In Vitro Culture of Mesenchymal Lineage Cells Established from the Colonial Tunicate Botryllus primigenus

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Body trunks were isolated from juvenile zooids of the Japanese colonial tunicate Botryllus primigenus and cultured in vitro to establish tissue-specific cell lines. Epidermal cells from some explants spread and formed a flat sheet consisting of vacuolated cells. They then dissociated into single cells, and their growth stopped within two weeks. Continuously proliferating cells were established from four explants. After the 20^<th> implantation, nuclear and mitochondrial DMAs were extracted from these cells. The nucleotide sequences of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA (mtlrRNA) completely matched the PCNA and mtlrRNA taken from living colonies of B. primigenus; this shows that the four independently proliferating cells were indeed of the Botryllus origin. One cell line (Bp0306E10) comprised round-shaped cells with a diameter of 8-10 μm. These cells have been cultured in vitro with a doubling time of approximately 24 hours since June, 2003. The BrdU labeling index was approximately 2%. Monoclonal antibodies raised against the cultured cells recognized a 28 kDa polypeptide and stained free mesenchymal cells in vivo. G418-resistant subclonal cells could be established by introducing a tunicate retrotransposon loaded with the neomycin resistance gene into the cells by electroporation. This study is the first to succeed in producing a sustainable cell culture of Botryllus.
社団法人日本動物学会の論文
2006-03-25

In Vitro Culture of Mesenchymal Lineage Cells Established from the Colonial Tunicate Botryllus primigenus

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