Hormonal regulation of hemoglobin synthesis in cells of fetal calf liver cultured in a serum-free medium

Biochemistry ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1160-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. Congote ◽  
Samuel Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Hormonal Regulation ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Hemoglobin Synthesis ◽  
In Cells

Stimulierung von Kulturen embryonaler Rattenzellen durch Kälberserum / Stimulation of Embryonic Rat Cells in Culture by Calf Serum

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 562-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Grimm ◽  
Werner Frank
Keyword(s):  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Calf Serum ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Double Labelling ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Protein Binding Assay ◽  
Adenosine Phosphates ◽  
In Cells

Embryonic rat cells cultured in a synthetic medium are stopped in G1 phase if serum is omitted from the culture medium. On addition of calf serum these cells resume DNA synthesis after a lag phase of 15—20 hours. In the present paper the events concerning the metabolism of adenosine phosphates after stimulation by serum have been examined. The results are the following:1. The concentration of cAMP in cells which have been incubated for 24 hours in serum-free medium is 32 times higher than that in cells growing in medium containing 10 per cent calf serum; the accumulated cAMP is metabolized within 10 min after the addition of 10 per cent calf serum. This has been confirmed by a double labelling technique after preincubation with radioactive adenosine as well as by estimation of cAMP using a protein-binding assay.2. A cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase is activated shortly after stimulation; the enzyme activity in dialysed cell homogenates is increased within 30 min by a factor of 2.3. Cells incubated in serum-free and those in serum-containing medium have equal amounts of ATP. On addition of serum the ATP concentration in cells preincubated in serum-free medium decreases by 27%; the original level is restored 20—30 min later.

Exogeneous factors are not necessary in attachment, spreading and polarization of hela cells

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-311
Author(s):  
W. Liebrich
Keyword(s):  
Hela Cells ◽  
Calf Serum ◽  
Glass Tube ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Nacl Solution ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Minimum Essential Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
All Solutions ◽  
Glass Support

HeLa cells were grown for 2-3 days in EAGLE'S minimum essential medium with 10% calf serum (S-MEM; Seromed, München) and then incubated for 24 hours in serum free medium (MEM). After detaching the cells with a solution of 0. 14 % EDTA and 0. 07 % trypsin (Difco, 1 : 250) they were suspended in various solutions (S-MEM = control, MEM, buffered salt solutions with or without Me++ions, 0. 9 % NaCl solution) and allowed to settle on glass tube slips (Leighton-tubes). After 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 1 45, 60 minutes 2, 3, 4, 5 hours cells were prepared for scanning electron microscopy as described by Paweletz and Schroeter. The preparations were examined in a Jeol SEM (JSM-U3) at 25 KV without tilting.The suspended spherical HeLa cells are able to adhere to the glass support in all solutions. The rate of attachment, however, is faster in solutions without serum than in the control. The latter is in agreement with the findings of other authors.

Hemoglobin Enhances the Binding of Bacterial Endotoxin to Human Endothelial Cells

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (02) ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert I Roth
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Bacterial Endotoxin ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Human Endothelial Cells ◽  
Serum Factors ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Lps Binding

SummaryHuman endothelial cells, when incubated with bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS), modify their surface in association with prominent production of procoagulant tissue factor (TF) activity. This deleterious biological effect of LPS has been shown previously to be enhanced approximately 10-fold by the presence of hemoglobin (Hb), a recently recognized LPS binding protein that causes disaggregation of LPS and increases the biological activity of LPS in a number of in vitro assays. The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that Hb enhances the LPS-induced procoagulant activity of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) by increasing LPS binding to the cells. The binding of 3H-LPS to HUVEC was determined in the absence or presence of Hb or two other known LPS-binding proteins, human serum albumin (HSA) and IgG. LPS binding was substantially increased in the presence of Hb, in a Hb concentration-dependent manner, but was not increased by HSA or IgG. Hb enhancement of LPS binding was observed in serum-free medium, indicating that there was no additional requirement for any of the serum factors known to participate in the interaction of LPS with cells (e.g., lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-binding protein (LBP) and soluble CD14 (sCD14)). Hb enhancement of LPS binding also was observed in the more physiologic condition of 100% plasma. LPS-induced TF activity was stimulated by Hb, but not by HSA or IgG. In serum-free medium, TF activity was not stimulated under any of the conditions tested. Ultrafiltration of LPS was dramatically increased after incubation with Hb but not with HSA or IgG, suggesting that LPS disaggregation by Hb was responsible for the enhanced binding of LPS to HUVEC and the subsequent stimulation of TF activity.

THE INFLUENCE OF SERUM ON THE UPTAKE, CONVERSION AND ACTION OF DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE IN RAT PROSTATE GLANDS IN ORGAN CULTURE

1975 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
ILSE LASNITZKI ◽  
HILARY R. FRANKLIN
Keyword(s):  
Organ Culture ◽  
Horse Serum ◽  
Target Tissue ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Human Pregnancy ◽  
Human Male ◽  
Columnar Cells

SUMMARY The influence of serum on the uptake, conversion and action of dihydrotestosterone in relation to the sex steroid binding protein, TeBG, has been investigated in rat ventral prostates in organ culture. The organs were incubated with [1,2-3H]dihydrotestosterone in: (1) serum-free medium, (2) horse serum, foetal and newborn bovine serum or (3) human male and human pregnancy serum. With all sera the uptake of dihydrotestosterone fell with rising serum concentration, at first steeply and then more gradually. At the same concentration, the uptake was significantly lower in explants incubated with human pregnancy serum than in those kept with human male serum. The conversion of dihydrotestosterone to androstanediol followed the same pattern and less androstanediol was formed in the presence of pregnancy serum. Since pregnancy serum contains higher amounts of TeBG than male serum, the lowered uptake suggests that only the free hormone was available to the target organ. Addition of unlabelled dihydrotestosterone resulted in a higher uptake than that measured in explants incubated with the labelled steroid only. The effect of the human sera on uptake and conversion was correlated with the androgenic activity of dihydrotestosterone applied at physiological concentrations and expressed as the percentage of secretory columnar cells present. The degree of maintenance closely corresponded to the uptake of the hormone. In serum-free medium, the number of columnar cells approached the values found in vivo, with male serum their number, though reduced, was still substantial, with pregnancy serum it was extremely low. It is concluded that the amounts of TeBG present in serum regulate the supply of the hormone to the target tissue and thus control its biological action.

scholarly journals The effects of various hormones and growth factors on the growth of human insulin-producing cell line in serum-free medium

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Jeong Lee ◽  
Jai-Hyun Kwon ◽  
Yong Keun Park ◽  
Ohoak Kwon ◽  
Tai-Wook Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
Human Insulin ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free

Therapeutic Impact of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Expanded by Animal Serum–Free Medium for Cerebral Infarct in Rats

Neurosurgery ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1733-1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taku Sugiyama ◽  
Satoshi Kuroda ◽  
Yukari Takeda ◽  
Mitsufumi Nishio ◽  
Masaki Ito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Bone Marrow Stromal Cells ◽  
Marrow Stromal Cells ◽  
Human Bone ◽  
Human Bone Marrow ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Therapeutic Impact

Efficient suspension bioreactor expansion of murine embryonic stem cells on microcarriers in serum-free medium

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roz Alfred ◽  
Jaret Radford ◽  
Jessica Fan ◽  
Kathryn Boon ◽  
Roman Krawetz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Serum Free Medium ◽  
Free Medium ◽  
Serum Free ◽  
Murine Embryonic Stem Cells ◽  
Suspension Bioreactor
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