SELECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BOVINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
SELECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BOVINE AORTIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02616210
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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SCHWARTZ, SM
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SCHWARTZ, SM
Techniques for isolation, selection and long-term passage of bovine aortic endothelium (BAE) are reported. A [3H]thymidine-selection technique was developed to limit overgrowth of cultures by contaminating smooth-muscle cells. The resulting cultures could be passaged for a replicative life span of 35-40 doublings and maintained a stable, normal karyotype throughout this period. Despite the fact that these cultures reached a stable monolayer with density-inhibited growth state, postconfluent cells showed focal areas of a 2nd growth pattern called sprouting. This was seen only when cultures were maintained at high densities for periods of 1-2 wk. Ultrastructural analysis, and immunofluorescence studies with markers for endothelial cells (factor VIII) and smoothmuscle cells (actin) indicate that the phenomenon is not due to overgrowth of a residual population of smooth-muscle cells but may represent a 2nd growth pattern of the endothelial cells themselves.