Summary Mouse lymphoma L1210 cells maintained in vitro at a high cell density for a certain time period adapted themselves to the
in vitro environment and were able to grow indefinitely. From these adapted cells, more than 30 clones were isolated. They
all had much higher activity to take up cystine than the original L1210 cells, supporting a previous view that the deficiency
of the cystine uptake limits the survival and growth of L1210 cells in vitro. The cystine uptake of one cloned cell line was
characterized. The enhanced uptake of cystine in these cells was mainly mediated by a Na+-independent, saturable system and was potently inhibited by glutamate and some other anionic amino acids, but less by aspartate.
Such activity of cystine uptake was not observed in the original L1210 cells. The results suggest that, upon adaptation in
vitro, L1210 cells acquire a new cystine transport activity necessary for survival and growth in vitro. 相似文献
Summary Maize was crossed with sorghum, Tripsacum and millet with the aim of introgressing desirable alien characteristics into maize. The products of crosses were analyzed as to their level of differentiation following pollination; their further development on artificial culture medium was compared. In spite of a stimulation rate close to 5%, no evidence of hybridization between maize and sorghum or millet could be obtained. The plants recovered proved to be of maternal origin. However, with an appreciable frequency, stimulation leading to hypertrophic growth of nucellar tissue was observed. This phenomenon is bound to pollination, never occurring in non-pollinated ears. In crosses involving Tripsacum, more than 140 true hybrids were isolated. The influence of the genotypes used as well as factors such as climatic conditions or in vitro techniques are discussed. Except for one haploid maize plant, all the plants recovered proved to be classical hybrids, most of them showing the expected complement of chromosomes from each parent (10 + 36 chromosomes), a few others being slightly hyperploid (2n = 47 to 50 chromosomes). No non-classical hybrids constituted by a nonreduced female gamete and a reduced male gamete were obtained. 相似文献
A radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed to measure fibroblast growth factor (FGF) using antiserum generated against a synthetic replicate of [Tyr10]FGF(1–10). The antisera, previously shown to be capable of inhibiting the biological action of FGF on bovine aortic arch endothelial cells in vitro [1], are highly specific for the amino-terminus of FGF. In the RIA, the antisera recognize the decapeptide antigen [Tyr10]FGF(1–10) and the intact mitogen on an equimolar basis and show less than 0.01% cross-reactivity with N-acetyl-[Tyr10]FGF(1–10).
Bovine adenohypophysial cells maintained in primary monolayer culture release and ir-FGF which is indistinguishable from the intact mitogen in as much as it is retained on heparin-Sepharose affinity columns and shows a dose-dependent and parallel displacement in RIA. The release of ir-FGF by the bovine adenohypophysis can be increased with forskolin (10−5 M) or KCl (50 mM). Preincubation of pituitary cells with 17β-estradiol has no measurable effects on basal ir-FGF, but increases the release after KCl treatment 2–3-fold. These results show that ir-FGF can be released by the bovine adenohypophysis in vitro and lend credence to the hypothesis that FGF plays a physiological role in the homeostatic mechanisms regulating mesoderm-derived cell growth. 相似文献
Callus cultures were established from stem explants of Ruscus hypophyllum on a modified basal medium of Murashige and Skoog (1962) supplemented with 1 mg l-1 2,4-D+0.1 mg l-1 BAP. The optimal 2,4-D concentration for promoting shoot bud formation and growth was 0.05 mg l-1 along with 0.5 mg l-1 BAP. Sixty percent of rootless shoots produced flowers on the regenerating medium. Rooting was induced when shoots were transferred to half strength MS inorganic salts supplemented with 2 mg l-1 IBA. Eighty percent of plants transferred to soil have survived. 相似文献
mRNAs extracted from human pheochromocytoma were translated in vitro in a lysate of a rabbit reticulocytes. Two enzymes of the biosynthetic pathway of the catecholamines, tyrosine-hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), were characterized as translation products after immunoprecipitation by specific antisera and electrophoretic analysis. The precursor of TH is a polypeptide having a molecular mass of 62,000 identical to that found for the mature protein. The molecular mass of the precursor of DBH 73,000 while that of the mature form is 79,000. TH and DBH have been translated from mRNAs having sedimentation coefficients of 22S and 25S, respectively. 相似文献
The biological activity of natural and synthetic mineral fibers has been examined. Natural attapulgite [(Mg, Al)2Si4O10(OH).4H20], synthetic xonotlite [Ca3Si3O8(OH)2] and natural sepiolite [Mg2Si3O8.2H2O] were selected. Genotoxic effects were investigated by means of a well established cellular model based upon the measurement of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in rat hepatocytes in primary culture. The intrinsic capacity of the fibers (1 and 10 µ/ml) to induce UDS was first tested. None of the fiber types showed detectable UDS-eliciting activity. Also, the possible modulation of the cellular response to genotoxic agents by the materials was examined by exposing the cells to mixtures of 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) (0.05 and 0.25 µg/ml) and fibers (1 and 10 µg/ml). In these experiments, the UDS response was significantly diminished in the presence of xonotlite. This phenomenon may reflect changes in the uptake and/or metabolism of AAF or may result from an inhibition of DNA repair processes, the latter suggesting a possible cocarcinogenic potential for this synthetic silicate. These results point to the immediate necessity of studying more extensively the biological effects of fibrous materials that can be used as substitutes for asbestos.Abbreviations AAF
2-acetylaminofluorene
- DMSO
dimethyl-sulfoxide
- FBS
fetal bovine serum
- IRDA
Institut de Recherche et de Développement sur l'Amiante
- LDH
lactate dehydrogenase
- UDS
unscheduled
- DNA
synthesis
- WME
Williams' Medium E
This work was supported by the Institut de Recherche et de Développement sur l'Amiante (IRDA), Sherbrooke, Canada. 相似文献