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Redman RS. On approaches to the functional restoration of salivary glands damaged by radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, with a review of related aspects of salivary gland morphology and development. Biotech Histochem 2009; 83:103-30. [PMID: 18828044 DOI: 10.1080/10520290802374683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Radiation therapy for cancer of the head and neck can devastate the salivary glands and partially devitalize the mandible and maxilla. As a result, saliva production is drastically reduced and its quality adversely altered. Without diligent home and professional care, the teeth are subject to rapid destruction by caries, necessitating extractions with attendant high risk of necrosis of the supporting bone. Innovative techniques in delivery of radiation therapy and administration of drugs that selectively protect normal tissues can reduce significantly the radiation effects on salivary glands. Nonetheless, many patients still suffer severe oral dryness. I review here the functional morphology and development of salivary glands as these relate to approaches to preventing and restoring radiation-induced loss of salivary function. The acinar cells are responsible for most of the fluid and organic material in saliva, while the larger ducts influence the inorganic content. A central theme of this review is the extent to which the several types of epithelial cells in salivary glands may be pluripotential and the circumstances that may influence their ability to replace cells that have been lost or functionally inactivated due to the effects of radiation. The evidence suggests that the highly differentiated cells of the acini and large ducts of mature glands can replace themselves except when the respective pools of available cells are greatly diminished via apoptosis or necrosis owing to severely stressful events. Under the latter circumstances, relatively undifferentiated cells in the intercalated ducts proliferate and redifferentiate as may be required to replenish the depleted pools. It is likely that some, if not many, acinar cells may de-differentiate into intercalated duct-like cells and thus add to the pool of progenitor cells in such situations. If the stress is heavy doses of radiation, however, the result is not only the death of acinar cells, but also a marked decline in functional differentiation and proliferative capacity of all of the surviving cells, including those with progenitor capability. Restoration of gland function, therefore, seems to require increasing the secretory capacity of the surviving cells, or replacing the acinar cells and their progenitors either in the existing gland remnants or with artificial glands.
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- R S Redman
- Oral Pathology Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Freitas VM, Scheremeta B, Hoffman MP, Jaeger RG. Laminin-1 and SIKVAV a laminin-1-derived peptide, regulate the morphology and protease activity of a human salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line. Oral Oncol 2004; 40:483-9. [PMID: 15006619 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2003] [Accepted: 10/01/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In a previous paper, we demonstrated that laminin-1 and its derived peptide SIKVAV modulates the morphology of an adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line (CAC2 cells). Light microscopy of CAC2 cells grown in three-dimensional preparations of SIKVAV-enriched laminin-1 showed the presence of pseudocystic spaces. Pseudocysts are hallmarks of adenoid cystic carcinoma in vivo. We hypothesized that these pseudocystic spaces could be due to the protease-inducing/activating role of SIKVAV. Thus, we studied the presence of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in CAC2 cells treated either by laminin-1 or by SIKVAV-enriched laminin-1. Immunohistochemistry and zymography suggested that SIKVAV enhanced the secretion of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in CAC2 cells. We propose that SIKVAV induces pseudocystic formation probably through the secretion of MMPs 2 and 9.
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- V M Freitas
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 1524, São Paulo SP 05508-900, Brazil
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Capuano ACT, Jaeger RG. The effect of laminin and its peptide SIKVAV on a human salivary gland myoepithelioma cell line. Oral Oncol 2004; 40:36-42. [PMID: 14662413 DOI: 10.1016/s1368-8375(03)00130-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We have demonstrated that the basement membrane regulates the myoepithelioma. We are now studying the effect of laminin, a basement membrane protein, in the morphology of a cell line (M1) derived from human salivary gland plasmacytoid myoepithelioma. These cells were grown inside a three-dimensional preparation of laminin-1. Phenotype differences were assessed by light and transmission electron microscopy. In addition, we analysed the effect of a molecular domain of laminin-1, the peptide SIKVAV, on M1 cells. This peptide was chosen because it is effective in cell proliferation and differentiation. M1 cells grown inside laminin-1 were mostly plasmacytoid-like, while cells treated by SIKVAV showed light and electron microscopic features of typical plasmacytoid cells. This peptide also modulated smooth-muscle actin expression in M1 cells. We demonstrated that laminin-1 and its derived peptide SIKVAV morphoregulates myoepithelioma cells in culture.
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- A C T Capuano
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP 05508-900, Brazil
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Laoide BM, Gastinne I, Rougeon F. Tubular morphogenesis and mesenchymal interactions affect renin expression and secretion in SIMS mouse submandibular cells. Exp Cell Res 1999; 248:172-85. [PMID: 10094824 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have previously immortalized a mouse submandibular gland (SMG) ductal epithelial cell line, SIMS, from pubertal male mice transgenic for the SV40 large T antigen under the control of the adenovirus 5 E1A promoter. Here we demonstrate the role of the extracellular environment in directing not only the morphogenetic behavior of the cells, but also their functional differentiation in terms of renin expression and secretion. First, we measured renin activity of polarized SIMS cells. Low levels of renin are secreted from both the apical and the basolateral domains; the mechanism appears to be direct as no renin was found to be transcytosed across the cell. Second, we studied homotypic and heterotypic mesenchymal cell interactions with SIMS cells. We found that epithelial-mesenchymal coculture in collagen I gels results in branching tubular morphogenesis of SIMS cells and that significant amounts of renin are secreted, probably into the lumen, as the precursor form, prorenin. Third, we investigated the effects of the basement membrane on SIMS cell morphology and function and found that this structure alone is sufficient to allow expression and secretion of both prorenin and active renin. Finally, we established that SIMS cells can express androgen-regulated genes in a transient transfection assay. In addition, in Matrigel cultures androgen receptor expression appears to be induced, suggesting that the SIMS cell line will be useful for further studies on the molecular basis of the observed high-level expression of SMG-specific genes in male mice.
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- B M Laoide
- Unité de Génétique et Biochimie du Développement, URA CNRS 1960, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, Paris Cédex 15, 75724, France.
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Kawamura H, Ichihara I. Two types of three-dimensional structures formed by epithelial cell aggregates from the rat ventral prostate in collagen gel culture. The amount of activated charcoal for absorbing serum. Ann Anat 1998; 180:247-51. [PMID: 9645300 DOI: 10.1016/s0940-9602(98)80081-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cells taken from the rat ventral prostate and cultured formed a tubular structure inside the collagen gel in a medium containing activated charcoal-absorbed serum after a 14-day incubation. This might suggest that the active substances of serum could induce isolated epithelial cells to form such a spherical or tubular structure, depending on the amount of activated charcoal used for the absorption of serum.
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- H Kawamura
- Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Japan
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Laoide BM, Courty Y, Gastinne I, Thibaut C, Kellermann O, Rougeon F. Immortalised mouse submandibular epithelial cell lines retain polarised structural and functional properties. J Cell Sci 1996; 109 ( Pt 12):2789-800. [PMID: 9013327 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109.12.2789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The mouse submandibular gland (SMG) is an excellent model for the study of many important biological phenomena such as hormonal regulation of differentiation, neurotransmitter control of secretion, epithelial transport, exocytosis and endocytosis as well as the regulation of mouse SMG specific gene expression, in particular, NGF, EGF and renin. The postnatal development and sexual dimorphism of the mouse gland permits the isolation of male SMGs of different ages, corresponding to different stages of differentiation, particularly with respect to the cytodifferentiation of ductal cell types. We have immortalized SMG epithelial cell lines using mice transgenic for the large T antigen of SV40 or polyoma viruses. Epithelial clusters from the dissected glands were placed in culture and cell lines were established from the immortalized population. Two cell lines, SIMS and SIMP, which retain structural and functional characteristics, are described here. The cell lines are immortalised but not transformed, as judged by the absence of anchorage independent growth potential and the lack of tumour formation in athymic nude mice. Confocal and electron microscopy examination demonstrate that SIMP and SIMS cells express E-cadherin and ZO-1 and have features of polarised epithelial cells. In addition, they form spherical cysts with a wide lumen when grown in type I collagen gels. When grown on a filter support SIMS cells form a tight monolayer, exhibit vectorial transport function and show exclusive Na+, K(+)-ATPase localisation to the basolateral domain. We determined the cell type restricted expression of cytokeratin markers in the mouse SMG in vivo and we demonstrate that SIMS and SIMP cell lines express duct-specific cytokeratins. Finally, the expression of a set of differentiation markers, including EGF, NGF and renin, was detected by RT-PCR and by indirect immunofluorescence staining in these lines. Thus, these polarised ductal cell lines, as well as having important intrinsic properties, represent well characterised mouse epithelial models which, until now, have not been readily available for cellular studies.
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- B M Laoide
- Unité de Génétique et Biochimie du Développement, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Nakamura M, Endo K, Nakata K, Shirasawa E, Okahara A, Danjo Y, Kiritoshi A, Tano Y. Cultured rabbit lacrimal epithelial cells form branching processes in a collagen matrix. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 1996; 32:515-9. [PMID: 8946220 DOI: 10.1007/bf02722975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Yang J, Popnikolov NK, Sakthivel R, Nandi S. Human breast cancers respond to growth factors in vivo but not in vitro. Cancer Lett 1994; 85:13-21. [PMID: 7923096 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(94)90233-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Growth response of human breast cancer cells to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) was tested both in culture and in vivo in nude mice. Human breast cancer cells were obtained from palpable tumors resulting from xenografted primary breast cancers in nude mice. In collagen gel culture, the breast cancer cells grew autonomously as expanding spherical masses of loosely adherent cells in the basal medium and the supplementation of growth factors had no additional stimulatory effect. To determine whether this in vitro response is reflected in vivo, the collagen gel embedded human breast cancer cells were transplanted into athymic nude mice and the growth response to EGF was studied in vivo. In contrast to the situation in vitro, exogenous EGF was growth promoting in vivo. Our results demonstrate the importance of the combined in vitro-in vivo approach in studying physiologically relevant growth regulation. In addition, the use of collagen gel embedded human breast cancer cells for transplantation studies may more closely model the clinical situation in view of the close histopathological resemblance of the recovered gels to the surgical breast specimens.
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- J Yang
- Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720
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In salivary glands and other exocrine organs, there are starfish-shaped cells that lie between the basal lamina and the acinar and ductal cells. These have structural features of both epithelium and smooth muscle cells, and so are called myoepithelial cells. Their functions include contraction when the gland is stimulated to secrete, compressing or reinforcing the underlying parenchymal cells, thus aiding in the expulsion of saliva and preventing damage to the other cells. They also may aid in the propagation of secretory and other stimuli. Their common developmental origin with the basal cells of the larger ducts is displayed in the mature glands by shared structural and immunohistochemical features, but most such basal cells do not have the distinguishing features of myoepithelial cells, such as myofibrils. Although myoepithelial cells can be identified by light microscopy through enzyme histochemistry and special stains and immunohistochemistry for their myofibrils, these techniques can be misleading in salivary gland neoplasms. Thus, the most reliable means of identifying neoplastic myoepithelial cells is with a combination of histochemistry and electron microscopy. The extent to which these cells are derived from undifferentiated stem cells in both normal and neoplastic growth is controversial. The presentation here of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of well-differentiated myoepithelial cells in mitotic division indicates that stem cells are not necessarily the only source of myoepithelial cells in the later stages of salivary gland development or in neoplasia.
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- R S Redman
- Oral Pathology Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20422
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Tomooka Y, Kitani H, Jing N, Matsushima M, Sakakura T. Reconstruction of neural tube-like structures in vitro from primary neural precursor cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:9683-7. [PMID: 8415762 PMCID: PMC47634 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.20.9683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Vertebrate central nervous system develops from a neural tube derived from the embryonic ectoderm. In mouse, the neural tube around embryonic day 10 primarily consists of neural precursor cells (NPCs). During the development of embryonic central nervous system, NPCs proliferate and migrate outward; thus later stages show NPCs toward the lumen of the neural tube and neurofilament-positive differentiated cells toward the periphery. In conventional liquid culture, NPCs isolated from mouse on embryonic day 10 proliferate and differentiate into neurofilament-positive neurons. In the present communication, we show that fragments of neural tubes and aggregates of NPCs, when placed into collagen gel matrix, form three-dimensional structures which resemble the neural tube formed in vivo in the developing embryos. Even dissociated NPCs form the three-dimensional structures in the collagen gel matrix. Our results indicate that individual NPCs or fragments of neural tubes carry morphogenetic information which allows them to reconstruct neural tube-like structures in vitro.
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- Y Tomooka
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Tsukuba Life Science Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kibbey MC, Royce LS, Dym M, Baum BJ, Kleinman HK. Glandular-like morphogenesis of the human submandibular tumor cell line A253 on basement membrane components. Exp Cell Res 1992; 198:343-51. [PMID: 1530839 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(92)90389-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have studied the interaction of a human tumor cell line, A253, derived from a submandibular gland carcinoma with a differentiation promoting reconstituted basement membrane extract, Matrigel. When cultured on plastic, these cells maintain a flat, cobblestone, epithelial morphology. On Matrigel, A253 cells initially form a honeycomb network of cords of cells which subsequently thickens. With time, these cords of cells become discontinuous and blunted, whereupon multilobular clusters of cells develop. These clusters possess a lumen with polarized, PAS(+) cells containing numerous desmosomes and an abundance of glycogen. Culture of the cells on laminin, the most abundant protein found in Matrigel, also induces this morphologic differentiation. Using synthetic laminin-derived peptides, the biologically active IKVAV-containing site of laminin was most active in attachment assays, as well as in inhibiting glandular-like morphogenesis when added to the media of cells cultured on Matrigel. Antibodies to the cell surface 67- and 32-kDa laminin binding proteins partially inhibited the glandular-like morphogenesis, suggesting that multiple interactions with laminin are likely required for the differentiation process. Our data demonstrate that A253 cells can undergo glandular-like morphogenesis on basement membrane and that laminin appears to be the major initiating factor.
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- M C Kibbey
- Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Sabatini LM, Allen-Hoffmann BL, Warner TF, Azen EA. Serial cultivation of epithelial cells from human and macaque salivary glands. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1991; 27A:939-48. [PMID: 1721908 DOI: 10.1007/bf02631121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To study the regulation of human salivary-type gene expression we developed cell culture systems to support the growth and serial cultivation of salivary gland epithelial and fibroblastic cell types. We have established 22 independent salivary gland epithelial cell strains from parotid or submandibular glands of human or macaque origin. Nineteen strains were derived from normal tissues and three from human parotid gland tumors. Both the normal and the tumor-derived salivary gland epithelial cells could be serially cultivated with the aid of a 3T3 fibroblast feeder layer in a mixture of Ham's F12 and Dulbecco's modified Eagle's media supplemented with fetal bovine serum, calcium, cholera toxin, hydrocortisone, insulin, and epidermal growth factor. Salivary gland epithelial cells cultured under these conditions conditioned to express the genes for at least two acinar-cell-specific markers at early passages. Amylase enzyme activity was detected in conditioned media from cultured rhesus parotid epithelial cells as late as Passage 5. Proline-rich-protein-specific RNAs were detected in primary cultures of both rhesus and human parotid epithelial cells. Neither amylase enzyme activity nor PRP-specific RNAs were detected in fibroblasts isolated from the same tissues. In addition, salivary gland epithelial cells cultured under our conditions retain the capacity to undergo dramatic morphologic changes in response to different substrata. The cultured salivary gland epithelial cells we have established will be important tools for the study of salivary gland differentiation and the tissue-specific regulation of salivary-type gene expression.
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- L M Sabatini
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Perantoni AO, Williams CL, Lewellyn AL. Growth and branching morphogenesis of rat collecting duct anlagen in the absence of metanephrogenic mesenchyme. Differentiation 1991; 48:107-13. [PMID: 1773916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1991.tb00249.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The growth and differentiation of the epithelium in many tissues is mediated by interactions with the adjacent mesenchyme, but the mechanisms responsible remain undefined. To identify the factors involved in the growth and branching morphogenesis of ureteric bud, which is the collecting duct anlagen, buds from 13-gestation-day rat embryos were separated from the metanephrogenic mesenchyme and explanted to culture dishes coated with gelled type I collagen in a defined medium. Under these conditions buds attached to the substrate and grew out without indication of cell senescence. When buds were instead suspended in gelled type I collagen, branching morphogenesis was observed despite the absence of mesenchyme although it was not as extensive as in vivo. Since growth occurred much more slowly in culture than expected, culture conditions were varied in attempts to accelerate the process. Despite extensive screening of matrices and growth factors, only epidermal and endothelial cell growth factors stimulated growth to a significant extent. Transforming growth factor-beta, on the other hand, was a potent inhibitor of growth. Homogenates from tumors that caricature metanephrogenic mesenchyme were highly mitogenic for bud cells and, thus, will be a source of material for characterizing regulatory factors involved in renal growth. These studies show that growth and branching morphogenesis of the ureteric bud can occur without direct cell-cell interactions with the metanephrogenic mesenchyme and that matrices and factors secreted by the mesenchyme may mediated these activities in vivo.
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- A O Perantoni
- Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702
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Allaerts W. On the role of gravity and positional information in embryological axis formation and tissue compartmentalization. Acta Biotheor 1991; 39:47-62. [PMID: 1858478 DOI: 10.1007/bf00046407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The idea that gravity affects dorso-ventral polarization in anouran development contrasts with the theories of self-organization through reaction-diffusion processes. As a result of a literature study we discuss the role of gravity in embryological axis formation and speculate on an influence of gravity on tissue compartmentalization. The involvement of compartmentalization in tissue homeostasis is discussed in the light of the recent progress in mammalian cell culture studies.
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- W Allaerts
- Laboratory of Cell Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Leuven, Belgium
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Durban EM. Mouse submandibular salivary epithelial cell growth and differentiation in long-term culture: influence of the extracellular matrix. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1990; 26:33-43. [PMID: 1689711 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The adult mouse submandibular salivary gland provides a good model system to study gene regulation during normal and abnormal cell behavior because it synthesizes functionally distinct products ranging from growth factors and digestive enzymes to factors of relevance to homeostatic mechanisms. The present study describes the long-term growth and differentiation of submandibular salivary epithelial cells from adult male mice as a function of the culture substratum. Using a two-step partial dissociation procedure, it was possible to enrich for ductal cells of the granular convoluted tubules, the site of epidermal growth factor synthesis. Long-term cell growth over a period of 2 to 3 mo. with at least 3 serial passages was obtained only within three-dimensional collagen gels. Cells grew as ductal-type structures, many of which generated lumens with time in culture. Electron microscopic analysis in reference to the submandibular gland in vivo revealed enrichment for and maintenance of morphologic features of granular convoluted tubule cells. Reactivity with a keratin-specific monoclonal antibody established the epithelial nature of the cells that grew within collagen. Maintenance of cell differentiation, using immunoreactivity for epidermal growth factor as criterion, was determined by both cytochemical and biochemical approaches and was found to be dependent on the collagen matrix and hormones. Greater than 50% of the cells in primary collagen cultures contained epidermal growth factor only in the presence of testosterone and triiodothyronine. In contrast, cells initially seeded on plastic or cycled to plastic from collagen gels were virtually negative for epidermal growth factor. Biochemical analysis confirmed the presence of a protein with an apparent molecular weight of 6000 which comigrated with purified mouse epidermal growth factor. Epidermal growth factor was also present in detectable levels in Passage 1 cells. This culture system should permit assessment of whether modulation of submandibular gland ductal cell growth can be exerted via a mechanism that in itself includes epidermal growth factor and its receptor and signal transduction pathway.
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- E M Durban
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dental Branch, Houston 77225
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Fukamachi H, Kim YS. Glandular Structure Formation of LS174T Human Colon Cancer Cells Cultured with Collagen Gels. (intestine/epithelial cells/morphogenesis/collagen gels). Dev Growth Differ 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1989.00107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kurth BE, Hazen-Martin DJ, Sens MA, DeChamplain RW, Sens DA. Cell culture and characterization of human minor salivary gland duct cells. J Oral Pathol Med 1989; 18:214-9. [PMID: 2769594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1989.tb00765.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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In order to facilitate studies on human salivary glands, a method was developed for the culture of minor salivary gland duct cells from tissues obtained from oral surgery protocols. Minor salivary glands were isolated from such tissues, and a serum-free growth medium was developed which supported the growth of the ductal component of these glands. The ductal origin of these cells was confirmed through immunohistochemical localization of replicating nuclei through incorporation of BrdU. The presence of epidermal keratin in replicating cells and the absence of smooth muscle myosin further substantiated the ductal origin of cells. Using normal growth medium calcium concentrations (1.05 mM), these cells produced a keratinized multilayer of cells unable to undergo routine subculture procedures. A reduction in calcium ion concentration to 0.1 mM resulted in a cell monolayer, without evidence of terminal keratinization, which could undergo at least eight serial passages (1:3 ratio) under cell culture conditions. It is advanced that these minor salivary gland duct cell cultures will be of use to those studying diseases and disorders of the salivary glands.
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- B E Kurth
- Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425
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Redman RS, Quissell DO, Barzen KA. Effects of dexamethasone, epidermal growth factor, and retinoic acid on rat submandibular acinar-intercalated duct complexes in primary culture. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1988; 24:734-42. [PMID: 2842284 DOI: 10.1007/bf02623642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Mature acini with attached segments of intercalated ducts were dissociated from the submandibular glands of rats and grown in primary culture on gels of reconstituted rat tail collagen. Screening evaluations indicated that the following new conditions promoted a substantial improvement in the survival of the cells as compared with our previously reported results: a) adding dexamethasone, epidermal growth factor, and retinoic acid to the medium, b) decreasing the fetal bovine serum in the medium to 1%; and c) adjusting the oxygen in the gas phase to 50%. A detailed evaluation, including light and electron microscopy and biochemical analysis, then provided the following observations. The acinar-ductal complexes enlarged throughout the 22-d culture period, and after 4 d sheets comprised of a one- to two-cell thick layer of acinar cells spread among the complexes. Synthesis of mucin, and its secretion in response to norepinephrine or cAMP, dropped precipitously to very low levels after 2 d. However, synthesis of DNA, general proteins, and glycoproteins dropped only transiently after 2 d, rising to levels approaching those of freshly dissociated complexes by 22 d. These data indicate that a shift occurred from the synthesis of large quantities of secretory proteins and glycoproteins, especially mucins, during the first 2 d in culture, to other materials thereafter. Overall, the new culture conditions resulted in substantial growth and survival of acinar cells through 22 d in primary culture, but the important acinar characteristic of the synthesis and secretion of mucins was essentially lost after 4 d.
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- R S Redman
- Oral Pathology Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422
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A method is described for the isolation and density gradient enrichment of mammary epithelial fragments from pregnant, nonlactating bovine tissue. Immunocytochemical analysis prior to and following culture revealed specific staining with antibodies to keratin, indicating that these cells are epithelial in nature. Fragments enriched for epithelium could be stored in liquid nitrogen for extended periods prior to culture. When cast within a three-dimensional matrix of collagen gel, the mammary fragments grew as branching, duct-like structures and displayed a 4-fold increase in cell number during 10 to 12 d of culture.
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- M F McGrath
- Monsanto Agricultural Company, Animal Sciences Division, St. Louis, MO 63198
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Kawamura H, Ichihara I. Primary culture of epithelial cells derived from the rat ventral prostate: formation of three-dimensional acinus-like structure in collagen gel. Prostate 1987; 10:153-61. [PMID: 3562346 DOI: 10.1002/pros.2990100207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Rat ventral prostate epithelial cells were cultured in collagen gel after collagenase digestion. The primary cultures were mainly composed of single and spherical cells. After 10 days incubation in growth medium containing insulin, transferrin, and cholera toxin, there was a 3.8-fold increase in cell numbers, aggregates of which formed three-dimensional acinus-like structures. These structures consisted of one layer of cells surrounding the lumen. The cells were joined together with a junctional complex and had microvilli on the luminal surface and secretory vacuoles in the cytoplasm facing the lumen. The ultrastructural features of the cells were not altered by growth medium containing steroids. This culture system may prove to be very useful in elucidating proliferation, organization, and differentiation of prostatic epithelial cells in relation to the extracellular matrix and stromal cells.
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Quissell DO, Redman RS, Mark MR. Short-term primary culture of acinar-intercalated duct complexes from rat submandibular glands. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1986; 22:469-80. [PMID: 2426245 DOI: 10.1007/bf02623448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Acinar-intercalated duct complexes dissociated from rat submandibular glands have been shown to be an excellent model for studying secretory responses of salivary gland components. However, they are functionally normal for only a few hours. We undertook a systematic manipulation of primary culture conditions in an attempt to extend the useful life of the complexes. The major modifications that were tested were increased oxygenation in increments to 95%; substitution of norepinephrine or carbamylcholine or both for isoproterenol in the medium; different sources of collagen for and addition of laminin, fibronectin and/or type IV collagen to the matrix gel; and varying the thickness of the collagen gel, richness of the cell suspension inoculate, and sources and concentrations of sera in the medium. Progress was monitored by light microscopic evaluation of routine sections of specimens until improved maintenance of acinar and other cells warranted carrying parallel cultures for biochemical, histochemical, and ultrastructural analyses. Best results were obtained with 90% O2, laminin in rat tail collagen gel, 10% fetal bovine serum, and 3 microM isoproterenol. Morphologically, there was good survival of acini and intercalated ducts after 1 d, with decreased acinar size being correlated with secretory response to the isoproterenol. Reorganization and considerable mitotic activity were seen at 2, 3, and 4 d, with most clusters of cells becoming much larger than the original complexes. During this period acinar cells steadily became less differentiated and their numbers decreased in proportion to intercalated duct or undifferentiated cells. However, there was good overall survival through 7 d. Biochemical analysis indicated that the cells were able to maintain significant biosynthetic activity for 4 d, with DNA, RNA, protein, and glycoprotein synthetic rates increasing over the culture period, but the secretory capacity of the cells diminished during the primary culture period, with mucin biosynthesis and secretion decreasing significantly after 1 d in culture.
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Tomooka Y, Harris SE, McLachlan JA. Growth of seminal vesicle epithelial cells in serum-free collagen gel culture. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1985; 21:237-44. [PMID: 4008437 DOI: 10.1007/bf02620935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Epithelial cells from mouse seminal vesicles were enzymatically dissociated, enriched by gradient centrifugation, and maintained in collagen gel cultures with defined (serum-free) media. The epithelial origin of the cells was determined morphologically, immunocytochemically, and biochemically. Cells formed three-dimensional colonies with a lumen in collagen gels. Cell number was increased eight-fold within a 8 to 12-d culture period in a medium supplemented with epidermal growth factor (EGF) (10 ng/ml), insulin (10 micrograms/ml), transferrin (10 micrograms/ml), cholera toxin (10 ng/ml), and hydrocortisone (0.1 microgram/ml). The cells required EGF and insulin; the growth-promoting effects of these two peptide hormones were optimized by transferrin, cholera toxin, and hydrocortisone. Fetal bovine serum did not support growth; rather, it suppressed the stimulated growth observed in serum-free media. A time-course study revealed that a lag period preceded rapid growth. The collagen gel, serum-free culture provides a powerful tool to study the effects of hormones on proliferation and differentiation of androgen sensitive cells.
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Nitsch L, Tacchetti C, Tramontano D, Ambesi-Impiombato FS. Suspension culture reveals a morphogenetic property of a thyroid epithelial cell line. Exp Cell Res 1984; 152:22-30. [PMID: 6714320 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(84)90226-x] [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: 01/21/2023]
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It is known that freshly dissociated thyroid cell clusters form follicles in suspension culture. Thyroid epithelial cell lines, grown for many generations in vitro, fail to show colloid-containing lumina when cultured as monolayers. Several thyroid cell lines, some transformed, have been tested with respect to their ability to form extracellular lumina when transferred from monolayer to suspension culture. One cell line in particular, the T78 cell line, showed this property when cultured in suspension. Lumina formed within 3 days even in the absence of added thyrotropin (TSH). The ultrastructure of lumina within cell aggregates resembled that of the thyroid follicle in vivo. The ability to undergo morphogenesis may therefore be an intrinsic property of thyroid epithelial cells which is retained for a large number of generations in vitro and is revealed by proper culture conditions. The shift from monolayer to suspension culture may thus lead to the expression of a thyroid differentiated function such as the formation of follicle-like structures.
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Montesano R, Orci L, Vassalli P. In vitro rapid organization of endothelial cells into capillary-like networks is promoted by collagen matrices. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1983; 97:1648-52. [PMID: 6630296 PMCID: PMC2112683 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.97.5.1648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 447] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We have studied the behavior of cloned capillary endothelial cells grown inside a three dimensional collagen matrix. Cell monolayers established on the surface of collagen gels were covered with a second layer of collagen. This induced the monolayers of endothelial cells to reorganize into a network of branching and anastomosing capillary-like tubes. As seen by electron microscopy, the tubes were formed by at least two cells (in transverse sections) delimiting a narrow lumen. In addition, distinct basal lamina material was present between the abluminal face of the endothelial cells and the collagen matrix. These results showed that capillary endothelial cells have the capacity to form vessel-like structures with well-oriented cell polarity in vitro. They also suggest that an appropriate topological relationship of endothelial cells with collagen matrices, similar to that occurring in vivo, has an inducive role on the expression of this potential. This culture system provides a simple in vitro model for studying the factors involved in the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis).
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Montesano R, Mouron P, Amherdt M, Orci L. Collagen matrix promotes reorganization of pancreatic endocrine cell monolayers into islet-like organoids. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1983; 97:935-9. [PMID: 6350323 PMCID: PMC2112577 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.97.3.935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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To evaluate the capacity of pancreatic endocrine cells to reassociate in vitro according to the characteristic topographical pattern observed in the islets of Langerhans in situ, we cultured cells dissociated from neonatal rat pancreas within a three-dimensional collagen matrix. Cell monolayers grown on the surface of collagen gels were covered with a second layer of collagen. This induced the monolayers of endocrine cells to reorganize into smooth-contoured, three-dimensional aggregates, in which non-B cells (identified by electron microscopy and immunofluorescence) had a preferential distribution at the periphery, whereas B cells were concentrated in a central position. These results show that cultured pancreatic endocrine cells have the capacity to reassociate into islet-like organoids in vitro, and that collagen matrices may have a permissive effect on the expression of this potential.
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Iguchi T, Uchima FD, Ostrander PL, Bern HA. Growth of normal mouse vaginal epithelial cells in and on collagen gels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:3743-7. [PMID: 6574513 PMCID: PMC394127 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.12.3743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Sustained growth in primary culture of vaginal epithelial cells from ovariectomized adult BALB/cCrgl mice embedded within or seeded on collagen gel matrix was achieved in a serum-free medium composed of Ham's F-12 medium/Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium, 1:1 (vol/vol), supplemented with insulin, bovine serum albumin fraction V, epidermal growth factor, cholera toxin, and transferrin. Three-dimensional growth of vaginal epithelial cells occurred inside the collagen gel matrix. Cell numbers increased 4- to 8-fold in collagen gel and about 4-fold on collagen gel after 9-10 days in culture. The effect of 17 beta-estradiol (0.00018-180 nM in gel or 0.018-180 nM on gel) and diethylstilbestrol (DES; 0.0186-186 nM in gel) on the growth of vaginal epithelial cells was examined. The addition of estrogen did not enhance the growth of vaginal epithelial cells during this time period either in the complete medium or in a suboptimal medium. Cultures on floating collagen gels in the serum-free medium are composed of 1-3 cell layers with superficial cornification. Estrogen does not appear to be a direct mitogen for vaginal epithelial cells, at least in this system.
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Schor SL, Allen TD, Winn B. Lymphocyte migration into three-dimensional collagen matrices: a quantitative study. J Cell Biol 1983; 96:1089-96. [PMID: 6833393 PMCID: PMC2112334 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.96.4.1089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Lymphocytes have been plated onto the surface of three-dimensional gels of native collagen fibers, and their distribution throughout the three-dimensional collagen matrix has been determined in a quantitative fashion at various times thereafter. Information regarding the total number of applied cells may be obtained by this means. Lymphocyte penetration into the collagen gel does not appear to involve the expression of collagenolytic activity, nor does it require the presence of serum. Analysis of the kinetics of lymphocyte penetration into the gel matrix indicates that lymphocytes are migrating in a "random-walk" fashion. Our objective has been to establish a model system for studying the cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions which influence the pattern of lymphocyte recirculation in vivo and the results presented here are discussed in this context.
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Method for culturing mammary epithelial cells in a rat tail collagen gel matrix. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01834632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yang J, Nandi S. Growth of cultured cells using collagen as substrate. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1983; 81:249-86. [PMID: 6347935 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62340-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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