Effect of the extracellular matrix molecules fibronectin and laminin on the adhesion and growth of primary renal cortical epithelial cells
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology
- Vol. 44 (1) , 337-354
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02890182
Abstract
Primary tubular epithelial cells were isolated from renal cortex following enzymatic dissociation with collagenase. These cells were then grown in chemically defined media containing insulin, transferrin, selenium, tri-iodothyronine and either fibronectin or laminin. The tubular epithelial cells were studied ultrastructurally and compared to another epithelial cell type present in the renal cortex, the glomerular epithelial cell. In contrast to the constant morphology of glomerular epithelial cells grown in chemically defined media, tubular epithelial cell morphology depended on whether the cells were placed in fibronectin or laminin and on the age of the donor animal used for culture. Primary tubular cells grown in laminin formed colonies; cells grown from young animals were rounded, whereas cells grown from adult animals were flattened. Primary tubular cells grown in fibronectin were flattened regardless of age, but cells from young animals formed colonies while those from adult animals formed a monolayer. Despite these differences in gross morphology, scanning and transmission electron microscopy revealed similar ultrastructural features in primary tubular cells from young and adult animals grown in fibronectin or laminin. Quantitative adhesion studies demonstrated that secondary subcultured tubular cells adhered equally well to dimeric and multimeric forms of fibronectin, but not to laminin. Quantitiative colony growth studies of subcultured secondary tubular cells showed that laminin supports colony formation of trypsinized tubular cells, while previous work has demonstrated that fibronectin supports colony formation of glomerular cells. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that different extracellular matrix molecules are involved in colony formation of different cell types, with fibronectin stimulating growth of glomerular cells and laminin supporting growth of tubular cells.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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