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题目:: Modulation of smooth muscle phenotype in vitro by homologous cell substrate.
作者:: Tao(F),Chaudry(S),Tolloczko(B),Martin(J G),Kelly(S M)
状态:: 发布时间2003-05-07 , 更新时间 2014-11-20
期刊:: Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
摘要:: We have developed a novel cell culture system that supports the shortening of smooth muscle cells. Primary rat airway smooth muscle cells were plated on an ethanol-fixed, confluent monolayer of homologous smooth muscle cells (homologous cell substrate, HCS). Cells grown on HCS exhibited morphological and functional characteristics consistent with a differentiated phenotype. Cells on HCS were spindle shaped with a well-defined long axis, whereas cells grown on glass were larger and irregularly shaped. Smooth muscle-specific alpha-actin immunostained diffusely in cells on HCS, whereas it appeared as stress fibers in cells on glass. Agonists recruited a greater fraction of HCS cells to contract, resulting in greater changes in cell area or length on average, but the maximal capacity of shortening of individual cells was similar between the groups. Unlike cells on glass, cells on HCS shortened to methacholine. HCS was reversible and persisted over several passages. Agonists stimulated intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations in cells on HCS, whereas they elicited biphasic peak and plateau transients in cells on glass. HCS modulates smooth muscle cell phenotype in vitro.
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