Isolation, biochemical characterization, and culture of lung type II cells of the rat
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Springer Nature in Lung
- Vol. 165 (1) , 143-158
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02714430
Abstract
A method is described for the isolation of rat lung epithelial Type II cells using trypsin digestion of tissue to release cells for subsequent separation by Percoll gradient centrifugation. Both the concentration of trypsin and the age (body weight) of the rat affect the yield from primary digestion and the final number of Type II cells obtained. A lung weighing 1 g from a 200 g rat yields approximately 30 × 106 washed Type II cells (approximately 25% of the total estimated lung population). These cells have a plating efficiency of 40–50% after 48 h of culture. The cells have a high alkaline to acid phosphatase ratio (usually >4.0) compared with that of alveolar macrophages (0.1) and accumulate putrescine by an active transport mechanism with an apparent KM between 8 and 14 µM. Together with studies of [3H]thymidine uptake into DNA, which is maximal between 48 and 72 h of culture, these quantitative measurements form a good basis for investigating the interactions between a number of chemical agents and Type II cells in vitro.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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