Microporosity of the substratum regulates differentiation of MDCK cells in vitro |
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Authors: | Jeffery R Cook Barbara E Crute Laura M Patrone Joseph Gabriels Maureen E Lane Robert G van Buskirk |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, 13901 Binghamton, New York;(2) Millipore Corporation, 01730 Bedford, Massachusetts |
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Abstract: | Summary We have analyzed the ability of the physical substratum to modulate both the ultrastructural and protein synthetic characteristics
of the Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) renal cell line. When MDCK cells were seeded on Millipore Millicell CM microporous
membrane cell culture inserts they demonstrated a more columnar organization with an increase in cell density sixfold greater
than the same cells seeded on conventional plastic substrata. After 1 wk postseeding on the microporous membrane a partial
basal lamina was noted, with a contiguous basement membrane being apparent after 2 wk. One-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate
gel electrophoresis was used to analyze detergent-solubilized proteins from MDCK cells maintained on plastic substrata vs.
microporous membranes. When proteins were pulse-labeled with 35S]methionine, a 55 kDa protein was evident in the cytosolic extract of cells grown on collagen, laminin, and nontreated plastic
substrata; but this labeled protein was not evident in similar extracts from cells grown on collagen and laminin-coated microporous
membranes. To test if the polarized, basement-membrane secreting phenotype of the MDCK cells could be generated on a microporous
membrane without pretreatment with any extracellular matrix (ECM) components, cells were seeded on the Millipore Millicell
HA (cellulosic) microporous membrane. This type of substrata does not need a coating of ECM components for cell attachment.
A partial basement membrane was formed below cells where the basal surface of the cell was planar, but not in areas where
the cell formed large cytoplasmic extensions into the filter. This led us to the conclusion that the microporous nature of
the substrata can dictate both ultrastructural and protein synthetic activities of MDCK cells. Furthermore, we suggest that
both the planar nature of the basal surface and the microporosity of the substrate are corequisites for the deposition of
the basement membrane. |
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Keywords: | microporous substrata mock epithelial differentiation basement membrane |
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