scholarly journals Analysis of fructose and mannose – regulatory peptides signaling pathway in porcine epithelial oviductal cells (OECs) primary cultured long-term in vitro

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariusz J. Nawrocki ◽  
Joanna Budna ◽  
Piotr Celichowski ◽  
Ronza Khozmi ◽  
Artur Bryja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Peptides ◽  
Transcriptomic Profile ◽  
Biochemical Modification ◽  
Developmental Capacity ◽  
Compound Process ◽  
Activity Marker ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Mannose Metabolism

AbstractThe morphological and biochemical modification of oviductal epithelial cells (OECs) belongs to the compound process responsible for proper oocytes transport and successful fertilization. However, the main mechanisms which regulated this process are still not entirely known. Moreover, the OECs metabolism, which may be identified as the “cellular activity” marker, is poorly recognized. In this study we investigated the fructose and mannose metabolic pathway in porcine OECs primary long-term cultured in vitro.In our study, we employ a primary long term in vitro culture (IVC) and microarray approach (the Affymetrix microarray were used for analysis of transcriptomic profile of OECs) for expression levels analysis.We found that from the whole analyzed transcriptome, 1537 genes were upregulated and 995 were down regulated after 7 days of culture, 1471 genes were upregulated and 1061 were downregulated after 15 days of culture and 1329 genes were upregulated and 1203 were downregulated after 30 days of culture. Moreover, the differential expression of SORD, FPGT, PFKFB4, TPI1, MPI, ALDOC, HK2 and PFKFB3 at 24 hours, 7 day, 15 day and 30 day, was also observed.We suggested that fructose and mannose metabolism may be important molecular bio-marker of porcine OECs capability in in vitro model. The metabolic profile is significantly accompanied by cells proliferation in vitro. The transcriptomic profile of SORD, FPGT, PFKFB4, TPI1, MPI, ALDOC, HK2 and PFKFB3 expression may be identified as “fingerprint” of fructose and mannose metabolism in OECs as well as involved in cellular in vitro developmental capacity in pigs.

Mesothelial Cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 110-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Yung ◽  
Chan Tak Mao
Keyword(s):  
Mesothelial Cell ◽  
In Vitro Models ◽  
Mesothelial Cells ◽  
Dynamic Membrane ◽  
Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells ◽  
Immunohistochemical Markers ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
And Function

♦ Background The introduction of peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality of renal replacement therapy has provoked much interest in the biology of the peritoneal mesothelial cell. Mesothelial cells isolated from omental tissue have immunohistochemical markers that are identical to those of mesothelial stem cells, and omental mesothelial cells can be cultivated in vitro to study changes to their biologic functions in the setting of PD. ♦ Method The present article describes the structure and function of mesothelial cells in the normal peritoneum and details the morphologic changes that occur after the introduction of PD. Furthermore, this article reviews the literature of mesothelial cell culture and the limitations of in vitro studies. ♦ Results The mesothelium is now considered to be a dynamic membrane that plays a pivotal role in the homeostasis of the peritoneal cavity, contributing to the control of fluid and solute transport, inflammation, and wound healing. These functional properties of the mesothelium are compromised in the setting of PD. Cultures of peritoneal mesothelial cells from omental tissue provide a relevant in vitro model that allows researchers to assess specific molecular pathways of disease in a distinct population of cells. Structural and functional attributes of mesothelial cells are discussed in relation to long-term culture, proliferation potential, age of tissue donor, use of human or animal in vitro models, and how the foregoing factors may influence in vitro data. ♦ Conclusions The ability to propagate mesothelial cells in culture has resulted, over the past two decades, in an explosion of mesothelial cell research pertaining to PD and peritoneal disorders. Independent researchers have highlighted the potential use of mesothelial cells as targets for gene therapy or transplantation in the search to provide therapeutic strategies for the preservation of the mesothelium during chemical or bacterial injury.

scholarly journals High-resolution tomographic analysis of in vitro 3D glioblastoma tumor model under long-term drug treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. eaay7513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet S. Ozturk ◽  
Vivian K. Lee ◽  
Hongyan Zou ◽  
Roland H. Friedel ◽  
Xavier Intes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Treatment ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Imaging Modality ◽  
Tumor Model ◽  
Term Evaluation ◽  
Vascular Channels ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Tomographic Analysis

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a lethal type of brain tumor that often develop therapeutic resistance over months of chemotherapy cycles. Recently, 3D GBM models were developed to facilitate evaluation of drug treatment before undergoing expensive animal studies. However, for long-term evaluation of therapeutic efficacy, novel approaches for GBM tissue construction are still needed. Moreover, there is still a need to develop fast and sensitive imaging methods for the noninvasive assessment of this 3D constructs and their response to drug treatment. Here, we report on the development of an integrated platform that enable generating (i) an in vitro 3D GBM model with perfused vascular channels that allows long-term culture and drug delivery and (ii) a 3D imaging modality that enables researchers to noninvasively assess longitudinal fluorescent signals over the whole in vitro model.

scholarly journals Kinetics of sickle cell biorheology and implications for painful vasoocclusive crisis

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 1422-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Du ◽  
Monica Diez-Silva ◽  
Gregory J. Kato ◽  
Ming Dao ◽  
Subra Suresh
Keyword(s):  
Disease Severity ◽  
Cell Density ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Hematological Parameters ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Hypoxic Conditions ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Kinetics Of

We developed a microfluidics-based model to quantify cell-level processes modulating the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease (SCD). This in vitro model enabled quantitative investigations of the kinetics of cell sickling, unsickling, and cell rheology. We created short-term and long-term hypoxic conditions to simulate normal and retarded transit scenarios in microvasculature. Using blood samples from 25 SCD patients with sickle hemoglobin (HbS) levels varying from 64 to 90.1%, we investigated how cell biophysical alterations during blood flow correlated with hematological parameters, HbS level, and hydroxyurea (HU) therapy. From these measurements, we identified two severe cases of SCD that were also independently validated as severe from a genotype-based disease severity classification. These results point to the potential of this method as a diagnostic indicator of disease severity. In addition, we investigated the role of cell density in the kinetics of cell sickling. We observed an effect of HU therapy mainly in relatively dense cell populations, and that the sickled fraction increased with cell density. These results lend support to the possibility that the microfluidic platform developed here offers a unique and quantitative approach to assess the kinetic, rheological, and hematological factors involved in vasoocclusive events associated with SCD and to develop alternative diagnostic tools for disease severity to supplement other methods. Such insights may also lead to a better understanding of the pathogenic basis and mechanism of drug response in SCD.

scholarly journals A Pilot Study To Establish an In Vitro Model To Study Premature Intestinal Epithelium and Gut Microbiota Interactions

mSphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Gibbons ◽  
Ji Youn Yoo ◽  
Tina Mutka ◽  
Maureen Groer ◽  
Thao T. B. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Bacterial Flora ◽  
Mucosal Barrier ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
Culture Models ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Cell Culture Models

The gut bacterial flora influences the development of the immune system and long-term health outcomes in preterm infants. Studies of the mechanistic interactions between the gut bacteria and mucosal barrier are limited to clinical observations, animal models, and in vitro cell culture models for this vulnerable population.

scholarly journals Dietary Mannose Supplementation in Phosphomannomutase 2 Deficiency (PMM2-CDG)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Taday ◽  
Marianne Grüneberg ◽  
Ingrid DuChesne ◽  
Janine Reunert ◽  
Thorsten Marquardt
Keyword(s):  
Biological Effects ◽  
Protein Glycosylation ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Everyday Clinical Practice ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Mannose Metabolism ◽  
Mean Time

Abstract BackgroundPMM2-CDG (CDG-Ia) is the most frequent N-glycosylation disorder. While supplying mannose to PMM2-deficient fibroblasts corrects the altered N-glycosylation in vitro, short term therapeutic approaches with mannose supplementation in PMM2-CDG patients have been unsuccessful. Mannose found no further mention in the design of a potential therapy for PMM2-CDG in the past years, as it applies as ineffective. This retrospective study analyzes the first long term mannose supplementation in 20 PMM2-CDG patients. Mannose was given at a total of 1–2 g mannose/kg b.w./d divided into 5 single doses over a mean time of 60,7 months. Protein glycosylation, blood mannose concentration and clinical presentation were monitored in everyday clinical practice.ResultsAfter a mean time period of more than 1 year the majority of patients showed significant improvements in protein glycosylation.ConclusionLong-term dietary D-mannose supplementation shows biological effects in PMM2-CDG, an inherited disorder of mannose metabolism. It improves glycosylation in the majority of patients and could become the first cornerstone in the treatment of this disease.

scholarly journals Evaluation of erythropoiesis in long-term hamster bone marrow suspension cultures: absence of a requirement for adherent monolayer cells

Blood ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 999-1006
Author(s):  
CE Eastment ◽  
FW Ruscetti
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Red Blood Cells ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Adherent Cell ◽  
Erythroid Progenitors ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Bone Marrow Cultures ◽  
Vitro Model

In long-term hamster bone marrow cultures, proliferation and differentiation of hemopoietic stem cells occurs for several months without need for hydrocortisone or adherent stromal elements, which are requirements for bone marrow growth in all other species studied. Only the most primitive erythroid progenitors (BFU-E) are produced in the cultures. Following treatment of the cells with erythropoietin, these progenitor cells undergo differentiation into mature hemoglobinized red blood cells. Concomitant addition of erythropoietin (Epo) and prostaglandin-E1 (PGE1) results in the production of large numbers of maturing red blood cells. In cultures stimulated with Epo and PGE1, as many as 70% of the cells are benzidine-positive, while Epo alone stimulated as many as 45% of the cells to become erythroid. Epo and PGE1 do not have any apparent deleterious effect on the continuous hemopoiesis occurring in these cultures. Under identical conditions, syngeneic adherent cell cultures do not produce any erythroid elements. The development of mature red blood cells from primitive erythroid precursors occurs in the presence of Epo alone and without any apparent need for adherent stromal elements. These cultures provide a useful in vitro model for dissecting the positive and negative signals that regulate erythropoiesis.

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