{"title":"Crypt and villous epithelial cells in adult rat small intestine: numerical and volumetric variation along longitudinal and vertical axes.","authors":"S A Zoubi, T M Mayhew, R A Sparrow","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous studies on the small intestines of certain adult rodents have suggested that the total number of crypt epithelial cells is equal to the number of villous epithelial cells. This possibility is examined on adult male Sprague-Dawley rats using design-based stereological methods. Small intestines were removed and divided into four segments of equal length. For each segment, numbers and mean volumes of epithelial cells in crypts and villi were estimated and then combined to give values for the entire intestine. Variations along the vertical (crypt-villus) axis and the intestinal long (pyloro-ileocaecal) axis were examined. Cell numbers in crypts and on villi varied from segment to segment. Villus:crypt cell ratios proximally were roughly double those found distally. The ratio for the entire intestine was, on average, 1.6 villous cells per crypt cell. These results demonstrate that numbers of crypt and villous cells need not be equivalent. Previous findings may reflect the fact that ratios fluctuate according to circumstances (e.g., with species, age, nutritional status, disease, etc) or may be due to technical differences in tissue sampling and morphometry. Cell volumes varied along the crypt-villus axis as well as between segments, confirming known gradients of maturation and activity. Finally, the size of the intestinal epithelial proliferon was calculated in terms of the average numbers of epithelial cells per villus and of crypt epithelial cells feeding on to it.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"112-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18894971","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":"Quantitative ultrastructural study of acrylamide induced cytoplasmic desmosome-like structures in cultured rat keratinocytes.","authors":"A H Shabana, M Oboeuf, N Forest","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although present in many tumours, the mechanism of formation and the significance of the so-called 'cytoplasmic desmosome' (CD) remain speculative. Recently, we reported an in vitro model for the induction of CD in rat keratinocytes following acrylamide treatment. In the present study and based on quantitative and qualitative evidence, CD could be divided into two categories. The first comprised individually scattered desmosomes always located in the cortical cytoplasm and associated with tonofilament bundles. Their sizes were comparable with those of intercellular desmosomes (ID) in control cells. The second category comprised clusters of homogeneously small-size desmosomes that may be located deep in the cytoplasm and were not always associated with tonofilament bundles. Whilst the latter group may be formed de novo in the cytoplasm as a result of the acrylamide-induced inhibition of protein kinases, the first group may be the result of internalization of surface desmosomes by certain tonofilaments under tension. In order to assess this possibility, we examined tonofilament organization following wounding of the epithelial sheet. Injured cells exhibited spiral-form tonofilaments extending close to the cell membrane. This retraction could be justified ultrastructurally by direct association between tonofilaments and microfilaments.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"102-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18894970","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":"Derivation of conditionally immortalized cell lines containing the Min mutation from the normal colonic mucosa and other tissues of an \"Immortomouse\"/Min hybrid.","authors":"R H Whitehead, J L Joseph","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Multiple Intestinal Neoplasia (Min) mouse carries the murine homologue of the human APC gene. To overcome the difficulties of culturing normal colonic mucosal cells in vitro we developed an F1 hybrid mouse (\"Immortomouse\" (H-2Kb-tsA58 SV40 large T)x Min) which carries both the Min mutation and a temperature-sensitive mutant of the SV40 large T gene. We have derived epithelial cell lines from both isolated colonic crypts and the liver of this hybrid mouse. The colonic epithelial cultures are only conditionally immortalized and growth ceases at the non-permissive temperature indicating that these cells have retained their normal phenotype. Fibroblast cultures have also been obtained from both small intestinal stroma and skin. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays indicated that the cell lines all contain both the Min mutation and the SV40 large T gene. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the \"Immortomouse\" for developing cultures from tissues such as the intestine that have previously proved very difficult to culture in vitro.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"119-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18894972","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 J Boxberger, M J Sessler, B Maetzel, I M Mosleh, H D Becker, T F Meyer
{"title":"Highly polarized primary urothelial cells from human ureter grown as spheroid-like vesicles.","authors":"H J Boxberger, M J Sessler, B Maetzel, I M Mosleh, H D Becker, T F Meyer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epithelial cells growing in vitro are frequently non-polarized and lack histophysiological characteristics. Furthermore, the quality of two-dimensional cell layers is limited by the physico-chemical properties of the support. Therefore, for an in vitro system to reflect the normal epithelial physiology, it is necessary to maintain the inner and outer geometrical configuration of the cells. In order to avoid the disadvantages of two-dimensional cultures we have established an in vitro model that closely resembles the in vivo situation. Human ureteral epithelial cells (HUEC) were used to prepare multicellular vesicles which maintain a geometrically intact cell organization that is not achieved in conventional cultures. Light and electron microscopy investigations showed the morphology of the cells to be similar to that in situ. HUEC vesicles are more in vivo-like than two-dimensional cultures and therefore represent a suitable model for a variety of research purposes including studies on the pathogenesis of micro-organisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"85-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18894974","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}
A Heyden, C Lützow-Holm, O P Clausen, P Brandtzaeg, H S Huitfeldt
{"title":"Expression of keratins K6 and K16 in regenerating mouse epidermis is less restricted by cell replication than the expression of K1 and K10.","authors":"A Heyden, C Lützow-Holm, O P Clausen, P Brandtzaeg, H S Huitfeldt","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biosynthesis of the hyperproliferation-associated keratins K6 and K16 was studied in mouse epidermis following a single topical application of the tumour promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). An epidermal cell cohort was followed by pulse-labelling with the thymidine analogue 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd). Mice were injected intraperitoneally with BrdUrd 1 h before a single topical application of TPA. TPA induced regenerative epidermal hyperplasia with hyperproliferation and shortened suprabasal transit time. The BrdUrd-labelled cell cohort was followed for 96 h after TPA-treatment by two-colour immunofluorescence staining with antibodies to BrdUrd, keratin K6 and K16. In control animals, K6 and K16 were found only in the hair follicles. K6 expression was immediately induced in all epidermal cell layers of TPA-treated epidermis, including actively replicating cells and it was expressed during the whole observation period. K16 was only present in post-mitotic cells and was transiently expressed 8-72 h after TPA treatment. Our results suggest that the expression of K6 and K16 is less restricted by cellular replication than the normally occurring K1 and K10 keratins.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"96-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18541096","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}
S Raczek, C H Yeung, A Wagenfeld, L Hertle, H Schulze, T G Cooper
{"title":"Epithelial monolayers from human epididymal and efferent duct tubules; testosterone metabolism and effects of culture conditions on cell height and confluence.","authors":"S Raczek, C H Yeung, A Wagenfeld, L Hertle, H Schulze, T G Cooper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Corpus epididymal and efferent duct epithelial cells on permeable supports formed confluent monolayers that resisted hydrodynamic equilibrium and created electrical resistance. Monolayers were formed sooner and were of better quality when fetal bovine serum (FBS), rather than bovine serum albumin (BSA), was present in glucose-free, rather than glucose-containing, media. Testosterone was converted to androstenedione by both cell types and conversion of both steroids to 5 alpha-reduced metabolites was higher in cells from the corpus epididymidis than from efferent ducts. Addition of heat-treated human spermatocoele fluid (similar to rete testis fluid) to the apical aspects of the cells increased cell heights when they were initially low, but some cytoplasmic damage was observed. New serum-free media (especially those designed for keratinocytes and mammary epithelial cells) could maintain cultured cells at heights found in situ.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 3","pages":"126-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18894973","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 Gulisano, S Gheri Bryk, G Gheri, E Sgambati, A Curreli, W Masala, P Pacini
{"title":"Histochemical study of human nasopharyngeal epithelium by horseradish peroxidase conjugated lectins.","authors":"M Gulisano, S Gheri Bryk, G Gheri, E Sgambati, A Curreli, W Masala, P Pacini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study proposes a simple method for assessing whether non-respiratory epithelia of the nasopharynx (i.e. cuboidal, squamous) represent a modified differentiation from the normal pseudo-stratified lining, or whether they possess common characteristics suggesting they are just in a different morphological stage. Peroxidase-labelled lectins were used, since they detect sugar residues of membrane glycoconjugates which play an important role in cell differentiation. Biopsies were taken from healthy controls and from patients affected by upper airway inflammation of varying degree and duration. While pseudostratified and cuboidal epithelia possess similar histochemical characteristics, squamous epithelium has a different behaviour; in particular it is the only type to show intense reactivity to Lotus tetragonolobus lectin (LTA). This would seem to indicate that squamous epithelium is in a different state of differentiation, possibly suggesting dysplasia. Lectins may be valuable both in morphological studies and in the clinical evaluation of airway epithelia.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19183832","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":"Cytokeratin expression in epithelial cells isolated from the crypt and villus regions of the rodent small intestine.","authors":"N Flint, P W Pemberton, R W Lobley, G S Evans","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many physiological and structural features of epithelium in the small intestine are regulated during their transit from the crypt base to the villus tip. This crypt-villus axis is an important model for the study of the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. We have investigated the expression of cytokeratins in purified epithelial cells from the proliferative (crypt) and differentiated (villus) regions of this tissue. Three polypeptides were identified (cytokeratins 8, 18 and 19) as well as a fourth, 46 kDa polypeptide with similar electrophoretic characteristics to the recently identified cytokeratin 20. The distribution of these molecules was found to vary along the crypt-villus axis, with cytokeratin 18 being restricted to the proliferative crypt and cytokeratins 8 and 19 demonstrating more uniform distributions. The 46 kDa component was found to be expressed predominantly within the villus epithelium. Although there is no substantial evidence of a direct role for cytokeratins in the process of epithelial differentiation, these data suggest that differential expression of cytokeratins is associated with changes in intestinal epithelial differentiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 1","pages":"16-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18521897","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}
S Kannan, P Balaram, G J Chandran, M R Pillai, B Mathew, K R Nalinakumari, M K Nair
{"title":"Differential expression of cytokeratin proteins during tumour progression in oral mucosa.","authors":"S Kannan, P Balaram, G J Chandran, M R Pillai, B Mathew, K R Nalinakumari, M K Nair","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The expression pattern of cytokeratin filaments in epithelia has been shown to be dependent on their type and grade of differentiation. The type of expression of cytokeratin in a cell may also be altered during carcinogenesis or other pathological conditions. The present study examined the alterations in expression of various cytokeratin types during different stages of tumour progression in the oral mucosa. Six monoclonal anti-cytokeratin antibodies were used for the study. Conspicuous staining differences with these antibodies were evident between normal keratinizing and non-keratinizing mucosa. These differences can be correlated to the differentiation pattern of the normal mucosa types. Antibodies specific to cytokeratin types 10/11, 19 and 14 showed significant correlation with stage of tumour progression. In addition cytokeratin type 18 also showed prominent differences in expression between different stages of tumour progression. These alterations in cytokeratin expression suggest that the terminal differentiation pathway of keratinocytes is disturbed during oral carcinogenesis. The results of the present study also emphasize the potential of using cytokeratin filaments as markers in the biological staging of oral premalignant and malignant lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 2","pages":"61-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18536249","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}
D V Dzidziguri, P V Chelidze, M A Zarandia, E C Cherkezia, G D Tumanishvili
{"title":"Transcriptional activity and ultrastructure of morphologically different types of nucleoli isolated from hepatocytes of normal and hepatectomized rats.","authors":"D V Dzidziguri, P V Chelidze, M A Zarandia, E C Cherkezia, G D Tumanishvili","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Morphologically different types of nucleoli were isolated from liver of normal and partially hepatectomized rats, to allow their ultrastructure and transcriptional activity to be precisely correlated. Transcriptional activity was estimated from the intensity of incorporation of [14C]-UTP during periods of maximal RNA-polymerase I activity. RNA synthesis in hepatocyte nucleoli was maximal at 6 and 22 h after partial hepatectomy. The changes in transcriptional activity coincided with changes in nucleolar ultrastructure. Pseudonucleolonemal nucleoli, in which the prominent nucleolonemal network has a large dense fibrillar component and a small granular part, were first seen 6 h after the operation and showed the highest transcriptional activity. After 22 h, a second peak of RNA synthesis was recorded. Nucleolar size had almost doubled, and most hepatocytes showed hypertrophy of the granular component, indicative of intensified pre-rRNA processing.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"3 2","pages":"54-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18803814","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}