In vitro histogenic capacities of limb mesenchyme from various stage mouse embryos.
In vitro histogenic capacities of limb mesenchyme from various stage mouse embryos.
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不同阶段小鼠胚胎肢体间充质的体外组织形成能力。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(81)90173-1
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Solursh,M
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作者:
Owens,EM;Solursh,M
Mesenchyme cells isolated from mouse embryo forelimb buds (stages 15 through 21) and placed in high-density micromass cultures are compared with respect to theirin vitrohistogenic capacities. Particular emphasis is placed on changes inin vitrochondrogenic capacity. Stage 15 mouse limb cultures form numerous aggregates which uniformly fail to differentiate into cartilage nodules. On the other hand, cartilage nodules are observed in cultures prepared from all subsequent stage limbs, although there is a linear decrease in the size of nodules between stage 16–17 and middle-late stage 21 cultures. This decrease correlates with simultaneous decreases in both the proportion of aggregating cells and the extent of dibutyryl cyclic AMP-stimulated cartilage formation. At the same time, observations indicate that the proportions of nonaggregating and nonchondrogenic mesenchyme, myogenic cells, and, perhaps, fibrogenic mesenchyme are increasing. The only exceptions to these patterns are observed in cultures from middle-late stage 21 limbs, when cartilage differentiationin situis already extensive. Unlike earlier stage cultures, which form nearly identical numbers of aggregates and nodules, middle-late stage 21 cultures form variable numbers of aggregates, only a few of which differentiate into cartilage nodules. Middle-late stage 21 cultures also contain unexpectedly low numbers of myogenic cells/unit area of culture. Based on changes in thein vitrohistogenic capacities, it is concluded that concurrent with a progression of morphogenic events in the limb, there is a progression of changes in the relative proportions of cell subpopulations. Both the existence of the different subpopulationsandthe changes in their relative proportions can be detectedin vitro. Furthermore, it is concluded that cartilage formation in the limbs of both mouse and chick embryos probably occurs according to very similar developmental programs.