In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow.
BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish a culture system and elucidate the unique characteristics of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Mammary tissue from a three year old lactating dairy cow (ca. 100 d relative to parturition) was used as a source of the ep...
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| author | Han Hu Jiaqi Wang Dengpan Bu Hongyang Wei Linyun Zhou Fadi Li Juan J Loor |
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| description | BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish a culture system and elucidate the unique characteristics of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Mammary tissue from a three year old lactating dairy cow (ca. 100 d relative to parturition) was used as a source of the epithelial cell line, which was cultured in collagen-coated tissue culture dishes. Fibroblasts and epithelial cells successively grew and extended from the culturing mammary tissue at the third day. Pure epithelial cells were obtained by passages culture. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:The strong positive immunostaining to cytokeratin 18 suggested that the resulting cell line exhibited the specific character of epithelial cells. Epithelial cells cultured in the presence of 10% FBS, supraphysiologic concentrations of insulin, and hydrocortisone maintained a normal diploid chromosome modal number of 2n=60. Furthermore, they were capable of synthesizing beta-casein (CSN2), acetyl-CoA carboxylase-alpha (ACACA) and butyrophilin (BTN1A1). An important finding was that frozen preservation in a mixture of 90% FBS and 10% DMSO did not influence the growth characteristics, chromosome number, or protein secretion of the isolated epithelial cell line. CONCLUSIONS:The obtained mammary epithelial cell line had normal morphology, growth characteristics, cytogenetic and secretory characteristics, thus, it might represent an useful tool for studying the function of Chinese Holstein dairy cows mammary epithelial cell (CMECs). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a639c6e652e24fc6b45a4e42241b66432022-12-22T01:24:03ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032009-11-01411e763610.1371/journal.pone.0007636In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow.Han HuJiaqi WangDengpan BuHongyang WeiLinyun ZhouFadi LiJuan J LoorBACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to establish a culture system and elucidate the unique characteristics of a bovine mammary epithelial cell line in vitro. METHODOLOGY:Mammary tissue from a three year old lactating dairy cow (ca. 100 d relative to parturition) was used as a source of the epithelial cell line, which was cultured in collagen-coated tissue culture dishes. Fibroblasts and epithelial cells successively grew and extended from the culturing mammary tissue at the third day. Pure epithelial cells were obtained by passages culture. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:The strong positive immunostaining to cytokeratin 18 suggested that the resulting cell line exhibited the specific character of epithelial cells. Epithelial cells cultured in the presence of 10% FBS, supraphysiologic concentrations of insulin, and hydrocortisone maintained a normal diploid chromosome modal number of 2n=60. Furthermore, they were capable of synthesizing beta-casein (CSN2), acetyl-CoA carboxylase-alpha (ACACA) and butyrophilin (BTN1A1). An important finding was that frozen preservation in a mixture of 90% FBS and 10% DMSO did not influence the growth characteristics, chromosome number, or protein secretion of the isolated epithelial cell line. CONCLUSIONS:The obtained mammary epithelial cell line had normal morphology, growth characteristics, cytogenetic and secretory characteristics, thus, it might represent an useful tool for studying the function of Chinese Holstein dairy cows mammary epithelial cell (CMECs).http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2768788?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Han Hu Jiaqi Wang Dengpan Bu Hongyang Wei Linyun Zhou Fadi Li Juan J Loor In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. PLoS ONE |
| title | In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. |
| title_full | In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. |
| title_fullStr | In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. |
| title_full_unstemmed | In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. |
| title_short | In vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from Chinese Holstein dairy cow. |
| title_sort | in vitro culture and characterization of a mammary epithelial cell line from chinese holstein dairy cow |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2768788?pdf=render |
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