CELL-SHAPE AND CARTILAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF EARLY CHICK LIMB BUD CELLS IN CULTURE
CELL-SHAPE AND CARTILAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF EARLY CHICK LIMB BUD CELLS IN CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1016/0045-6039(82)90072-0
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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WOLPERT, L
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ARCHER, CW;ROONEY, P;WOLPERT, L
The onset of chondrogenesis in the embryonic chick is preceded by a prechondrogenic condensation of the prospective cartilage cells. In culture, the condrogenic phenotype was only expressed by limb mesoderm cells plated at densities above confluence. This led to the proposal that condrogenic differentiation requires immediate histogenic interactions prior to overt chondrogenesis. In both the in vivo and in vitro situations, cells secreting a cartilaginous matrix were rounded in shape. A dependence of phenotypic expression by mature chondrocytes on cell shape was shown. Cells maintained in a rounded configuration by culturing on a semiadhesive substratum (poly(HEMA[hydroxy-ethyl-methacrylate])) synthesized more S-containing extracellular matrix than cells allowed to flatten on normal tissue culture plastic did. Whether there is a similar shape-dependent relationship in the differentiation of chick embryonic mesoblasts into actively secreting chondroblasts was investigated. A rounded cell shape was conducive to the synthesis of a sulfated matrix.