Effects of fetal bovine serum and serum-free conditions on white and dark axolotl neural crest explants |
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Authors: | Alan D. Dean Sally K. Frost-Mason |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Kansas, 4012 Haworth Hall, 66045 Lawrence, Kansas |
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Abstract: | Summary Neural crest cells from both white mutant and dark (wildtype) axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) were cultured in increasing concentrations of fetal bovine serum (FBS; 2 to 20%). For each explant, the total number of cells that migrated and the percent of differentiated melanophores were recorded. At concentrations of FBS above 2% melanophore differentiation was essentially equivalent (32 to 59%) for both the white and dark neural crest cultures, but subtle differences in cell behavior and differentiation were found between the two phenotypes. By contrast there was a significant difference in the percent melanization of cells in serum-free control cultures, wherein melanophore differentiation in dark neural crest cultures was, on average, 18% compared to 5% in white cultures. Thus, contrary to all previously published work, white and dark neural crest cells are not intrinsically equivalent. Our culture results are discussed with regard to the probable in vivo conditions that cause the white phenotype. This research was supported by grant AR 34478 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, and a University of Kansas Biomedical Science support grant. |
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Keywords: | axolotl neural crest fetal bovine serum melanophore differentiation |
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