{"title":"Expression of low molecular mass cytokeratins in oocytes of Schistosoma mansoni","authors":"Ewert Linder, Cecilia Thors","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90108-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90108-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We studied the distribution of acidic 45 kDa keratin 18 and 40/42 kDa keratin 19 in <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em>, a trematode of medical importance in many tropical regions. The monoclonal antibodies which were produced against the cytoskeleton of mammary carcinoma cell line BT-20 recognized cytokeratins preferentially in parasite oocytes. As has been described in mammalian oocytes, the acidic cytokeratins were present in a nonfibrillar form. The two monoclonal antibodies also recognized testicular cells. No keratin immunoreactivity could be demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy at the larval stage, the miracidium. In immunoblotting, the molecular mass as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of schistosome cytokeratins was about 15 kDa higher than that of the corresponding cytokeratins recognized by the monoclonal antibodies in BT-20 cells. The results suggest that acidic low molecular mass cytokeratins in trematodes have a phylogenetically conserved major function in oocytes which is unrelated to the documented cytoskeletal role in differentiated mammalian epithelial cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 141-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90108-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12871209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Candyce I. Smith , Robert L. Searls , S.Robert Hilfer , Earl H. Webster , Mark A. Nathanson
{"title":"Altered patterns of proteoglycan deposition during maturation of the fetal mouse lung","authors":"Candyce I. Smith , Robert L. Searls , S.Robert Hilfer , Earl H. Webster , Mark A. Nathanson","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90102-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90102-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous studies have shown that β-xyloside inhibits maturation of the fetal mouse lung (Smith et al., Dev. Biol. 138, 42–52, 1990). Insofar as this drug inhibits proteoglycan deposition, the present studies were undertaken to examine the chemical composition and tissue distribution of proteoglycans in order to determine, more precisely, their role during lung morphogenesis. Autoradiography of labeled 16- and 19-day embryonic lungs demonstrated greater incorporation over the mesenchyme. Treatment with β-xyloside did not alter the autoradiographic appearance; however, β-xyloside treatment followed by nitrous acid digestion, eliminated most silver grains. Isolation of proteoglycans from extracellular, membrane and intracellular pools over the 16- to 19-day interval demonstrated redistribution of heparan sulfate proteoglycan from an intracellular to a membrane location, while chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan redistributed from intracellular to extracellular. Only the synthesis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan was inhibited by β-xyloside. On the basis of these results we suggest that a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan is required for lung maturation and that inhibition of its synthesis results in inhibition of septa formation and subsequent failure of morphogenesis and differentiation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 83-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90102-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13282444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Publsiher's note","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90100-B","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90100-B","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Page iii"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90100-B","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137396823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prostaglandin-dependent phosphatidylinositol signaling during embryonic chick myogenesis","authors":"H. Elgendy, R.E. Hausman","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90104-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90104-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Previous investigations suggested that binding of prostaglandin to a myoblast membrane receptor initiates a second messenger cascade which is essential for subsequent myogenesis. Initial evidence of the sensitivity of myogenesis to lithium suggested the involvement of inositol phosphate metabolism. That possibility is investigated here. The accumulation of inositol monophosphate in response to prostaglandin binding was studied in aggregate cultures of chick embryo myoblasts in vitro. At 22 or 28 h in culture mononucleated myoblasts were labeled with [<sup>3</sup>H]inositol, which was then incorporated into phosphoinositides. After experimental manipulations of prostaglandin metabolism and the addition of Li<sup>+</sup> prior to prostaglandin binding at 33 h, [<sup>3</sup>H]inositol monophosphate accumulation was measured by anion-exchange chromatography between 33 and 37 h. Inositol monophosphate was found to accumulate rapidly following 33 h. However, after 36 h of myogenesis, no inositol monophosphate accumulation was observed. The accumulation was dependent on prostaglandin as indomethacin, which also blocks subsequent membrane events in myogenesis, blocked inositol phosphate accumulation. Like subsequent myogenesis, inositol phosphate accumulation was restored by the addition of exogenous prostaglandin. Finally, the accumulation of inositol phosphate began only after the binding of prostaglandin. The results demonstrate that an inositol phosphate signal transduction mechanism connects prostaglandin binding to membrane events in embryonic chick myogenesis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 109-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90104-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13239080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catherine Chaloin-Dufau , Danielle Dhouailly , Tung-Tien Sun
{"title":"Appearance of the keratin pair K3/K12 during embryonic and adult corneal epithelial differentiation in the chick and in the rabbit","authors":"Catherine Chaloin-Dufau , Danielle Dhouailly , Tung-Tien Sun","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90103-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90103-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sequential expression of the K3/K12 keratin pair was studied during epithelial corneal differentiation, using monoclonal antibodies coupled with electrophoretic analysis. In the chick embryo, K12 appears on day 12, while K3 is present at least from day 11. By contrast, in the rabbit embryo, the expression of K12 (at 17 days) precedes that of K3 (at 21 days). In the adult rabbit, K3 is expressed without K12 in part of the limbus. Thus, within the corneal-type keratin pair, either the acidic or the basic partner appears first, according to the developmental stage or the species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 97-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90103-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12871210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between notochord and the bursa pharyngea in early human development","authors":"Mirna Saraga Babić","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90106-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90106-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The spatial relationship of the notochord to the pharyngeal endoderm of 5- to 12-week human embryos was investigated. The light microscopic observations showed a close association of the notochord and endoderm during the 5th embryonic week. Later on, interposition of the mesenchymal cells caused a progressive separation of these two structures. They remained in close apposition only in the area of bursa pharyngea, a deep invagination of the dorsal pharyngeal epithelium. Ultrastructural examination of a 5-week-old embryo revealed cell processes between the juxtaposed notochordal and endodermal cells in the region of the future bursa pharyngea. In already separated areas, mesenchymal cells, well developed basal laminae and small amounts of extracellular matrix were observed in the notochord-endoderm interspace. The observations revealed a sequence of basal lamina formation during notochord-endoderm separation. The stage-dependent lack of basal lamina at the site of the future bursa pharyngea could reflect direct local interactions between notochordal and endodermal cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 125-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90106-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13239082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tissue interactions involving cranial neural crest in cartilage formation in Xenopus laevis (Daudin)","authors":"Daniel W. Seufert, Brian K. Hall","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90109-A","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90109-A","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deletion experiments in neurula stage embryos of <em>Xenopus laevis</em> provide an approximate anuran fate map of the chondrogenic cranial neural crest which is similar to maps produced for other vertebrates. Crest cells in the transverse (rostral) neural fold do not contribute to the skeleton; other cranial crest cells contribute to the larval cranial and visceral skeletons in a rostral to caudal sequence. Grafting experiments show that contact with stomodeal (pharyngeal) endoderm is necessary to elicit chondrogenesis in cranial neural crest. Crest cells in the transverse neural fold, which do not normally form cartilage, formed cartilage in grafts, indicating that they do have the potential to form cartilage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 153-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90109-A","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13239083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michel Rashedi, Roland Maraud, Madeleine Piet, Marie-Claude Castet, Monique Audine
{"title":"Influence of heterospecific testis graft on the gonadal sex differentiation of female bird embryos","authors":"Michel Rashedi, Roland Maraud, Madeleine Piet, Marie-Claude Castet, Monique Audine","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90110-I","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90110-I","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Testes from duck and chick embryos grafted, respectively, to chick and duck genetically female host embryos modifies their gonadal differentiation. It results in masculinization developing, in some cases as far as testis formation.</p><p>This demonstrates ‘in vivo’ that the testis inductor(s) secreted by the grafted testes is (are) interspecific. Duck gonads are more sensitive than chick gonads.</p><p>Such grafts also cause the regression of Müllerian ducts. Comparison of the effects on ducts and gonads reinforces the view that both could depend on the same substance, i.e., anti-Müllerian hormone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 2","pages":"Pages 167-174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90110-I","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13239693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel P. Mark , Vera Karcher-Djuricic , John R. Baker , Jean-Victor Ruch
{"title":"Effects of β-d-xyloside on morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation in cultured embryonic mouse molars","authors":"Manuel P. Mark , Vera Karcher-Djuricic , John R. Baker , Jean-Victor Ruch","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90094-D","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90094-D","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Embryonic mouse molars were grown on a semi-solid medium supplemented with 2 mM β-<span>d</span>-xylopyranoside (β-xyloside), a specific inhibitor of proteoglycan synthesis. The induced glycosaminoglycan depletion in the extracellular matrix was monitored by immunohistochemistry employing monoclonal antibodies to chondroitin 4- and chondroitin 6-sulfates. β-Xyloside inhibited formation of the dental bell and delayed the appearance of the first odontoblasts. Odontoblast functional differentiation proceeded in the absence of chondroitin sulfate in the basement membrane. Predentin secreted in the presence of β-xyloside triggered the polarization of ameloblasts, but did not allow the maintenance of polarized odontoblasts. These results support the hypothesis that, in the tooth germ, chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans participate in the regulation of cell kinetic-dependent morphogenesis (Mark et al., 1990. Differentiation 43, 37–50). On the other hand, the possibility that chondroitin sulfate might play a role in odontoblast terminal differentiation is definitively ruled out.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 1","pages":"Pages 1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90094-D","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13283223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raphael K. Bartholomeusz, Iain L. Campbell, Leonard C. Harrison
{"title":"A2B5-reactive ganglioside expression determines the differentiation stage and capacity of rat insulinoma (RIN) sublines","authors":"Raphael K. Bartholomeusz, Iain L. Campbell, Leonard C. Harrison","doi":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90097-G","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0922-3371(90)90097-G","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We have generated rat insulinoma (RIN) sublines AlGh, m5F, A12, A13 and AhGh with increasing surface expression of the A2B5 ganglioside, a marker of differentiation. We asked whether the capacity of the sublines to differentiate was related to their stage of differentiation, as is characteristic of cells within the normal β-cell lineage. The answer this, we measured the effect of the differentiation inducer sodium butyrate (NaB, 1 mM) on proliferation, insulin content, secretion and biosynthesis, and the expression of A2B5 and 3G5 gangliosides by the sublines. Six days after exposure to NaB, cell numbers/dish ranged from (1–3) × 10<sup>6</sup> compared to (4–6) × 10<sup>6</sup> in control cultures. By day 2, AlGh, m5F, A12, A13 and AhGh cells exposed to NaB contained 1.5-, 1.4-, 1.4-, 1.2- and 1.0-fold higher amounts of insulin, respectively, and by day 6, 3.6-, 2.3- and 1.0-fold higher, and 1.2- and 2.4-fold lower, amounts of insulin, respectively, than control cells. After 2 days, insulin secretion from AlGh, m5F, A12, A13 and AhGh cells was 1.7-, 1.0-, 1.5-, 1.0- and 1.0-fold higher, respectively, and the rate of (pro)insulin biosynthesis 1.7-, 2.3-, 1.3-, 1.0- and 1.0-fold higher, respectively, than control cells. After 6 days, A2B5 ganglioside expression was increased 3-, 1.9- and 2-fold on m5F, A12 and A13 cells, respectively, but was not significantly altered on AlGh and AhGh cells. 3G5 ganglioside expression was increased 1.5- and 8.4-fold, respectively, on AlGh and m5F cells, but was unaltered on A12, A13 and AhGh cells. These results support the concept that the degree of RIN subline differentiation as induced by NaB reflects the pre-existing level of A2B5 ganglioside expression and therefore the stage of differentiation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77508,"journal":{"name":"Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists","volume":"32 1","pages":"Pages 39-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0922-3371(90)90097-G","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13245959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}