MITOSIS AND THE PROCESSES OF DIFFERENTIATION OF MYOGENIC CELLS IN VITRO

The relation between the mitotic cycle and myoblast fusion has been studied in chick skeletal muscle in vitro. The duration of the cell cycle phases was the same in both early and late cultures. By tracing a cohort of pulse-labeled cells, it was found that myoblast fusion does not occur in S, G₂, or M. Cell surface alterations required for fusion are dependent upon the position of the cell in the division cycle. In early cultures, fusion takes place only after a minimum delay of 5 hr from the time the cell has entered G₁. The mitosis preceding fusion may condition the cell for the abrupt shift in synthetic activity that occurs in the subsequent G₁. In older cultures fusion of labeled cells is diminished. Two factors account for the cessation of fusion in older cultures. First, the number of myogenic stem cells declines, but these cells do not disappear as the cultures mature. Their persistence was demonstrated by labeling dividing mononucleated cells in older cultures and challenging them with nascent myotubes. Some of these labeled cells were incorporated into the forming myotubes. Second, a block to fusion develops during myotube maturation. Well developed myotubes challenged with labeled competent myogenic cells failed to incorporate the labeled nuclei.     

BUOYANT DENSITY ANALYSIS OF MYELOID COLONY-FORMING CELLS IN GERMFREE AND CONVENTIONAL MICE

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells (CFUc), in the bone marrow of germfree and conventional CBA mice, were compared quantitatively and qualitatively. Cells were separated on the basis of their buoyant density by equilibrium centrifugation in continuous albumin density gradients. CFUc in the density subpopulations were detected by culture in agar containing three different types of colony stimulating factor (CSF). The sources of the CSF were post-endotoxin mouse serum (CSF_ES), mouse lung conditioned medium (CSF_MLCM) and human urine (CSF_HU). Mice were removed from the germfree environment and the buoyant density status of their CFUc was examined 1, 4 and 8 weeks later. No difference was found between germfree and conventional mice in the number of nucleated cells per femur or in their modal density. Neither was the number of CFUc per femur different. The cell cycle status of CFUc, as determined by the thymidine suicide technique was not significantly different. Functional heterogeneity was found among the density subpopulations for both groups of mice. This depended on the type of CSF. The density distribution of CFUc was significantly different in germfree mice. There were proportionately more low density CFUc. The mean modal density of CFUc under CSF_ES stimulation was less by 0.0045 g/cm³ in germfree mice. The removal of mice from the germfree environment resulted in a shift of the distribution to higher densities. The trend was towards the conventional situation. The significance of the buoyant density status of CFUc is discussed.     

人胚胎干细胞分化为神经干细胞诱导方法的对比研究

目的探讨人胚胎干细胞分化为神经干细胞过程中,经拟胚体（embryonic body,EB）法和直接分化法的不同效率。方法人胚胎干细胞常规培养消化后,分为两组：A组,经EB法分化;B组,添加noggin和ITSFn直接分化法。倒置相差显微镜观察细胞形态变化,RT-PCR检测细胞各阶段标志物,免疫荧光及流式细胞仪观察两组细胞Nestin阳性细胞率。神经干细胞继续分化,免疫荧光、RT-PCR法检测MAP2、GFAP表达。结果RT-PCR检测到OCT4、nestin表达。B组nestin阳性细胞率明显高于A组,差异有统计学意义（P〈0.01）,且诱导周期短于A组。神经干细胞继续分化,得到不同数量的神经元和胶质细胞,MAP2、GFAP分别阳性。结论在体外采用定向分化诱导,人胚胎干细胞不经EB,可直接定向分化为神经干细胞,且诱导效率比EB法高。因此直接分化法是一种经济实用的诱导方法。     

IN VITRO DIFFERENTIATION OF CHICK EMBRYONIC LENS EPITHELIAL CELLS INTO FIBER CELLS

The processes of fiber-cell formation in the lens epithelium of 9-day-old chick embryo in vitro were studied.
Mitotic activity was enhanced during the first 12 hr, but with a drop at the 4th hour of cultivation. After the 24th hour, when the cells began to elongate, almost no mitotic figures or incorporation of ³H-thymidine into the nuclei were observed.
α- and δ-crystallin were contained in and synthesized by the newly isolated lens epithelium. The content and syntheses had diminished by the 12th hour.
In the earlier phase of cultivation, both fiber cell formation and crystallin synthesis were suppressed by treatment with Actinomycin D, but after the 12th hour they were resistant to the antibiotic.
The correlation between cell division and fiber-cell differentiation in the lens epithelium in vitro is discussed and compared with that reported in Wolffian lens regeneration and in developing bovine lens.     

不同应激损伤所致血管内皮细胞中vWF的变化

目的：通过检测血管内皮细胞（ＶＥＣ）中ｖＷＦ的变化,评价ＶＥＣ的损伤。方法：利用免疫组化技术对体外培养的猪肺动脉内皮细胞（ＰＡＥＣ）和大鼠主动脉内皮细胞（ＡＥＣ）中ｖＷＦ进行免疫荧光标记,通过流式细胞仪对ｖＷＦ的细胞阳性率和荧光强度进行定性、定量分析,观察低氧和低温所引起的ｖＷＦ变化。结果：正常猪ＰＡＥＣ和大鼠ＡＥＣ的ｖＷＦ阳性率在８０％左右,阳性程序较高。但缺氧或冷冻损伤可使ＰＡＥＣ和ＡＥＣ的ｖ     

高尔基体在人胃腺癌细胞诱导分化过程中的变化

MGc 80-3细胞高尔基体呈发育差、结构不典型状态,但经dBcAMP诱导后,细胞内高尔基体组数增多、分布集中、体积增大,高尔基囊数目增多、排列规则,囊的膜内颗粒增多、分布较为均匀,恢复为与其相应正常细胞相似、发育良好的典型高尔基体结构。这种变化不仅抑制了胃癌细胞的恶性分泌活动,同时对细胞表面成份的变化也起着一定的调节作用。认为高尔基体结构与功能向典型方向的转??变是癌细胞恶性表型逆转的一种重要表现,对于癌细胞由恶性向正常方向的分化具有重要影响。     

小鼠卵子在不同条件下的体外受精

本实验比较了小鼠精、卵细胞在不同生理状态下体外的受精能力。结果表明,体内受精率明显地高于体外(p<0.05),自发排出的卵子比超数排出的卵子受精率高(p<0.05),体外获能的附睾精子比体内获能的子宫精子受精率高(p<0.01)。唯独用超数排出的卵子和体外获能的附辜精子体外受精时,其受精率和体内相似。     

IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF COLONY-STIMULATING ACTIVITY. I. EXPOSURE OF MOUSE PERITONEAL CELLS TO ENDOTOXIN

Cell suspensions, obtained from bone marrow, spleen, thymus, lung, liver, and from peritoneal washings, were incubated in vitro with low concentrations of endo-toxin and the supernatant media assayed for colony-stimulating activity (CSA). Peritoneal cells were markedly responsive. The kinetics of CSA production in vitro by peritoneal cells were not remarkably different from that seen in vivo following intravenous administration of endotoxin. The activities of CSA prepared from peritoneal cells and serum were compared following serial dilution; both gave a similar linear relationship when plotted as a function of log-concentration. The bulk of the CSA was produced by adherent peritoneal cells. Separation of peritoneal cells by velocity sedimentation showed that the CSA-producing cell had a sedimentation velocity of 7 mm/hr. Cells with this sedimentation velocity were found to be large mononuclear cells which demonstrated adherence and phagocytosis.     

外源TGF-β1基因在小鼠ES细胞中的表达及其对细胞分化的影响

本文利用逆转录病毒载体Dol,在其BamHⅠ酶切位点插入猪TGF-β1的1.7kbcDNA,构建成表达质粒,并用磷酸钙沉淀法将该质粒DNA转染到小鼠ES-5细胞,经G_(418)筛选获得抗G_(418)的ES-5细胞克隆(ES-T),经RNA点杂交,Northern印迹杂交证明有6个细胞克隆能表达外源猪TGF-β1的mRNA,其中两个杂交信号较强的克隆进一步用Southern印迹杂交,也证明猪TGF-β1基因已整合到ES-5细胞基因组。经SELISA和生物活性测定,证明ES-T细胞存在着过度表达的TGF-β1基因产物。ES-T细胞生长特性与其亲代ES-5细胞相比,未发现明显差异。经低浓度RA处理悬滴培养的ES-T6细胞,将形成的拟胚体移至用白明胶铺底的培养板中,则最终有95%左右的拟胚体分化出血管样结构,而ES-5细胞在相同培养和处理条件下,只有17.8%形成无规则的管状结构,这结果提示ES-T6细胞基因组中外源TGF-β_1的额外表达,在调节该细胞株分化形成血管样结构中起着重要作用。同时,我们的实验体系也提供了一个适合于研究内皮细胞发生和血管形成的模型。     

MODULATION OF OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL CELLS IN VITRO BY 5-AZACYTIDINE

Cellular differentiation is controlled by a variety of factors including gene methylation, which represses particular genes as cell fate is determined. The incorporation of 5-azacytidine (5azaC) into DNA in vitro prevents methylation and thus can alter cellular differentiation pathways. Human bone marrow fibroblasts and MG63 cells treated with 5azaC were used as models of osteogenic progenitors and of a more mature osteoblast phenotype, respectively. The capacity for differentiation of these cells following treatment with glucocorticoids was investigated. 5azaC treatment led to significant expression of the osteoblastic marker alkaline phosphatase in MG63 osteosarcoma cells, which was further augmented by glucocorticoids; however, in human marrow fibroblasts alkaline phosphatase activity was only observed in glucocorticoid-treated cultures. MG63 cells represent a phenotype late in the osteogenic lineage in which demethylation is sufficient to induce alkaline phosphatase activity. Marrow fibroblasts are at an earlier stage of differentiation and require stimulation with glucocorticoids. In contrast, the expression of osteocalcin, an osteoblastic marker, was unaffected by 5azaC treatment, suggesting that regulation of expression of the osteocalcin gene does not involve methylation. These models provide novel approaches to the study of the control of differentiation in the marrow fibroblastic system.     

环磷酰胺对大鼠神经上皮细胞向神经元方向分化的影响

目的研究环磷酰胺对大鼠神经上皮细胞向神经元方向分化的影响,进一步探讨其致畸作用的分子机制,为预防人类NTDs的发生提供理论依据。方法将孕鼠随机分实验组和对照组,实验组在妊娠第13天上午8-9时腹腔注射环磷酰胺(15mg/kg体重),对照组注射等量生理盐水。分别于给药后4、8、12、24、48h处死孕鼠,剖腹取出胎鼠,于10%中性福尔马林中固定,常规石蜡包埋、连续切片。应用免疫组织化学和免疫荧光技术检测β-tubulin和NeuN在NTDs发生中的表达变化。结果(1)β-tubulin免疫荧光染色结果:给药后4、8h,实验组β-tubulin阳性率与对照组相比,差异无统计学意义;给药后12、24、48h,β-tubulin阳性细胞与对照组相比减少,差异均有统计学意义。(2)NeuN免疫组织化学结果:给药后4、8、12h,实验组和对照组均未检测到NeuN阳性细胞;给药后24、48h,实验组与对照组相比,NeuN阳性细胞减少,差异均有统计学意义。结论环磷酰胺可使β-tubulin、NeuN的表达降低,干扰神经上皮细胞向神经元方向分化。     

脂肪来源细胞体外增殖规律及定向诱导分化研究

脂肪组织由整形外科吸脂术获得(19例,31．5±5．8岁)。酶消化法分离抽吸物中细胞,体外扩增至第10代．测定细胞生长曲线、累计倍增数目,明确其体外生长规律和增殖能力;通过对表面抗原CD29、CD105、CD106、CD166、CD49d、CD34、CD31、3G5等的检测分析脂肪来源细胞的群体组成：分别向软骨、骨、脂肪定向诱导,进一步明确该细胞群体定向分化能力。实验表明,每300ml脂肪抽吸物平均可获得5×10~7个有核细胞,体外扩增10代,平均每代倍增数目为1．59±0．224．累计倍增数目为15．53。流式细胞学及免疫细胞化学检测显示,干细胞相关抗原CD29、CD105、CD106、CD166等表达率均＞60%,但与造血系相关的CD34、CD31表达率也分别达到7．3%、29．2%。ADC向软骨诱导可检测到Ⅱ型胶原表达;向成骨诱导可见矿化结节形成,并可检测到AKP、Osteonectin基因表达;向脂肪诱导可检测到PPARr2、GLU-4、Leptin基因表达,细胞内有脂滴形成。脂肪来源的细胞获得量大,体外增殖能力强,并含有具有多向分化潜能细胞,有可能作为组织构建的种子细胞。     

骨髓高增殖潜能集落形成细胞（HPP—CFC）分化产生巨核细胞的研究

本研究用正常和５－ＦＵ处理的小鼠骨髓细胞,作血浆凝块培养,对一种称作ＨＰＰ－ｍＣＦＵ－ＭＫ的ＨＰＰ－ＣＦＣ亚型细胞集落进行体外追踪。发现ＨＰＰ－ｍＣＦＵ－ＭＫ不但能形成符合ＨＰＰ－ＣＦＣ标准的巨大集落,而且能产生大量的巨核细胞。该巨大集落的生长,依赖添加再生障碍性贫血猪血清（ＡＡＳ）或合用三种以上的基因重组造血生长因子而增强,在体外不被ＴＧＦ－β１和ＰＦ４抑制。原代培养１２天所得到的ＨＰＰ－ｍＣＦ     

人胚不同脑区神经前体细胞的分离培养及分化特性的比较

目的研究人胚不同脑区神经前体细胞(neural progenitor cells,NPCs)培养及增殖分化特性。方法取14-17周人胚脑区组织,分为新皮质、纹状体、间脑、中脑、后脑和延髓组,悬浮培养。鉴定细胞球巢蛋白抗原的表达,分化及自我更新能力。观察各脑区培养细胞的生长、增殖状况。新皮质、纹状体及间脑来源的神经球分化后,运用免疫荧光细胞化学法比较神经元及星形胶质细胞的比例。结果各脑区培养出的悬浮细胞球巢蛋白抗原阳性,可分化为MAP2或GFAP阳性细胞,且BrdU掺入实验阳性。体外培养第3d,纹状体及间脑组均可见大量神经球,且纹状体组明显多于间脑组;新皮质组传代后可见较多神经球;其它组仅见个别神经球。新皮质、纹状体、间脑来源的NPCs诱导分化后,MAP2或GFAP阳性细胞率各组间比较差异无显著性。结论人胚不同脑区均可培养出NPCs,从易到难依次为纹状体、间脑、新皮质及其它脑区。新皮质、纹状体、间脑来源的NPCs体外分化比例一致。     

体外定向诱导大鼠骨髓基质干细胞向成骨细胞分化的实验研究

目的研究大鼠骨髓基质干细胞的生长特点和诱导条件下的成骨能力。方法通过密度梯度离心和贴壁培养法分离成年大鼠骨髓基质干细胞,应用含地塞米松、p甘油磷酸纳和维生素c的诱导分化培养液定向诱导传代细胞向成骨细胞分化并检测碱性磷酸酶活性和细胞矿化作用。结果原代培养基质干细胞首先形成细胞集落,14d时集落间接近融合;传代细胞体积变大,约5～7d传代一次。诱导条件下,细胞碱性磷酸酶活性明显增高,并出现了矿化结节。结论骨髓基质干细胞易于分离培养及体外扩增,成骨能力肯定,可作为骨组织工程的种子细胞。     

DIFFERENTIATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT EPITHELIUM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HETEROLOGOUS MESENCHYME OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT IN THE BIRD EMBRYOS

The endoderm of the oesophagus, proventriculus, gizzard or small intestine of the 5-day-old chick or quail embryo was cultivated in combination with homologous or heterologous mesenchyme on a WxxxOLFFyyy and HxxxAFFHNyyy medium for 7 to 21 days or on the chorio-allantoic membrane (CAM) for 8 days. With homologous mesenchyme the epithelium always differentiated homotypically. In association with heterologous mesenchyme, the differentiation of the epithelium was both homotypical and heterotypical depending on the region of the digestive tract. The oesophagus and small intestine differentiate mainly homotypically both in culture and on CAM, but the gizzard and proventriculus show heterotypic differentiation particularly on CAM. Thus, the endoderm of the digestive tract of the 5-day-old chick or quail embryo, though rather "determined", still reacts to the heterologous stimuli of the mesenchyme to some degree.     

CYTOKINE- AND NEUROPEPTIDE-MEDIATED DIFFERENTIATION IN RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO

To determine the mechanism of growth and differentiation of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells it is important to understand the pathogenesis of several retinal diseases. Recently it has been reported that several cytokines and neuropeptides regulate the growth of RPE cells. In this study, the role of cytokines and neuropeptides in melanin synthesis, which is one indication of the RPE cell differentiation, was examined using chick RPE cells in vitro IL-1β, TNF-α, substance P, β-endorphin and methionine-enkephalin stimulated the melanin synthesis of RPE cells in a dose-dependent manner. The most effective concentrations of these agents on RPE cell melanin synthesis were not the same as that for RPE cell proliferation. These results indicate that cytokines and neuropeptides play an important role not only for the growth but also for the differentiation of RPE cells.     

THE PERSISTENCE OF HEMOPOIETIC STEM CELLS IN VITRO

Cells capable of forming colonies in spleens of irradiated mice (CFU) are lost temporarily when bone marrow cells from rats or mice are maintained in culture. Rat marrow CFU go through a minimum at about 3 days after which there is a slow increase in the number of CFU in culture, reaching a maximum at 9 days. Mouse marrow CFU reach a minimum at 3 days and a maximum at 7 days. Some rat marrow CFU persist in culture for as long as 28 days.     

密度因素在布氏田鼠种群调节中的作用

对布氏田鼠栖息密度不同的种群同时进行取样,研究密度因素对布氏田鼠种群发展的调节作用。结果表明,在高密度区布氏田鼠种群繁殖强度受到抑制,雌鼠怀孕率、雄鼠睾丸下降率、贮精囊肥大率和睾丸长度都小于低密度种群。高密度种群繁殖季节结束时间早于低密度种群,幼鼠肥满度较小,性成熟速度较慢,种群年龄结构中,幼年鼠所占比例小于低密度种群。这些都是导致高密度种群增长速度减慢的因素。