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Ozdener MH, Brand JG, Spielman AI, Lischka FW, Teeter JH, Breslin PAS, Rawson NE. Characterization of human fungiform papillae cells in culture. Chem Senses 2011; 36:601-12. [PMID: 21471186 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The ability to maintain human fungiform papillae cells in culture for multiple cell cycles would be of considerable utility for characterizing the molecular, regenerative, and functional properties of these unique sensory cells. Here we describe a method for enzymatically isolating human cells from fungiform papillae obtained by biopsy and maintaining them in culture for more than 7 passages (7 months) without loss of viability and while retaining many of the functional properties of acutely isolated taste cells. Cells in these cultures exhibited increases in intracellular calcium when stimulated with perceptually appropriate concentrations of several taste stimuli, indicating that at least some of the native signaling pathways were present. This system can provide a useful model for molecular studies of the proliferation, differentiation, and physiological function of human fungiform papillae cells.
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- Mehmet Hakan Ozdener
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, 3500 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA.
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Iype PT, Malan-Shibley L, Raychaudhuri R. Sequential Chromosomal Alterations in Rat Liver Epithelial Cells During Aflatoxin-Induced Neoplastic TransformationIn Vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/15569548909059750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Malhi H, Irani AN, Gagandeep S, Gupta S. Isolation of human progenitor liver epithelial cells with extensive replication capacity and differentiation into mature hepatocytes. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:2679-88. [PMID: 12077359 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.13.2679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The liver can regenerate itself through the progenitor cells it harbors. Here we demonstrate isolation of epithelial progenitor/stem cells from the fetal human liver, which contains a large number of hepatoblasts. Progenitor liver cells displayed clonogenic capacity, expressed genes observed in hepatocytes, bile duct cells and oval cells, and incorporated genes transferred by adenoviral or lentiviral vectors. Under culture conditions,progenitor cells proliferated for several months, with each cell undergoing more than forty divisions, but they retained normal karyotypes. Progenitor cells differentiated into mature hepatocytes in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency, both when in an ectopic location and when in the liver itself. Cells integrated in the liver parenchyma and proliferated following liver injury. An abundance of progenitor cells in the fetal human liver is consistent with models indicating depletion of progenitor/stem cells during aging and maturation of organs. The studies indicate that isolation of progenitor cells from fetal organs will be appropriate for establishing novel systems to investigate basic mechanisms and for cell and gene therapy.
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- Harmeet Malhi
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- David A Shafritz
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Ott M, Rajvanshi P, Sokhi RP, Alpini G, Aragona E, Dabeva M, Shafritz DA, Gupta S. Differentiation-specific regulation of transgene expression in a diploid epithelial cell line derived from the normal F344 rat liver. J Pathol 1999; 187:365-73. [PMID: 10398093 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9896(199902)187:3<365::aid-path237>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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To establish the differentiation potential of progenitor cells, non-parenchymal epithelial cells from the F344 rat liver (FNRL cells) were studied. These cells reacted with the OV-6 antibody marker of oval cells, but were negative for hepatocyte markers (albumin, transferrin, glycogen, glucose-6-phosphatase, H4 antigen), biliary markers (gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, cytokeratin-19), and alpha-fetoprotein, although exposure to sodium butyrate induced nascent albumin and alpha-fetoprotein mRNA transcription. When stably transduced, FNRL cells expressed a retroviral promotor-driven lacZ reporter in vitro, similar to transgene expression in hepatocyte-derived HepG2 cells. However, lacZ expression in FNRL cells was rapidly extinguished in intact animals, whereas the reporter remained active in HepG2 cells. Transplanted FNRL cells showed copious glucose-6-phosphatase expression; however, the cell differentiation programme remained incomplete, despite two-thirds partial hepatectomy, D-galactosamine treatment or bile duct ligation. Interestingly, lacZ expression resumed in cultures of FNRL cells explanted from recipients. Moreover, lacZ expression was down-regulated by gamma-interferon in FNRL cells, without affecting lacZ activity in HepG2 cells. The data indicate that although subpopulations of oval cells may not fully differentiate into mature hepatocytes, these cells might serve critical functions, such as glucose utilization, and help survival after liver injury. Also, introduced genes may be regulated in progenitor cells at multiple levels, including by interactions between regulatory sequences, differentiation-specific cellular factors, and extracellular signals; in vivo studies are thus especially important for analysing gene regulation in progenitor cells.
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- M Ott
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Grisham J, Thorgeirsson SS. Liver stem cells**The colour plate section for this chapter appears between pages 274 and 275. Stem Cells 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012563455-7/50009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Driscoll KE, Carter JM, Iype PT, Kumari HL, Crosby LL, Aardema MJ, Isfort RJ, Cody D, Chestnut MH, Burns JL. Establishment of immortalized alveolar type II epithelial cell lines from adult rats. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1995; 31:516-27. [PMID: 8528500 DOI: 10.1007/bf02634029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We developed methodology to isolate and culture rat alveolar Type II cells under conditions that preserved their proliferative capacity, and applied lipofection to introduce an immortalizing gene into the cells. Briefly, the alveolar Type II cells were isolated from male F344 rats using airway perfusion with a pronase solution followed by incubation for 30 min at 37 degrees C. Cells obtained by pronase digestion were predominantly epithelial in morphology and were positive for Papanicolaou and alkaline phosphatase staining. These cells could be maintained on an extracellular matrix of fibronectin and Type IV collagen in a low serum, insulin-supplemented Ham's F12 growth medium for four to five passages. Rat alveolar epithelial cells obtained by this method were transformed with the SV40-T antigen gene and two immortalized cell lines (RLE-6T and RLE-6TN) were obtained. The RLE-6T line exhibits positive nuclear immunostaining for the SV40-T antigen and the RLE-6TN line does not. PCR analysis of genomic DNA from the RLE-6T and RLE-6TN cells demonstrated the T-antigen gene was present only in the RLE-6T line indicating the RLE-6TN line is likely derived from a spontaneous transformant. After more than 50 population doublings, the RLE-6T cells stained positive for cytokeratin, possessed alkaline phosphatase activity, and contained lipid-containing inclusion bodies (phosphine 3R staining); all characteristics of alveolar Type II cells. The RLE-6TN cells exhibited similar characteristics except they did not express alkaline phosphatase activity. Early passage RLE-6T and 6TN cells showed a near diploid chromosome number.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- K E Driscoll
- Procter and Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio 45253-8707, USA
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Gupta S, Rajvanshi P, Lee CD. Integration of transplanted hepatocytes into host liver plates demonstrated with dipeptidyl peptidase IV-deficient rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:5860-4. [PMID: 7597042 PMCID: PMC41601 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.13.5860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To analyze mechanisms of liver repopulation, we transplanted normal hepatocytes into syngeneic rats deficient in dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity. When isolated hepatocytes were injected into splenic pulp, cells promptly migrated into hepatic sinusoids. To examine whether transplanted hepatocytes entered liver plates and integrated with host hepatocytes, we analyzed sharing of hepatocyte-specific gap junctions and bile canaliculi. Colocalization studies showed gap junctions uniting adjacent transplanted and host hepatocytes in liver plates. Visualization of bile canalicular domains in transplanted and host hepatocytes with dipeptidyl peptidase IV and ATPase activities, respectively, demonstrated hybrid bile canaliculi, which excreted a fluorescent conjugated bile acid analogue. These results indicate that transplanted hepatocytes swiftly overcome mechanical barriers in hepatic sinusoids to enter liver plates and join host cells. Integration into liver parenchyma should physiologically regulate the function or disposition of transplanted hepatocytes and benefit applications such as gene therapy.
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- S Gupta
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461-1602, USA
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Gupta S, Kan M, Vemuru RP, Labrecque DR, McKeehan WL. Studies on the biological characterization and mitogenic interactions between hepatic stimulator substance and acidic fibroblast growth factor. Cancer Lett 1994; 78:85-92. [PMID: 7514091 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(94)90035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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During liver regeneration, hepatic stimulator substance (HSS) and acidic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-1) are produced in the liver. These growth factors may be involved in liver growth control but an understanding of their regulatory interactions is limited. To further characterize the mitogenic activity of HSS, we compared its effects with FGF-1 in cells of hepatocyte, non-parenchymal liver epithelial and non-hepatic lineages. Our studies with these cell types demonstrated differences in the mitogenic specificities of HSS and FGF-1. Whereas exposure of primary hepatocytes to epidermal growth factor and HSS synergistically increased DNA synthesis, simultaneous exposure to HSS and FGF-1 resulted in no such effect. Receptor-binding assays showed that HSS did not compete with FGF-1 in binding to FGF-1 receptors on rat primary hepatocytes. Additional immunoblot analysis demonstrated no cross-reactivity between FGF-1 antibodies and HSS. Distinct mitogenic and immunologic properties of HSS and FGF-1 should facilitate further analysis of liver regeneration and hepatic oncogenesis.
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- S Gupta
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
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Gupta S, LaBrecque DR, Shafritz DA. Mitogenic effects of hepatic stimulator substance on cultured nonparenchymal liver epithelial cells. Hepatology 1992; 15:485-91. [PMID: 1544631 DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840150322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We determined whether hepatic stimulator substance shares its mitogenic specificity for hepatocytes with nonparenchymal epithelial cells in the hepatocyte lineage. Cell lines designated HTC (derived from a rat hepatoma known to respond to hepatic stimulator substance) and FNRL, K-16 and K-22 (derived from rat liver nonparenchymal epithelial cells) were used. After exposure to hepatic stimulator substance, [3H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA was significantly increased (p less than 0.001) in HTC, FNRL and K-16 cells, but not in K-22 cells. Fluorescence-activated cell sorting demonstrated that the mitogenic response to hepatic stimulator substance was associated with a greater proportion of cells entering the S phase. Epidermal growth factor, alone or in combination with hepatic stimulator substance, had no significant mitogenic effect on FNRL cells, but exposure of these cells to transforming growth factor-beta 1 inhibited [3H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA and reduced the proportion of cells in the S and G2/M phases. Simultaneous exposure of FNRL cells to hepatic stimulator substance and transforming growth factor-beta 1 abrogated the inhibitory effect of transforming growth factor-beta 1. Comparison of butyrate-synchronized HTC cells with hepatic stimulator substance-treated HTC cells showed that S-phase progression in these conditions was different, with no intervening cell cycle arrest after treatment with hepatic stimulator substance. Mitogenic stimulation of FNRL and K-16 cells with the liver-specific growth factor hepatic stimulator substance suggests that these cells are of hepatocyte lineage. These results strengthen the evidence for a possible link between hepatocytes and nonparenchymal liver epithelial cells during liver biogenesis and differentiation.
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- S Gupta
- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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de Feijter AW, Trosko JE, Krizman DB, Lebovitz RM, Lieberman MW. Correlation of increased levels of Ha-ras T24 protein with extent of loss of gap junction function in rat liver epithelial cells. Mol Carcinog 1992; 5:205-12. [PMID: 1375030 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940050307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although it is known that cells transformed by ras and other oncogenes show reduced gap junction function, to date there has been no investigation of the quantitative relationship between intracellular levels of ras oncoprotein and loss of cell-cell communication. Using the rat liver epithelial cell line MTR6, which carries a zinc-inducible metallothionein ras T24 (MTrasT24) fusion gene, we showed a direct correlation between the accumulation of ras T24 protein and the loss of dye transfer as measured by interactive laser cytometry. After stimulation with zinc sulfate, changes in both parameters were rapid and measurable by 24 h. Similarly, there was a dose-response relationship between loss of gap junction function and increase in ras T24 protein. Northern analysis of two gap junction proteins (connexins 43 and 32) showed no differences between cells that expressed high levels of ras and control cells. These data demonstrate that the degree of loss of gap junction function is dependent on the amount of increase in ras T24 protein levels, but the mechanism by which these changes are effected remains unclear.
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Schrenk D, Eisenmann-Tappe I, Gebhardt R, Mayer D, el Mouelhi M, Röhrdanz E, Münzel P, Bock KW. Drug metabolizing enzyme activities in rat liver epithelial cell lines, hepatocytes and bile duct cells. Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 41:1751-7. [PMID: 1904225 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(91)90180-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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P450-dependent mono-oxygenase and conjugating enzyme activities were studied in rat liver epithelial cells (RLEs) and compared to those in hepatocytes and bile duct cells. Various RLE cell lines were investigated since (a) they are suspected to be derived from cells in the lineage from putative pluripotent stem cells to either hepatocytes or bile duct cells, and (b) they may represent targets of chemical carcinogens. Despite considerable variation between lines, common features were recognized. P450-dependent monooxygenase activities (7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and 7-ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase) were undetectable in all RLEs and bile duct cells, and were uninducible by benz(a)anthracene. In contrast, glucuronosyltransferase (GT), sulfotransferase and GSH transferase activities were clearly detectable. Conjugating enzyme activities increased until confluency of the cell cultures was reached. Under the latter conditions, GT activities towards 4-methylumbelliferone or benzo(a)pyrene-3,6-quinol (substrates of a 3-methylcholanthrene-inducible phenol GT) were similar to those found in hepatocytes or bile duct cells. Using a selective cDNA probe, phenol GT mRNA was clearly detectable in RLE1. In contrast, GT activity towards 4-hydroxybiphenyl was much lower than in hepatocytes or bile duct cells (0.04- and 0.03-fold). Sulfotransferase and GSH transferase activities were also roughly comparable to those found in hepatocytes and in bile duct cells. The results suggest that RLEs and bile duct cells exhibit both high conjugating enzyme activities and a lack of P450-dependent mono-oxygenase activities, a pattern resembling the 'toxin-resistance phenotype' found in putative preneoplastic hepatocyte foci and nodules.
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- D Schrenk
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Marceau N, Blouin MJ, Germain L, Noel M. Role of different epithelial cell types in liver ontogenesis, regeneration and neoplasia. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1989; 25:336-41. [PMID: 2654123 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- N Marceau
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de l'Université Laval, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada
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Over the past decade there has been an increase in interest in studies of transplantation of isolated hepatocytes. The survival of hepatocytes in sites distant from the normal hepatic circulation has provided insights into cell proliferation and phenotypic expression of liver-specific functions. The possibility of treating liver insufficiency in disease has also been investigated. The present review is intended to give an account of the development of methods for the study of hepatocyte transplantation, techniques for assessment of graft function and future possibilities for application of the technique.
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- B J Fuller
- Academic Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, U.K
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Gebhardt R, Schäfer-Degenhart I. Monoclonal antibodies directed against rat liver epithelial cell lines selectively recognize bile duct epithelium in livers of adult rats. Cell Biol Toxicol 1988; 4:379-92. [PMID: 3228709 DOI: 10.1007/bf00117767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Monoclonal antibodies directed against antigens on rat liver epithelial cell lines were prepared. Three antibodies, 4C3, 19C6, and 3C2, recognized surface antigens present (although in different quantities) on eight epithelial cell lines tested, irrespective of whether they were normal or transformed. For MAb 3C2, the primary antigen common to all but one cell line showed a Mr of 135 kD. In paraffin sections of liver tissue, two antibodies, 4C3 and 19C6, reacted exclusively with bile duct epithelium, whereas the MAb 3C2 additionally reacted with sinusoidal endothelium and the endothelium of the portal venules. In sections of livers from rats exposed to diethylnitrosamine, the MAb 19C6 selectively stained bile duct-like structures in cholangiomas, while other preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions were not stained. These results demonstrate that the monoclonal antibodies obtained may prove useful for investigating cell lineages related to propagable liver epithelial cell lines and suggest that these cells may be derived from terminal bile ductular cells.
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- R Gebhardt
- Physiologisch-chemisches Institut Universität Tubingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Li YC, Seyama T, Godwin AK, Winokur TS, Lebovitz RM, Lieberman MW. MTrasT24, a metallothionein-ras fusion gene, modulates expression in cultured rat liver cells of two genes associated with in vivo liver cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:344-8. [PMID: 2893374 PMCID: PMC279544 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.2.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We studied the effects of a zinc-inducible metallothionein-ras fusion gene (MTrasT24) in cultured rat liver epithelial (RLE) cells on expression of two genes induced during liver carcinogenesis in vivo: gamma-glutamyltransferase [(5-glutamyl)-peptide:amino acid 5-glutamyltransferase, EC 2.3.2.2] and glutathione S-transferase-P (RX:glutathione R-transferase, EC 2.5.1.18). Expression of MTrasT24 increased steady-state RNA levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase and glutathione transferase-P 6- to 100-fold and 1.6- to 6-fold, respectively; in contrast, levels of alpha-tubulin RNA fell slightly or were unchanged. RNA gel blots verified that gamma-glutamyltransferase and glutathione transferase-P RNAs were of the appropriate size, and results from immunocytochemistry on transfected cells demonstrated that RLE cells carrying MTrasT24 synthesized immunoreactive, appropriately localized gamma-glutamyltransferase and glutathione transferase-P. Zinc induction studies indicated that gamma-glutamyltransferase and glutathione transferase-P RNA levels were directly dependent on MTrasT24 RNA levels. These data suggest that expression of gamma-glutamyltransferase and glutathione transferase-P expression are part of a reorientation of cellular gene expression during carcinogenesis and that activated ras expression, like chemical carcinogens, can bring about this change.
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- Y C Li
- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Raunio H, Konno R, Linnainmaa K, Wirth PJ, Thorgeirsson SS. Heterogeneity of intercellular adhesion in rat liver cells in culture. Exp Cell Res 1987; 173:596-605. [PMID: 3691677 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(87)90298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The intercellular homotypic adhesive properties of 14 clones derived from a nontumorigenic rat liver epithelial cell line (LEC), derived from neonatal Fischer rats, were examined and compared to those of the hepatoma H4-II-E cell line. Each clone was assayed also for the degree of chromosomal aneuploidy and the ability to grow in soft agar. Over 100-fold differences in adhesive properties were observed among the clones, but no correlation was observed between the degree of aneuploidy in the clones and intercellular adhesive properties. The parent LEC cell line and the clones derived from it were unable to grow in soft agar. The H4-II-E cells showed negligible capacity to reaggregate after dissociation into single cells and these cells readily formed colonies in soft agar. Many of the LEC clones were similar to the H4-II-E cells in their adhesive properties, which suggests that reduced cell-to-cell adhesiveness per se is not a necessary prerequisite of epithelial cells to be able to grow independent of anchorage. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) of concanavalin A (Con A)-binding glycoproteins in the "most adhesive" clone 67 and the "least adhesive" clone 201 showed markedly elevated amounts of acidic 105 and 67-kDa glycoproteins in clone 67. Proteins with similar migration patterns in 2D-PAGE have previously been reported to participate in specific homotypic intercellular adhesion of liver cells. The Con A-binding glycoprotein pattern in H4-II-E cells was markedly different from that of LEC cells with a set of six proteins missing and nine proteins appearing new in the H4-II-E cells. It is suggested that, in addition to identifying known epithelial cell polypeptides, systematic screening of cell surface-associated glycoproteins in normal and transformed epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo may lead to identification of novel polypeptides intimately associated with the transformed phenotype.
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- H Raunio
- Laboratory of Experimental Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Furukawa K, Shimada T, England P, Mochizuki Y, Williams GM. Enrichment and characterization of clonogenic epithelial cells from adult rat liver and initiation of epithelial cell strains. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1987; 23:339-48. [PMID: 3294781 DOI: 10.1007/bf02620990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A highly efficient method is described for obtaining proliferative epithelial cells from adult rat livers for the reproducible establishment of liver epithelial cell strains. When cells were isolated from livers of 10- to 15-wk-old male Fischer 344 rats by a collagenase-perfusion method, collected by centrifugation at 50 X g for 5 min, and cultured in Williams' medium E containing fetal bovine serum and dexamethasone, colonies of epithelial cells different in size and morphology from hepatocytes were obtained. Sequential perfusion with collagenase and dispase yielded numerous epithelial cell colonies. When isolated cells were fractionated by differential centrifugation, the great majority of hepatocytes were sedimented at 50 X g for 1 min, whereas many non-hepatocytic cells remained in the supernatant and could be sedimented by a second centrifugation at 50 X g for 5 min. Culture of the two fractions revealed that almost all the epithelial cell colonies were derived from cells in the non-hepatocytic cell fraction. The epithelial cells were cytochemically negative for gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity, whereas an increase in the activity was detected in hepatocytes with duration in culture. Ultrastructural characteristics of hepatocytes were not found in the cells of newly established cell strains. These results suggest that adult rat liver epithelial cells propagable in culture were derived from a cell type other than the hepatocyte.
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Morel-Chany E, Lafarge-Frayssinet C, Trincal G. Progression of spontaneous malignant transformation of epithelial rat liver cell lines. Cell Biol Toxicol 1985; 1:11-22. [PMID: 3917123 DOI: 10.1007/bf00717787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cultured epithelial cell lines from normal rat livers were shown to undergo gradual transformation and malignancy which increased with time. Morphological changes appeared both before and after cells had attained a malignant state, as detected by agar tests. The progression of the degree of malignancy was determined by the morphological appearance of the cells, the increase in the number and size of cell colonies in soft agar, the expression of gamma glutamyl transferase (gamma GT) and the shortening of the latency period necessary for tumor formation after transplantation to syngeneic rats of cells from sequential passages.
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- E Morel-Chany
- Institut de Recherches Scientifiques sur le Cancer, Villejuif, France
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Heine UI, Wilson MJ, Munoz EF. Characterization of rat liver cells transformed in culture by DL-ethionine. IN VITRO 1984; 20:291-301. [PMID: 6715008 DOI: 10.1007/bf02618591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A rat liver-derived epithelial cell line transformed with DL-ethionine and the corresponding control cell line were characterized according to morphological and cytochemical criteria to establish their origin from liver epithelium and to identify cellular changes due to transformation by DL-ethionine. The presence of intermediate junctions confirms the epithelial nature; glycogen accumulation and glucose-6-phosphatase activity confirm the hepatic origin of the cells. Persistent alterations resulting from ethionine transformation were variations in cell shape and size, focal multilayered growth, an increase in the nucleolar:nuclear ratio, and a reduction in the number of cells displaying a primary cilium. Hyperplasia of the inner nuclear membrane, elongation and branching of mitochondria, and a reduction in the length and frequency of cell junctions were also characteristic of the transformed cells.
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Distribution and subcellular localization of a hepatic proliferation inhibitor in rat liver. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43479-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although a long held tenet of biology has been that endogenous inhibitors can modulate cell proliferation, little progress was made in purifying any such inhibitor. This was largely due to the rarity of non-malignant cell cultures in which regulation of cell division was still operative, and to problems in separating cytotoxic and cytostatic effects in the complex biological extracts which were being studied. During the last decade, hepatic proliferation inhibitors of varying degrees of purity have been isolated using regenerating rat liver or hepatoma cell cultures as test systems. In these early studies, a number of inhibitors with differing molecular weights, physicochemical properties and biological responses were purified from liver cytosol and/or serum. Some of them could inhibit DNA synthesis or mitosis and thus were considered to be G1 or G2 inhibitors. However, experiments which could give precise answers about mechanisms of action could not be done until an inhibitor purified to homogeneity was available. Using well-characterized rat liver diploid epithelial cell cultures, which maintain a number of liver properties and which do not possess any transformation markers or malignant properties, we recently purified an hepatic proliferation inhibitor to a homogenous protein. It has a molecular weight of 26 000 daltons and an isoelectric point of 4.65. It specifically inhibits cell division and DNA synthesis in a number of non-malignant rat liver epithelial cell types, and has no effect on transformed liver cells, or hepatoma cells, in culture. Its effect is not mediated through destruction or sequestration of essential nutrients or calcium ions. Nor have preliminary experiments shown the hepatic proliferation inhibitor to interfere with the binding of epidermal growth factor to its receptors. The majority of the cells treated with the inhibitor are blocked in the G1 phase. Further experiments to study its mechanism of action and the inter-relationship, if any, between the cell cycle block induced by serum or nutrient deprivation, and the inhibitor-induced cycle block are in progress.
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Malan-Shibley L, Iype PT. A serum-free medium for clonal growth and serial subculture of diploid rat liver epithelial cells. IN VITRO 1983; 19:749-58. [PMID: 6195087 DOI: 10.1007/bf02618094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Clonal growth and serial subculture of diploid liver epithelial cells from neonatal rats were achieved in a serum-free medium (SFM) supplemented with linoleic and oleic acid linked to fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin (fafBSA), epidermal growth factor (EGF), transferrin, insulin, selenous acid, and fetuin. Because it is not known whether factors added to defined media facilitate attachment, support proliferation, or both, a serum-free "attachment medium" was first devised in which cells would attach to the substratum without loss of viability. Then a growth medium that would support cell proliferation was developed. Fetuin enhanced the degree of attachment, and the lipid supplements and EGF induced a marked proliferative response. Serum-free medium supported the formation of colonies equivalent in size, number, and morphology to those obtained in serum-supplemented medium. Cells plated at a higher inoculum density and subcultured regularly for up to 25 wk underwent two to three doublings per week and acquired a flattened epithelial cell morphology. Early passages of rat liver epithelial cells, cultured in SFM may be useful in studies of the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation.
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