ASTROCYTIC CELL CLONES DERIVED FROM ESTABLISHED CULTURES OF 8-DAY POSTNATAL MOUSE CEREBELLA
ASTROCYTIC CELL CLONES DERIVED FROM ESTABLISHED CULTURES OF 8-DAY POSTNATAL MOUSE CEREBELLA
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(84)90377-9
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
PESSAC, B
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作者:
ALLIOT, F;PESSAC, B
Clonal permanent cell lines with astrocytic properties were established from explant cultures of 8-day postnatal mouse cerebella after in vitro spontaneous transformation, i.e., without the addition of carcinogens or oncogenic viruses. The cell lines were derived in a multistage process. Slowly proliferating foci with several morphologies appeared 4 mo. after initiation of the cultures and became progressively enriched by cells with a homogeneous appearance. These cells could be established into permanent cell lines from which many clones were obtained. Some of these cloned cell lines bound anti-GFAP [glial fibrillary acidic protein] sera and therefore appeared to be astrocytic. According to their morphology, 3 separate types of these GFAP-positive clones could be distinguished. Type I and II cells had small somata; type I had several short processes, while type II had 2 processes, 1 of which was very thin and long (> 200 .mu.m). Type III cells had large flat somata and no processes. The 3 types of clonal cell lines were labeled by monoclonal antibodies which bind to astrocytes in vivo. In particular, 3 monoclonal antibodies (BSP-3, M2 and M3) bound only to type II cells in a distinct pattern. Type I and II astrocytes are pseudodiploid and type III, heteroploid. The properties of these different clonal cell lines are very stable. Permanently established clonal cultures of mouse cerebellum astrocyte-like cells, which might be the in vitro counterparts of fibrous (type I), or velamentous (type III) astrocytes and of Golgi epithelial cells (type II) were obtained.