Amino acid environment determines expression of carbamoylphosphate synthetase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in embryonic rat hepatocytes |
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Authors: | Wouter H. Lamers Marian van Roon Piet G. Mooren André De Graaf Robert Charles |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary A completely defined medium (EHM-1), which reflects the amino acid composition of fetal rat serum and contains albumin as the sole proteinaceous compound, allows the accumulation of carbamoylphosphate synthetase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the presence of dexamethasone, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, and triiodothyronine to approximately twice the level attained in a standard culture medium (RPMI 1640) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (and hormones). Using the EHM-1 medium we could show that the capacity of hepatocytes to synthesize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the presence of hormones is manifest as soon as the cells differentiate from the embryonic foregut (embryonic Day 11). Furthermore we could show that embryonic hepatocytes can become binuclear or polyploid when cultured in the presence of thyroid hormone. These investigations were supported in part by the Dutch Foundation for Medical Research FUNGO (grant 13-50-38). |
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Keywords: | carbamoylphosphate synthetase phosphoenolpuruvate carboxykinase embryonic hepatocytes differentiation culture medium composition |
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