Effects of soluble factors and extracellular matrix on DNA synthesis and surfactant gene expression in primary cultures of rat alveolar type II cells

Cell and Tissue Research
K SugaharaJ M Shannon

Abstract

Proliferation and differentiation of epithelial cells are thought to be regulated by soluble factors in extracellular fluid and insoluble components of the extracellular matrix. We have examined the combined effects of soluble factors and an extracellular matrix (EHS matrix) on DNA synthesis, cell proliferation, and surfactant protein gene expression in primary cultures of alveolar type II epithelial cells. Cells on EHS matrix cultured in DMEM containing insulin, cholera toxin, EGF, aFGF, 5% rat serum, and 15-fold concentrated bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (D-GM) formed larger aggregates than cells cultured on the same substratum in DMEM containing 5% rat serum (D-5). Cells cultured in D-GM on EHS matrix incorporated more [3H]-thymidine than cells on the same substratum in D-5, with an eight-fold increase seen on day 4 of culture. This increase in [3H]-thymidine incorporation was accompanied by a labeling index of greater than 65% of the cells. Cell counts showed that exposure of type II cells on EHS matrix to D-GM resulted in increased cell number on day 4 of culture. [3H]-thymidine autoradiography combined with immunostaining with anti-cytokeratin, anti-SP-A, and anti-vimentin antibodies demonstrated that the proliferating cel...Continue Reading

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