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Torreggiani E, Rossini M, Bononi I, Pietrobon S, Mazzoni E, Iaquinta MR, Feo C, Rotondo JC, Rizzo P, Tognon M, Martini F. Protocol for the long-term culture of human primary keratinocytes from the normal colorectal mucosa. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:9895-9905. [PMID: 30740692 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Procedures for in vitro culturing of human primary keratinocytes from normal colon mucosa specimens have not been fully feasible, thus far. The protocol described herein allows primary keratinocytes from small tissue fragments of colorectal mucosa biopsies to grow in vitro. The procedure develops in three steps: (a) the enzymatic digestion of the tissue biopsy; (b) the use of cloning rings to purify primary keratinocyte colonies, (c) a defined keratinocyte medium to grow these cells in long-term culture. Our cultural method enables normal primary keratinocytes to be obtained by simple and rapid techniques. In our culture condition, primary keratinocytes express specific epithelial markers. Colorectal mucosa keratinocyte colonies require approximately 2 weeks to grow. Compared with previous approaches, our protocol provides a valuable model of study for human primary keratinocytes from normal colorectal (NCR) mucosa both at the cellular and molecular levels. It is well known, that different mutations occurring during the multistep process of carcinogenesis in the NCR mucosa, are strictly associated to the onset/progression of the colorectal carcinoma. On this ground, normal keratinocytes grown with our protocol, may represent an innovative tool to investigate the mechanisms that lead to colorectal carcinoma and other diseases. Our innovative procedure may allow to perform comparative investigations between normal and pathological colorectal cells.
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- Elena Torreggiani
- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Section of Clinical Surgery, Department of Morphology, Surgery, and Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratories of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Section of Pathology, Oncology, and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Chen HJ, Shuler ML. Engineering a Bioartificial Human Colon Model Through Decellularization and Recellularization. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1907:91-102. [PMID: 30542993 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8967-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The tissue engineering method of decellularization and recellularization has been successfully used in a variety of regenerative medicine applications. The protocols used to de/recellularize various organs and tissues are largely different. Here we describe a method to effectively engineer a bioartificial colon by completely removing original cells from human intestinal tissues followed by repopulating the acellular tissue matrix with cell cultures. This method provides a novel approach for human intestinal regeneration and can be used to identify potential cancer driver genes.
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- Huanhuan Joyce Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Chen HJ, Miller P, Shuler ML. A pumpless body-on-a-chip model using a primary culture of human intestinal cells and a 3D culture of liver cells. LAB ON A CHIP 2018; 18:2036-2046. [PMID: 29881844 PMCID: PMC6039263 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc00111a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We describe an expanded modular gastrointestinal (GI) tract-liver system by co-culture of primary human intestinal epithelial cells (hIECs) and 3D liver mimic. The two organ body-on-chip design consisted of GI and liver tissue compartments that were connected by fluidic medium flow driven via gravity. The hIECs and HepG2 C3A liver cells in the co-culture system maintained high viability for at least 14 days in which hIECs differentiated into major cell types found in native human intestinal epithelium and the HepG2 C3A cells cultured on 3D polymer scaffold formed a liver micro-lobe like structure. Moreover, the hIECs formed a monolayer on polycarbonate membranes with a tight junction and authentic TEER values of approximately 250 Ω cm2 for the native gut. The hIEC permeability was compared to a conventional permeability model using Caco-2 cell response for drug absorption by measuring the uptake of propranolol, mannitol and caffeine. Metabolic rates (urea or albumin production) of the cells in the co-culture GI-liver system were comparable to those of HepG2 C3A cells in a single-organ fluidic culture system, while induced CYP activities were significantly increased in the co-culture GI tract-liver system compared to the single-organ fluidic culture system. These results demonstrated potential of the low-cost microphysiological GI-liver model for preclinical studies to predict human response.
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- Huanhuan Joyce Chen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, 115 Weill Hall, Cornell University, USA.
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Kaiser A, Willer T, Steinberg P, Rautenschlein S. Establishment of an In Vitro Intestinal Epithelial Cell Culture Model of Avian Origin. Avian Dis 2017; 61:229-236. [DOI: 10.1637/11524-110216-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Annette Kaiser
- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Buenteweg 17, 30559 Hanover, Germany
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- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Buenteweg 17, 30559 Hanover, Germany
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- Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, Building 123, 30173 Hanover, Germany
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- Clinic for Poultry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Buenteweg 17, 30559 Hanover, Germany
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Yuan C, He Q, Li JM, Azzam MM, Lu JJ, Zou XT. Evaluation of embryonic age and the effects of different proteases on the isolation and primary culture of chicken intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. Anim Sci J 2014; 86:588-94. [PMID: 25488605 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The present study evaluates the effects of embryonic age and proteolytic enzymes on the isolation and primary culture of chicken enterocyte and to establish an effective technique for chicken intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) cultivation. Fourteen-day-old, 16-day-old and 18-day-old embryos (average weight: 52.23 ± 0.76 g, 50.86 ± 0.99 g, 48.98 ± 1.03 g) were the source for preparation of enterocyte culture, and trypsin-ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, collagenase, thermolysin and combination of collagenase and thermolysin were used for digestion medium. Optimal culture protocols were determined by qualitative assays of proliferation. Cells isolated by using 14-day-old embryo and collagenase obtain the best attachment and growth in culture, and the production of continuously growing IEC cultures. Thus, we conclude that the use of collagenase as a dissociating enzyme and 14-day-old embryo as a source can be advantageously applied to the isolation of chicken IEC and this method may be useful for various applications and basic studies of the intestinal tract concerning such objects as physiology, immunology and toxicology.
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- Chao Yuan
- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Wilhelm A, Jahns F, Böcker S, Mothes H, Greulich K, Glei M. Culturing explanted colon crypts highly improves viability of primary non-transformed human colon epithelial cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2012; 26:133-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bourgine J, Billaut-Laden I, Happillon M, Lo-Guidice JM, Maunoury V, Imbenotte M, Broly F. Gene expression profiling of systems involved in the metabolism and the disposition of xenobiotics: comparison between human intestinal biopsy samples and colon cell lines. Drug Metab Dispos 2012; 40:694-705. [PMID: 22217464 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.111.042465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Intestinal cell lines are used as in vitro models for pharmacological and toxicological studies. However, a general report of the gene expression spectrum of proteins that are involved in the metabolism and the disposition of xenobiotics in these in vitro systems is not currently available. To fill this information gap, we systematically characterized the expression profile of 377 genes encoding xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes, transporters, and nuclear receptors and transcription factors in intestinal mucosa (ileum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and rectum) from five healthy subjects and in five commonly used intestinal cell lines (Caco-2, C2BBe1, HT29, T84, and FHC). For this, we performed a quantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis using TaqMan low-density arrays and analyzed the results by different statistical approaches: Spearman correlation coefficients, hierarchical clustering, and principal component analysis (PCA). A large variation in gene expression spectra was observed between intestinal cell lines and intestinal tissues. Both hierarchical clustering and PCA showed that two distinct clusters are visible, of which one corresponds to all cultured cell lines and the other to all intestinal biopsies. The best agreement between human tissue and the representative cell line was observed for human colonic tissues and HT29 and T84 cell lines. Altogether, these data demonstrated that gene expression profiling represents a new valuable tool for investigating in vitro and in vivo expression level correlation. This study has pointed out interesting expression profiles for various colon cell lines, which will be useful for choosing the appropriate in vitro model for pharmacological and toxicological studies.
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- Joanna Bourgine
- Equipe d'Accueil 4483, Faculté de Médecine Pôle Recherche, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
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Sato T, Stange DE, Ferrante M, Vries RGJ, Van Es JH, Van den Brink S, Van Houdt WJ, Pronk A, Van Gorp J, Siersema PD, Clevers H. Long-term expansion of epithelial organoids from human colon, adenoma, adenocarcinoma, and Barrett's epithelium. Gastroenterology 2011; 141:1762-72. [PMID: 21889923 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2386] [Impact Index Per Article: 183.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We previously established long-term culture conditions under which single crypts or stem cells derived from mouse small intestine expand over long periods. The expanding crypts undergo multiple crypt fission events, simultaneously generating villus-like epithelial domains that contain all differentiated types of cells. We have adapted the culture conditions to grow similar epithelial organoids from mouse colon and human small intestine and colon. METHODS Based on the mouse small intestinal culture system, we optimized the mouse and human colon culture systems. RESULTS Addition of Wnt3A to the combination of growth factors applied to mouse colon crypts allowed them to expand indefinitely. Addition of nicotinamide, along with a small molecule inhibitor of Alk and an inhibitor of p38, were required for long-term culture of human small intestine and colon tissues. The culture system also allowed growth of mouse Apc-deficient adenomas, human colorectal cancer cells, and human metaplastic epithelia from regions of Barrett's esophagus. CONCLUSIONS We developed a technology that can be used to study infected, inflammatory, or neoplastic tissues from the human gastrointestinal tract. These tools might have applications in regenerative biology through ex vivo expansion of the intestinal epithelia. Studies of these cultures indicate that there is no inherent restriction in the replicative potential of adult stem cells (or a Hayflick limit) ex vivo.
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- Toshiro Sato
- Hubrecht Institute, KNAW and University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Roig AI, Eskiocak U, Hight SK, Kim SB, Delgado O, Souza RF, Spechler SJ, Wright WE, Shay JW. Immortalized epithelial cells derived from human colon biopsies express stem cell markers and differentiate in vitro. Gastroenterology 2010; 138:1012-21.e1-5. [PMID: 19962984 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.11.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2009] [Revised: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Long-term propagation of human colonic epithelial cells (HCEC) of adult origin has been a challenge; currently used HCEC lines are of malignant origin and/or contain multiple cytogenetic changes. We sought to immortalize human colon biopsy-derived cells expressing stem cell markers and retaining multilineage epithelial differentiation capability. METHODS We isolated and cultured cells from biopsy samples of 2 patients undergoing routine screening colonoscopy. Cells were immortalized by expression of the nononcogenic proteins cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4) and the catalytic component of human telomerase (hTERT) and maintained for more than 1 year in culture. RESULTS The actively proliferating HCECs expressed the mesenchymal markers vimentin and alpha-smooth muscle actin. Upon growth arrest, cells assumed a cuboidal shape, decreased their mesenchymal features, and expressed markers of colonic epithelial cells such as cytokeratin 18, zonula occludens-1, mucins-1 and -2, antigen A33, and dipeptidyl peptidase 4. Immortalized cells expressed stem cell markers that included LGR5, BMI1, CD29, and CD44. When placed in Matrigel in the absence of a mesenchymal feeder layer, individual cells divided and formed self-organizing, cyst-like structures; a subset of cells exhibited mucin-2 or polarized villin staining. CONCLUSIONS We established immortalized HCECs that are capable of self-renewal and multilineage differentiation. These cells should serve as valuable reagents for studying colon stem cell biology, differentiation, and pathogenesis.
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- Andres I Roig
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Chopra DP, Dombkowski AA, Stemmer PM, Parker GC. Intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. Stem Cells Dev 2010; 19:131-42. [PMID: 19580443 PMCID: PMC3136723 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2009.0109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent advances in the biology of stem cells has resulted in significant interest in the development of normal epithelial cell lines from the intestinal mucosa, both to exploit the therapeutic potential of stem cells in tissue regeneration and to develop treatment models of degenerative disorders of the digestive tract. However, the difficulty of propagating cell lines of normal intestinal epithelium has impeded research into the molecular mechanisms underlying differentiation of stem/progenitor cells into the various intestinal lineages. Several short-term organ/organoid and epithelial cell culture models have been described. There is a dearth of long-term epithelial and/or stem cell cultures of intestine. With an expanding role of stem cells in the treatment of degenerative disorders, there is a critical need for additional efforts to develop in vitro models of stem/progenitor epithelial cells of intestine. The objective of this review is to recapitulate the current status of technologies and knowledge for in vitro propagation of intestinal epithelial cells, markers of the intestinal stem cells, and gene and protein expression profiles of the intestinal cellular differentiation.
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- Dharam P. Chopra
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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- Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
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Follmann W, Birkner S. The use of cultured primary bovine colon epithelial cells as a screening model to detect genotoxic effects of heterocyclic aromatic amines in the comet assay. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2008; 71:947-953. [PMID: 18569600 DOI: 10.1080/15287390801988962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Isolated epithelial cells from the bovine colon were maintained in dividing monolayer cultures and used as a model system for colon tissue in in vitro toxicological studies. The cytotoxic effects of the heterocyclic aromatic amines 2-amino-3-methylimidazo [4,5-f]quinoline (IQ) and 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhiP) were investigated in these cells and IC(50) values were determined by inhibition of neutral red uptake into the cultured cells. Although PhiP was not cytotoxic up to concentrations of 500 microM, IQ was cytotoxic above 300 microM. The induction of DNA strand breaks in cultured bovine epithelial colon cells was determined using the alkaline single-cell gel electrophoresis (Comet assay) technique, and subsequently, the DNA damage was used as a determinant of genotoxic effects of the heterocyclic aromatic amines in order to establish this system for detection of adverse effects of chemicals in a model system for the colon. In the absence of an external enzymatic metabolizing system (S9 mix) both amines did not induce DNA strand breaks. When S9 mix was used, PhiP induced DNA strand breaks above 10 microM whereas IQ did not show any significant effect at 300 microM. This cell culture system was found to be a useful screening system for testing of compounds that are considered to affect colonic tissue.
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- Wolfram Follmann
- Institut fur Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universitat Dortmund, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany
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Oikonomou E, Kothonidis K, Zografos G, Nasioulas G, Andera L, Pintzas A. Newly established tumourigenic primary human colon cancer cell lines are sensitive to TRAIL-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Br J Cancer 2007; 97:73-84. [PMID: 17551494 PMCID: PMC2359667 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 05/10/2007] [Accepted: 05/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Most data on the therapeutic potential of tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) as well as resistance to FAS ligand (FASL) in colorectal cancer have come from in vitro studies using cell lines. To gain a clearer understanding about the susceptibility of patient tumours to TRAIL and FASL, we derived primary human cancer epithelial cells from colon cancer patients. Characterisation of primary cultures PAP60 and MIH55 determined their highly proliferating advantage, transforming capability and tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. Although FASL treatment appeared to cause little apoptosis only in the PAP60 primary culture, increased apoptosis independent of p53 was observed in both primary PAP60 and MIH55 and control cell lines Caco-2, HT29 and DLD-1 after treatment with SuperKiller TRAIL. Expression analysis of death receptors (DR) in the original parental tumours, the primary cultures before and after engraftment as well as the mouse xenografts, revealed a significant upregulation of both DR4 and DR5, which correlated to differences in sensitivity of the cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Treating patient tumour xenograft/SCID mouse models with Killer TRAIL in vivo suppressed tumour growth. This is the first demonstration of TRAIL-induced apoptosis in characterised tumorigenic primary human cultures (in vitro) and antitumour activity in xenograft models (in vivo).
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- E Oikonomou
- Laboratory of Signal Mediated Gene Expression, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue 48, 11635, Athens, Greece
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- 3rd Department of Surgery, G. Genimatas General Hospital of Athens, Mesogion Avenue 154, 15669, Athens, Greece
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- 3rd Department of Surgery, G. Genimatas General Hospital of Athens, Mesogion Avenue 154, 15669, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Biology Research Center HYGEIA “Antonis Papayiannis”, 4 Erythrou Stavrou and Kifissias Avenue, 15123, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Apoptosis, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Videnska 1083, CZ-14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Signal Mediated Gene Expression, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vasileos Konstantinou Avenue 48, 11635, Athens, Greece
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The adult intestinal epithelium contains a relatively simple, highly organized, and readily accessible stem cell system. Excellent methods exist for the isolation of intestinal epithelium from adults, and as a result collecting large quantities of intestinal stem and progenitor cells for study or culture and subsequent clinical applications should be routine. It is not, however, for two reasons: (1) adult intestinal epithelial cells rapidly initiate apoptosis on detachment from the basement membrane, and (2) in vitro conditions necessary for survival, proliferation, and differentiation are poorly understood. Thus to date the study of intestinal stem and progenitor cells has been largely dependent on in vivo approaches. We discuss existing in vivo assays for stem and progenitor cell behavior as well as current methods for isolating and culturing the intestinal epithelium.
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Rusu D, Loret S, Peulen O, Mainil J, Dandrifosse G. Immunochemical, biomolecular and biochemical characterization of bovine epithelial intestinal primocultures. BMC Cell Biol 2005; 6:42. [PMID: 16321165 PMCID: PMC1315322 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-6-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 12/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cultures of enterocytes and colonocytes represent valuable tools to study growth and differentiation of epithelial cells. In vitro models may be used to evaluate passage or toxicity of drugs, interactions of enteropathogenes bacteria strains with intestinal epithelium and other physiologic or pathologic phenomenon involving the digestive tract. RESULTS Cultures of bovine colonocytes and jejunocytes were obtained from organoid-enriched preparations, using a combination of enzymatic and mechanical disruption of the intestine epithelium, followed by an isopicnic centrifugation discarding most single cells. Confluent cell monolayers arising from plated organoids exhibited epithelium typical features, such as the pavement-like structure, the presence of apical microvilli and tight junctions. Accordingly, cells expressed several markers of enterocyte brush border (i.e. maltase, alkaline phosphatase and fatty acid binding protein) as well as an epithelial cytoskeleton component (cytokeratin 18). However, enterocyte primocultures were also positive for the vimentin immunostaining (mesenchyme marker). Vimentin expression studies showed that this gene is constitutively expressed in bovine enterocytes. Comparison of the vimentin expression profile with the pattern of brush border enzymes activities, suggested that the decrease of cell differentiation level observed during the enterocyte isolation procedure and early passages of the primoculture could result from a post-transcriptional de-repression of vimentin synthesis. The low differentiation level of bovine enterocytes in vitro could partly be counteracted adding butyrate (1-2 mM) or using a glucose-deprived culture medium. CONCLUSION The present study describes several complementary approaches to characterize bovine primary cultures of intestinal cells. Cultured cells kept their morphologic and functional characteristics during several generations.
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- Dorina Rusu
- Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, University of Liege, Institute of Chemistry B6C, B-4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, University of Liege, Institute of Chemistry B6C, B-4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
- Department of Biology, University of Namur (FUNDP), Rue de Bruxelles, 61, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, University of Liege, Institute of Chemistry B6C, B-4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
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- Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases/Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liege, Boulevard de Colonster B43, B-4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and General Physiology, University of Liege, Institute of Chemistry B6C, B-4000 Liege (Sart-Tilman), Belgium
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Wenzel U, Nickel A, Daniel H. alpha-Lipoic acid induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells by increasing mitochondrial respiration with a concomitant O2-*-generation. Apoptosis 2005; 10:359-68. [PMID: 15843897 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-0810-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) has been shown to affect a variety of biological processes associated with oxidative stress including cancer. We determined in HT-29 human colon cancer cells whether ALA is able to affect apoptosis, as an important parameter disregulated in tumour development. Exposure of cells to ALA or its reduced form dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) for 24 h dose dependently increased caspase-3-like activity and was associated with DNA-fragmentation. DHLA but not ALA was able to scavenge cytosolic O2-* in HT-29 cells whereas both compounds increased O2-*-generation inside mitochondria. Increased mitochondrial O2-*-production was preceded by an increased influx of lactate or pyruvate into mitochondria and resulted in the down-regulation of the anti-apoptotic protein bcl-X(L). Mitochondrial O2-*-generation and apoptosis induced by ALA and DHLA could be prevented by the O2-*-scavenger benzoquinone. Moreover, when the lactate/pyruvate transporter was inhibited by 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoate, ALA- and DHLA-induced mitochondrial ROS-production and apoptosis were blocked. In contrast to HT-29 cells, no apoptosis was observed in non-transformed human colonocytes in response to ALA or DHLA addition. In conclusion, our study provides evidence that ALA and DHLA can effectively induce apoptosis in human colon cancer cells by a prooxidant mechanism that is initiated by an increased uptake of oxidizable substrates into mitochondria.
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- U Wenzel
- Molecular Nutrition Unit, Department of Food and Nutrition, Technical University of Munich, Hochfeldweg 2, D-85350, Freising, FRG.
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Wenzel U, Daniel H. Reconsidering cell line cross-contamination in NCOL-1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 163:95-6; author reply 97. [PMID: 16271966 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Accepted: 06/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wenzel U, Nickel A, Daniel H. Increased carnitine-dependent fatty acid uptake into mitochondria of human colon cancer cells induces apoptosis. J Nutr 2005; 135:1510-4. [PMID: 15930461 DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.6.1510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Carnitine-dependent fatty acid import into mitochondria and beta-oxidation seem to be impaired in tumor cells. In the present study we show that a supply of palmitoylcarnitine together with L-carnitine potently induces apoptosis in HT-29 human colon cancer cells as a consequence of accelerated fatty acid oxidation. Caspase-3-like activities, measured by the cleavage rate of a fluorogenic tetrapeptide substrate and nuclear fragmentation determined after DNA labeling in fixed cells by fluorescence microscopy, served as indicators of apoptosis. Neither L-carnitine nor palmitoylcarnitine alone were able to increase caspase-3-like activities and DNA fragmentation, but when provided together, apoptosis occurred. That exogenous carnitine was indeed able to enhance fatty acid uptake into mitochondria was demonstrated by an increased influx of a fluorescent palmitic acid analog. Enhanced fatty acid availability in mitochondria led to an increased generation of O*2-, as detected by a O*2- -sensitive fluorogenic dye, indicating oxidation of delivered substrates. Benzoquinone, an O*2- scavenger, blocked O*2- generation and prevented apoptosis as initiated by the combination of palmitoylcarnitine and carnitine. The lack of effect of the ceramide synthesis inhibitor fumonisin on palmitoylcarnitine/carnitine-induced apoptosis further supports the notion that apoptotic cell death is specifically due to fatty acid oxidation. In contrast to HT-29 cells, nontransformed human colonocytes did not respond to exogenous palmitoylcarnitine/carnitine and no apoptosis was observed. In conclusion, our studies provide evidence that a limited mitochondrial fatty acid import in human colon cancer cells prevents high rates of mitochondrial O*2- production and protects colon cancer cells from apoptosis that can be overcome by an exogenous carnitine supply.
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- Uwe Wenzel
- Molecular Nutrition Unit, Department of Food and Nutrition, Technical University of Munich, Hochfeldweg 2, D-85350 Freising, Germany.
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Birkner S, Weber S, Dohle A, Schmahl G, Föllmann W. Growth and characterisation of primary bovine colon epithelial cells in vitro. Altern Lab Anim 2005; 32:555-71. [PMID: 15757494 DOI: 10.1177/026119290403200607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epithelial crypts from the bovine colon were obtained by using a combined mechanical and enzymatic isolation method, followed by differential D-sorbitol gradient centrifugation. By using this isolation technique, a pure fraction of epithelial crypts with minimal mesenchymal contamination was obtained. The crypts were seeded in collagen-coated plastic flasks. The attached epithelial cells proliferated and formed a confluent monolayer after 6 days in culture. Under low-serum culture conditions (1% fetal calf serum), the cells had a population doubling time of 21-22 hours. During the culture period, the colonocytes were characterised morphologically and enzymatically. The morphology of the cultured cells was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The presence of microvilli, tight junctions and desmosomes demonstrated the ability of the cultured cells to restore an epithelial-like cell monolayer. The epithelial origin of the cells was demonstrated by labelling the cells with antibodies against epithelial-specific cytokeratins 7 and 13. The functional integrity of the cells was evaluated by measuring various marker enzymes (gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, NADH-dehydrogenase) and membrane-associated Na+-K+-ATPase activity. Membrane integrity was determined by measuring the leakage of lactate dehydrogenase into the culture medium. This new culture system for bovine colon epithelial cells could be used as an in vitro model of the colon epithelium in physiological and toxicological studies.
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- Sascha Birkner
- Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund, Ardeystrasse 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
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Melcher R, Maisch S, Koehler S, Bauer M, Steinlein C, Schmid M, Kudlich T, Schauber J, Luehrs H, Menzel T, Scheppach W. SKY and genetic fingerprinting reveal a cross-contamination of the putative normal colon epithelial cell line NCOL-1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 158:84-7. [PMID: 15771911 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2004.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2004] [Accepted: 08/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In vitro studies addressing the primary prevention of colon carcinoma are preferably conducted using normal colonic cells, because these cells are more likely to represent the potential target for prevention in vivo. Established cell lines of normal colonic origin are mostly lacking; however, this is probably due to the difficulties associated with establishment of such cell lines. Cross-contamination with malignant cells is a frequent event, and so any successfully established cell line of normal origin should be scrutinized prior to further investigation. We performed a cytogenetic (spectral karyotyping) and genetic fingerprint (Promega PowerPlex ES multiplex system and Applied Biosystems AmpFlSTR SGM Plus multiplex system) analysis of the putative normal colon epithelial cell line NCOL-1, derived from two different sources (NCOL-1a and 1b). We show that NCOL-1a and 1b are probably derived from the colon carcinoma cell line LoVo, with a matching probability of 99.9995, most probably through cross-contamination. Karyotypes of LoVo and NCOL-1a were identical; NCOL-1b displayed additional marker chromosomes. Our findings highlight the importance of molecular and cytogenetic characterization of established cell lines to avoid drawing misleading conclusions from the original findings.
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- Ralph Melcher
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Wuerzburg, Gastrolabor/Bau 4, Joseph-Schneider-Str. 2, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Herzog A, Kuntz S, Daniel H, Wenzel U. Identification of biomarkers for the initiation of apoptosis in human preneoplastic colonocytes by proteome analysis. Int J Cancer 2004; 109:220-9. [PMID: 14750173 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Development of resistance of cells toward proapoptotic signals is regarded as one of the key processes that allow tumor development. To identify proteins that are crucial for the initiation of apoptosis in NCOL-1 human preneoplastic colonocytes, we analyzed the proteome of cells exposed to the flavonoids flavone and quercetin that differ in their ability to induce apoptosis although they possess similar structures. Both flavonoids inhibited proliferation and induced differentiation of NCOL-1 cells but only quercetin committed the cells to apoptosis. The accessible proteome of NCOL-1 cells was separated by 2D-polyacrylamide-gelelectrophoresis and proteins with changed expression level were identified by peptide mass fingerprints of tryptic digests of the protein spots. A pre-fractionation of soluble and lipophilic proteins was used to enhance the resolution of analysis. After exposure to the test compounds for 24 hr, 73 proteins displayed changed steady state levels in case of quercetin and 32 in case of flavone. Several heat-shock proteins, annexins and cytoskeletal caspase substrates were regulated by quercetin but not by flavone and these protein classes are known to play a role in apoptosis induction and execution. Whereas proteins like lamin A, C and desmoplakin, are indicators that apoptosis has already proceeded, others, such as annexin IV or protein kinase C-beta play a pivotal role in the early phases of apoptosis. In conclusion, proteome analysis allowed the identification of marker proteins that are involved in the initiation of apoptotic cell death in preneoplastic colonocytes and those may help to develop new strategies for cancer prevention.
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- Angelika Herzog
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Molecular Nutrition Unit, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Federal Republic of Germany
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Wenzel U, Kuntz S, Daniel H. Nitric oxide levels in human preneoplastic colonocytes determine their susceptibility toward antineoplastic agents. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 64:1494-502. [PMID: 14645680 DOI: 10.1124/mol.64.6.1494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The efficacy of antineoplastic compounds can depend heavily on the genetic background of the cells exposed to the drugs. This becomes evident by the fact that HT-29 human colon cancer cells but not primary murine nontransformed colonocytes are efficiently submitted to apoptosis by the flavonoid flavone. By determining caspase-3 activation, plasma membrane disintegration, and nuclear fragmentation, we show here that flavone also does not promote apoptosis in preneoplastic NCOL-1 colonocytes derived from a nontransformed human biopsy specimen. In clear contrast, the antitumor drug camptothecin potently induces apoptosis in NCOL-1 cells associated with a specific down-regulation of the antiapoptotic factor bcl-XL at the mRNA and protein levels and with the activation of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway. Confocal microscopy revealed an increased production of superoxide anion radicals in the mitochondria of NCOL-1 cells that preceded the apoptotic events. However, in the case of flavone, the mitochondrial oxygen radicals were effectively scavenged by physiological concentrations of nitric oxide (NO), whereas in the case of camptothecin, the available nitric oxide was rapidly scavenged by the production of large quantities of cytosolic superoxide anions. Increasing the levels of nitric oxide inside NCOL-1 cells by sodium nitroprusside prevented the apoptosis induction by camptothecin. Reducing the levels of nitric oxide by using the NO synthase inhibitor, Nomega-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester in NCOL-1 cells or using HT-29 cells that intrinsically have low NO levels enabled flavone to trigger the apoptosis pathway. In conclusion, our studies demonstrate that the intracellular levels of nitric oxide significantly change the apoptotic response to antineoplastic agents in colonic cells.
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- Uwe Wenzel
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Molecular Nutrition Unit, Hochfeldweg 2, d-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
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Wenzel U, Schoberl K, Lohner K, Daniel H. Activation of mitochondrial lactate uptake by flavone induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2004; 202:379-90. [PMID: 15452831 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Lactate production from glucose even in the presence of oxygen is a characteristic of cancer cell metabolism and an important feature for tumor progression. Here, we describe that an increased uptake of lactate into mitochondria of HT-29 human colon cancer cells by treatment of cells with the flavonoid flavone is associated with an increased production of mitochondrial superoxide anions and apoptotic cell death. In search of the mitochondrial transporter that could promote enhanced lactate uptake and energetic flow through the electron transport chain, we used fluorescein as a model substrate. Flavone increased fluorescein uptake at pH 7.4 into mitochondria of HT-29 cells almost tenfold while lactate inhibited uptake significantly. Uptake of fluorescein in the absence or presence of flavone was strongly increased by lowering pH from 7.4 to 6.0 and almost abolished by the protonophore carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP). The lactate-sensitive part of fluorescein transport was completely blocked by p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid (pCMBS), a specific inhibitor of the monocarboxylate transporter-1 (MCT-1) that by Western blotting and immunofluorescence was identified in mitochondria of HT-29 cells. Finally, lactate increased and pCMBS inhibited the flavone-induced generation of mitochondrial O2-* radicals and in turn blunted the apoptotic response. In conclusion, our studies provide evidence that flavone reverts the metabolic phenotype of transformed colonocytes towards a phenotype characteristic for normal cells. Transformed colonocytes, however, seem especially vulnerable to O2-*, produced in mitochondria as a consequence of these metabolic alterations, and respond with the induction of apoptosis.
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- Uwe Wenzel
- Molecular Nutrition Unit, Department of Food and Nutrition, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany.
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Seidelin JB, Horn T, Nielsen OH. Simple and efficient method for isolation and cultivation of endoscopically obtained human colonocytes. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2003; 285:G1122-8. [PMID: 14613919 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00533.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Few comparative and validated reports exist on the isolation and growth of colonoscopically obtained colonic epithelium. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a simple method for the cultivation of colonoscopically obtained colonocytes. Forty patients, who underwent routine colonoscopy and where the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome was later reached, were included. Seven colon biopsies were taken and incubated at varying time periods of 10-120 min and temperatures of 4-37 degrees C in a chelating buffer. The epithelium was then harvested and cultivated under three different conditions: 1) on a collagen coating, 2) embedded in a collagen gel, or 3) embedded in a gel put on a porous well insert. The effect of conditioned medium (CM), insulin, transferrin, selenium, and the oxygen content was assessed. Viability was tested by the metabolic dimethylthiazol-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assay, by flowcytometry, by phase contrast microscopy, and by transmission electron microscopy. Incubation at 21 degrees C for 75 min gave an optimal yield of 3 x 10(6) (2.0-3.8 x 10(6)) viable epithelial cells in intact crypts per seven biopsies. Embedding of crypts in a collagen gel put on a porous membrane was superior to the other methods applied [P < 0.003; median viability 71% (62-100%) compared with preculture values] after 24 h, which was a 160% increase in viability compared with coat-cultivated cells. CM had similar viability supporting effects to FCS. Other supplements had no effects. A simple method is presented, which makes cultivation of colonocytes obtained at endoscopy possible for up to 72 h.
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- Jakob B Seidelin
- Department of Medical Gastroenterology C, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Grossmann J, Walther K, Artinger M, Kiessling S, Steinkamp M, Schmautz WK, Stadler F, Bataille F, Schultz M, Schölmerich J, Rogler G. Progress on isolation and short-term ex-vivo culture of highly purified non-apoptotic human intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). Eur J Cell Biol 2003; 82:262-70. [PMID: 12800981 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) form the largest surface of the human body and are of pivotal importance to digest and absorb nutrients. Furthermore these cells play a critical role shielding the organism against microorganisms and toxins present in the intestinal lumen. It is therefore not surprising that a large group of researchers take great interest in the study of these cells. However, to date it is a challenge to purify viable primary human intestinal epithelial cells and it has been even more fastidious to maintain IEC in culture ex-vivo as IEC undergo apoptosis within hours due to loss of cell anchorage ('anoikis') following the isolation process. Over recent years the authors aimed to continuously improve the isolation technique for primary IEC, allowing a simple, effective and rapid isolation of highly purified non-apoptotic human IEC. In this study the newly improved method is presented and applied to establish ex-vivo cultures of highly purified, fully viable primary IEC displaying important functional properties, making these cells amenable for ex-vivo research on primary human intestinal epithelial cells.
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- Johannes Grossmann
- Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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Epithelial cells lining the digestive tract represent a highly organized system built up by multipotent stem cells. A process of asymmetric mitosis produces a population of proliferative cells that are rapidly renewed and migrate along the crypt-villus axis, differentiating into functional mature cells before dying and exfoliating into the intestinal lumen. Isolated crypts or epithelial cells retaining high viability can be prepared within a few h after tissue sampling. After cells are cultured in serum-free media, short-term studies (16-48 h) can be conducted for endocrinology, energy metabolism, or programmed cell death. However, long-term primary culture of intestinal cells (up to 10 d) is still difficult despite progress in isolation methodologies and manipulation of the cell microenvironment. The main problem in developing primary culture is the lack of structural markers specific to the stem cell compartment. The design of a microscopic multidimensional analytic system to record the expression profiles of biomarkers all along the living intestinal crypt should improve basic knowledge of the survival and growth of adult crypt stem cells, and the selection of totipotent embryonic stem cells capable of differentiating into intestinal tissues should facilitate studies of the genomic basis of endodermal tissue differentiation.
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- Bertrand Kaeffer
- Unité Fonctions Digestives et Nutrition Humaine, CRNH de Nantes InRA BP71627, Nantes, France.
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Epithelial cells lining the digestive tract represent a highly organized system built up by multipotent stem cells. A process of asymmetric mitosis produces a population of proliferative cells that are rapidly renewed and migrate along the crypt-villus axis, differentiating into functional mature cells before dying and exfoliating into the intestinal lumen. Isolated crypts or epithelial cells retaining high viability can be prepared within a few h after tissue sampling. After cells are cultured in serum-free media, short-term studies (16-48 h) can be conducted for endocrinology, energy metabolism, or programmed cell death. However, long-term primary culture of intestinal cells (up to 10 d) is still difficult despite progress in isolation methodologies and manipulation of the cell microenvironment. The main problem in developing primary culture is the lack of structural markers specific to the stem cell compartment. The design of a microscopic multidimensional analytic system to record the expression profiles of biomarkers all along the living intestinal crypt should improve basic knowledge of the survival and growth of adult crypt stem cells, and the selection of totipotent embryonic stem cells capable of differentiating into intestinal tissues should facilitate studies of the genomic basis of endodermal tissue differentiation.
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- Bertrand Kaeffer
- Unité Fonctions Digestives et Nutrition Humaine, CRNH de Nantes InRA BP71627, Nantes, France.
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Föllmann W, Weber S, Birkner S. Primary cell cultures of bovine colon epithelium: isolation and cell culture of colonocytes. Toxicol In Vitro 2000; 14:435-45. [PMID: 10963960 DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2333(00)00033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Epithelial cells from bovine colon were isolated by mechanical preparation combined with an enzymatic digestion from colon specimens derived from freshly slaughtered animals. After digestion with collagenase I, the isolated tissue was centrifuged on a 2% D-sorbitol gradient to separate epithelial crypts which were seeded in collagen I-coated culture flasks. By using colon crypts and omitting the seeding of single cells a contamination by fibroblasts was prevented. The cells proliferated under the chosen culture conditions and formed monolayer cultures which were maintained for several weeks, including subcultivation steps. A population doubling time of about 21 hr was estimated in the log phase of the corresponding growth curve. During the culture period the cells were characterized morphologically and enzymatically. By using antibodies against cytokeratine 7 and 13 the isolated cells were identified as cells of epithelial origin. Antibodies against vimentin served as negative control. Morphological features such as microvilli, desmosomes and tight junctions, which demonstrated the ability of the cultured cells to restore an epithelial like monolayer, were shown by ultrastructural investigations. The preservation of the secretory function of the cultured cells was demonstrated by mucine cytochemistry with alcian blue staining. A stable expression of enzyme activities over a period of 6 days in culture occurred for gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, acid phosphatase and NADH-dehydrogenase activity under the chosen culture conditions. Activity of alkaline phosphatase decreased to about 50% of basal value after 6 days in culture. Preliminary estimations of the metabolic competence of these cells revealed cytochrome P450 1A1-associated EROD activity in freshly isolated cells which was stable over 5 days in cultured cells. Then activity decreased completely. This culture system with primary epithelial cells from the colon will be used further as a model for the colon epithelium in toxicological studies in vitro.
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- W Föllmann
- Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universität Dortmund, Ardeystr. 67, D-44139, Dortmund, Germany.
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Panja A. A novel method for the establishment of a pure population of nontransformed human intestinal primary epithelial cell (HIPEC) lines in long term culture. J Transl Med 2000; 80:1473-5. [PMID: 11005215 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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A novel method for generating nontransformed human intestinal primary epithelial cell (HIPEC) lines in an in vitro culture system is reported here. Although several groups have reported the development of nontransformed intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) lines (Deveney et al, 1996; Latella et al, 1996; Pang et al, 1996; Perreault and Beaulieu, 1998), it still had been difficult to find an optimal condition to generate a pure population of nontransformed IEC in long-term cultures. It was hypothesized that an appropriate growth factor/cytokine milieu that would mimic the physiological microenvironment might favor the survival of the isolated cells and might play a critical role in epithelial cell growth. To test this hypothesis, isolated progenitor/crypt cells were cultured in collagen-coated petri dishes in the presence of mucosal tissue-derived growth factor containing culture supernatants (14-18 hours) and a combination of hormonal supplements. Cell attachment and growth was observed within 24 hours and confluent monolayers were seen between 7 and 12 days. Immunofluorescence staining and flow cytometric analysis of the cells demonstrated positive staining with anti-cytokeratin-18 antibody confirming their epithelial origin. The reproducibility of the method has been confirmed by establishing a number of HIPEC lines from various segments of the gastrointestinal tract. This novel method of HIPEC line generation, which maximizes the similarity of the ex vivo culture system to in vivo conditions, will serve as a valuable tool for the establishment of a large number of HIPEC lines (intestinal epithelial cell bank) and for subsequent use in studies of the immunological/physiological epithelial function in the intestine.
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- A Panja
- Gastrointestinal Research Laboratory, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
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Sheppard BC, Rutten MJ, Meichsner CL, Bacon KD, Leonetti PO, Land J, Crass RC, Trunkey DD, Deveney KE, Deveney CW. Effects of paclitaxel on the growth of normal, polyposis, and cancerous human colonic epithelial cells. Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990401)85:7<1454::aid-cncr5>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Brett C. Sheppard
- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
- Research and Surgical Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
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Mohammadpour H, Hall MR, Pardini RS, Khaiboullina SF, Manalo P, McGregor B. An atraumatic method to establish human colon carcinoma in long-term culture. J Surg Res 1999; 82:146-50. [PMID: 10090822 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1998.5544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Techniques for creation of colon carcinoma epithelial cells lines in long-term culture have been available for years, but these techniques have involved mechanical or enzymatic methods to separate epithelial cells from surrounding tissues. While this practice has been intermittently successful, the effect of these traumatic methods on long-term cellular behavior is unknown. Samples of colon carcinoma from patient volunteers were subjected to serial nonenzymatic disruptions of carcinoma cells from surrounding fibrous tissues. Cells were collected, allowed to proliferate, and then tested for their epithelial characteristics (mucin, vimentin, cytokeratin, colon-specific antigen, carcinoembryonic antigen) by immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. Growth characteristics were determined by phase-contrast microscopy, multiple passage, and freeze/thaw effects. Tumorigenicity was proven in nude mice. Of 11 initial attempts, three resulted in stable long-term culture lines of cells which are demonstrated to behave similarly to the original tumors from which they were derived. This technique adds another reliable in vitro tool for the study of colon carcinoma.
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- H Mohammadpour
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, 89520, USA
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Greenman SB, Rutten MJ, Fowler WM, Scheffler L, Shortridge LA, Brown B, Sheppard BC, Deveney KE, Deveney CW, Trunkey DD. Herbicide/pesticide effects on intestinal epithelial growth. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 1997; 75:85-93. [PMID: 9356197 DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of some common herbicides and pesticides on the growth of normal intestinal and colonic epithelial cells. Preconfluent cultures of normal rat intestinal cells (IEC-6 cell line) and normal human colonic epithelial cells were treated with 0.05-50 microM doses of atrazine, diazinon, and endosulfan. After 3 days of treatment, the change in cell proliferation was quantified by cell counting or the MTT growth assay. Both intestinal and colonic epithelial cell cultures had increases in cell growth when treated with as little as 1.0 microM atrazine, diazinon, or endosulfan. The observed changes in both cultured intestinal and colonic cell growth rates were not due to the influence of the vehicle control dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). That is, the treatment of the cell cultures with concentrations of DMSO as high as 0.5% for 3 days resulted in no change in cell growth compared with untreated control cultures. A consistent observation with all three of the compounds was that the highest doses (50 microM) had the least "proliferative potential" in stimulating either IEC-6 cell or human colonic epithelial cell growth. Within the concentration range used, none of the herbicides or pesticides caused a decrease in cell proliferation below that of the untreated control cultures. Overall, treatment of IEC-6 cell cultures with atrazine, diazinon, or endosulfan produced a biphasic growth response, whereas the same treatment in the human colonic epithelial cell cultures produced a more sustained level of growth over the same period. This culture system may provide the basis for an in vitro model to further study the cellular and molecular basis of the effects of herbicides and pesticides on intestinal epithelial proliferation.
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- S B Greenman
- V.A. Medical Center, Portland, Oregon 97207, USA
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