Effects of ?-ME and RA on expression of GFAP in mesenchymal cells derived from mouse fetal liver
- VernacularTitle:?-巯基乙醇与全反式维甲酸对小鼠胎肝间充质细胞神经胶质纤维酸性蛋白表达的影响
- Author:
Pingping LIU
;
Yuan ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Fetal liver;
Mesenchymal cell;
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology
2000;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
AIM: To investigate the effects of ?-mercaptoethanol (?-ME) and all-trans rentinal acid (RA) on glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in mesenchymal cells derived from mouse fetal liver in vitro. METHODS: Cells suspension from 14.5-days-old mouse fetal liver were cultured in DMEM/HEPES/F12 supplemented with 20% FCS and mesenchymal cells were acquired after discarding nonadherent cells. The 5th passage cells were induced by ?-ME and RA. The characteristics of treated cells were assayed by immunocytochemistry staining at 5 hours and 5 days after induction. ?-actin as an internal control, GFAP gene expression of mesenchyal cells was detected with semi-quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS: After being inducted by ?-ME and RA, 80% approximately of the cells exhibited typical neural morphology and about 85% expressed GFAP phenotype. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR showed that mRNA expression of GFAP increased in treated cells versus untreated cells (P
