Glial fibrillary acidic protein‐solubility characteristics, relation to cell growth phases and cellular localization in rat C‐6 glioma cells: an immunoradiometric and immunohistologic study
Glial fibrillary acidic protein‐solubility characteristics, relation to cell growth phases and cellular localization in rat C‐6 glioma cells: an immunoradiometric and immunohistologic study
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大鼠 C-6 神经胶质瘤细胞中胶质原纤维酸性蛋白溶解度特征、与细胞生长期和细胞定位的关系:免疫放射和免疫组织学研究
作者:
C. Liao;L. Eng;M. M. Herman;K. Bensch
( i i IAI lihrillary acidic It iFA) protein has been shown to he ii \pccilic marker for astrocytes (EN(; P I ol., 1971 ; BIGNAUI CI 01.. 1972: EN<; & KOSFK. 1974; L[II)WIN t'f ul.. 1Y7hl I t \ prewnce has been demonstrated. in certain spccilic conditions. in rat C-6 glioma cells, a line of relaribel) undinerentiated glial tumor cells. By immunofluoresccnce IHISSILL er ul.. 1974). i t was present in only an occahional C-6 cell maintained in monolayer or suspension culturc hut was found in most cells after maintenance for I ? 14 days in an organ culture system. This increase in glial protein was not associated, however, with intracytoplasmic filament production. Quantitative analysis by a tv+o-site immunoradiometric assay (2-site IRMA) demonstrated a marked increase of aqueous soluble GFA protein in the same line of cells maintained in an organ culture system for 6 and 13 days as compared to those maintained for slmilar periods in monolayer or suspension cultures (BISSELL er al.. 1975). Since the increased GFA protein occurred in organ culture both with the medium used for monolayer and with the enriched medium used for organ culture. i t was tentatively suggested that cell-to-cell contact occurring in the foam matrices of the organ culture system might play the major role in the increased production of the protein. However, the more favorable rates of cellular oxygenation found in the organ culture system might also be a factor. as discussed elsewhere (BISSELL ef a/., 1975). The question has been raised whether the variation in GFA protein production in the various culture systems is due mainly to differences in solubility rather than to differences in the total amount of the protein (BIGNAMI, 1975). Several workers (ENG er a/.. 1971 ; ENG & UYEDA, 1973; DAHL & BICNAMI, 1973) showed that GFA protein is only partially extracted with water from human brain tissue, and suggested that the water-soluble GFA protein represented the unpolymerized form of glial filaments while the water-insoluble (detergent-soluble) GFA protein represented the polymerized glial filaments. In addition, it was shown by the conjugated-immunoperoxidase method that GFA protein is topographically associated with the 80-90nm glial filaments (ENG & KOSEK. 1974). Since it IS now possible to solubilize the water-insoluble GFA protein with detergent and to determine the GFA protein concentration by our 2-site IRMA assay (LEE ef al., 1976).