Document Detail


Selective culture medium enhances survival of neuroblasts from postnatal rodent brain.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3756538     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
One of the major limitations to the study of the development of the nervous system in aneuploid mammalian embryos is that the aneuploid condition is usually lethal in utero. Liveborn aneuploid individuals often succumb rapidly because they have a constellation of malformations incompatible with postnatal survival. We have developed a selective tissue culture medium (D-val) which can be used with fetal calf serum or in a serum-free defined composition and which permits neuroblasts and glioblasts present in postnatal rodent (rat, mouse) brain to proliferate and differentiate in vitro. These cells contain D-amino acid oxidase, but fibroblasts do not. In this medium, fibroblasts cannot grow and are eliminated from the cultures without the use of deleterious compounds such as antimitotic or chemotherapeutic agents. With this medium, cultures containing neuroblasts can be established from normal rat and mouse brain as late as postnatal days 11-20. Cultures with significant numbers of proliferating cells can also be established from perinatal aneuploid mouse embryos, 'rescuing' the cells for further study.
Authors:
S F Gilbert; M L Oster-Granite; W Kirby; D Durie; D Lyons; E Greene
Related Documents :
16660748 - Freeze preservation of somatic embryos and clonal plantlets of carrot (daucus carota l).
17934308 - Soluble hla-g and embryo implantation: frequently asked questions.
16664558 - Identification and isolation of single cells that produce somatic embryos at a high fre...
16672718 - Cloned transgenic swine via in vitro production and cryopreservation.
6982298 - An efficient method for purification of human t-cell growth factor.
3911818 - Cultivation of fungi in synthetic and semi-synthetic liquid medium. ii. immunochemical ...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research bulletin     Volume:  16     ISSN:  0361-9230     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res. Bull.     Publication Date:  1986 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1986-11-18     Completed Date:  1986-11-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7605818     Medline TA:  Brain Res Bull     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  853-60     Citation Subset:  IM    
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Animals, Newborn / physiology
Brain / cytology*
Cell Survival / drug effects
Culture Media / pharmacology*
Culture Techniques / methods
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Neurons / cytology*,  drug effects
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Stem Cells / cytology*,  drug effects
Trisomy
Valine / pharmacology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HD-15032/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD-19932/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 7004-03-7/Valine

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Histogenesis of the retina in murine trisomy 19.
Next Document:  A new microcirculation chamber for inexpensive long-term investigations of nervous tissue in vitro.