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SV40-immortalization of rabbit articular chondrocytes: alteration of differentiated functions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1309824     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cell lines were established from rabbit articular chondrocytes following transfection with a plasmid encoding SV40 early function genes. This resulted in cell immortalization (130 passages have been completed for the oldest cell line) with acquisition of characteristics of partial transformation such as reduced serum requirements for normal and clonal growth. The immortalized chondrocytes, called SVRAC, did not form multilayer foci when maintained in postconfluent culture. Their ability to form colonies in soft agar was not increased in comparison with normal chondrocytes, but they were weakly tumorigenic in nude mice. SVRAC lost the ability to synthesize type II collagen and Alcian blue-stainable matrix, which are markers of the differentiated chondrocyte phenotype, and synthesized predominantly type I collagen. Studies of collagen gene expression showed that pro alpha 1 (II) mRNA was undetectable, whereas pro alpha 1 (I) collagen mRNA was expressed even in late passage cultures. Unlike normal dedifferentiated chondrocytes, SVRAC were unable to re-express the differentiated phenotype in response to tridimensional culture or microfilament depolymerization. Cell lines obtained from chondrocytes transfected either in primary culture or just after release of cells from cartilage displayed the same behaviour. Thus SV40 early genes were able to immortalize rabbit articular chondrocytes, but the resulting cell lines displayed an apparently irreversibly dedifferentiated phenotype. These cell lines can be used as models to identify regulatory pathways that are required for the maintenance or reexpression of differentiated function in chondrocytes.
Authors:
S Thenet; P D Benya; S Demignot; J Feunteun; M Adolphe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of cellular physiology     Volume:  150     ISSN:  0021-9541     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Cell. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1992 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-02-18     Completed Date:  1992-02-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0050222     Medline TA:  J Cell Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  158-67     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cellulaire de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Centre de Recherches Biomédicales des Cordeliers, Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blotting, Northern
Cartilage, Articular / cytology*
Cell Differentiation*
Cell Division
Cell Transformation, Viral*
Cells, Cultured
Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Rabbits
Simian virus 40
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AM16404/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS

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