BIPHASIC EFFECT OF ACTH ON GROWTH OF RAT ADRENOCORTICAL-CELLS IN PRIMARY CULTURE

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作者
AROLA, J
HEIKKILA, P
KAHRI, AI
机构
[1] Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, SF-00290
关键词
ADRENAL CORTEX; DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE CULTURE; PROLIFERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; STEROIDS; RAT (SPRAGUE-DAWLEY);
D O I
10.1007/BF00297555
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The proliferation rate of differentiating fetal rat adrenocortical cells was studied in primary culture. In this system, stimulation with ACTH induces differentiation of zona glomerulosa-like cortical cells into zona fasciculata-like cells. Incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was studied immunocytochemically by use of anti-BrdU antibody, and the proliferation rate was counted from the monolayer colonies of adrenocortical cells. After 21 days of cultivation in the absence of ACTH, the proliferation rate of zona glomerulosa-like cells was 10%. The rate slowly declined to 1% at the age of 100 days during continuous cultivation in the absence of ACTH. Stimulation with ACTH induced a strong inhibition in the proliferation rate (down to 2% during the first 24 h). Treatment with ACTH during the following 48 h led to an extremely intense proliferation of adrenocortical cells at a proliferation rate of 25%. Continuous treatment with ACTH up to 100 days led to a persistent growth of adrenocortical cells, and a proliferation rate over 2-fold higher than in control cells cultivated in the absence of ACTH. Thus, ACTH is the principal growth-promoting factor also in vitro, as has been found in in vivo studies. This growth effect is mediated by a biphasic course; at the beginning of differentiation the effect is inhibitory and is followed by a persistent stimulation of the growth of adrenocortical cells.
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