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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Human adult endothelial cells (ECs) were cultured on liquid-liquid interface formed when aqueous culture medium is overlaid onto a fluorocarbon solvent. When ECs were seeded on untreated interfaces, some cells seemed to attach but they did not spread or grow. In contrast, when ECs were seeded on interfaces pretreated with such proteins as collagen type IV (COL), laminin (LN), fibronectin (FN), and fibrinogen (FG) the cells spread and proliferated until they formed confluent monolayers. Proteins such as bovine serum albumin (BSA) or gelatin (GN) were not as effective in providing surfaces for vigorous growth. Cells grown on fluorocarbon interfaces expressed specialized characteristics exhibited by endothelial cells grown under the usual culture conditions; they grew in a cobblestone monolayer, stained positively for Factor VIII-related antigen, and produced angiotensin-converting enzyme. The growth rate of ECs was the same whether they were cultured on treated fluorocarbon interfaces or on the usual tissue culture plastic surfaces. Using this culture system, the interactions of ECs with various adhesive proteins used as substrata was examined. ECs were observed to attach readily to the interfaces coated with GN, COL, LN, FN, and FG, but poorly to those coated with BSA. All the substrates tested, with the exception of BSA, promoted EC growth on fluorocarbon interfaces; ECs tended to grow more rapidly on COL- or FG-coated interfaces than on LN-, FN-, or GN-coated interfaces.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0883-8364
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
525-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Culture of human adult endothelial cells on liquid-liquid interfaces: a new approach to the study of cell-matrix interactions.
pubmed:affiliation
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.