Lynn DE, Miller SG, Oberlander H. Establishment of a cell line from lepidopteran wing imaginal discs: Induction of newly synthesized proteins by 20-hydroxyecdysone.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010;
79:2589-93. [PMID:
16593180 PMCID:
PMC346245 DOI:
10.1073/pnas.79.8.2589]
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Abstract
A cell line has been developed from the imaginal wing discs of the lepidopteran insect Trichoplusia ni (Hübner). The cells grow in suspension as fluid-filled, multicellular vesicles. The cell line has been designated IAL-TND1. Two-dimensional electrophoresis (isoelectric focusing and sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gels) of [(35)S]methionine-labeled proteins revealed similar patterns for IAL-TND1 cells and whole T. ni wing imaginal discs. Additionally, exposure to the insect steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone stimulated the synthesis of the same new proteins in both whole wing discs and IAL-TND1 cell vesicles.
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