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 1-2","pages":"49-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163462","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14039406","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}
R Gobet, A Cerny, E Rüedi, H Hengartner, R M Zinkernagel
{"title":"The role of antibodies in natural and acquired resistance of mice to vesicular stomatitis virus.","authors":"R Gobet, A Cerny, E Rüedi, H Hengartner, R M Zinkernagel","doi":"10.1159/000163477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000163477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mice infected with live vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) produced primary antibody responses more efficiently (with doses greater than 10(2) pfu) than those injected with UV-inactivated VSV (greater than 10(6) pfu) or purified VSV glycoprotein G (equivalent to 10(7) pfu) by producing neutralizing antibodies. Very low doses of live VSV (less than 10(2) pfu) failed to prime mice. Normal mouse serum had the capacity to inactivate VSV by heat-labile and immunoglobulin-mediated mechanisms in vitro independently of specifically induced antibodies. Studies using B cell-depleted agammaglobulinaemic mice showed that their serum lacked VSV-neutralizing capacity in vitro and that naturally resistant mice became susceptible to VSV-induced paralytic disease which could be prevented by adoptive transfer of immune but also of normal serum.</p>","PeriodicalId":75839,"journal":{"name":"Experimental cell biology","volume":"56 4","pages":"175-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000163477","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13987473","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}