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Compartmentalized coculture of porcine arterial endothelial and smooth muscle cells on a microporous membrane.

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Kinard, Fabienne [UCL] Sergent-Engelen, T Trouet, André [UCL] Remacle, Claude [UCL] Schneider, Yves-Jacques [UCL]

Endothelial and smooth muscle cells were harvested from porcine pulmonary arteries and grown to two passages from primary culture in serum-containing medium. Thereafter, the cells were plated on the opposite sides of microporous poly-(ethylene terephthalate) membrane and cultivated in a chemically defined, serum-free medium. The membrane with pores of 1 microgram diameter allowed the passage of molecules and the extension of cell processes, while maintaining separate homogeneous cell populations. Pores of 3 microgram diameter permitted the crossing of smooth muscle cells through the membrane. The coating of the polymer with constituents of the extracellular matrix optimized cell adhesion. Morphological analysis of the model showed typical cobblestone pattern and ultrastructure of endothelial cells, which lost rapidly the expression of von Willebrand factor but kept that of angiotensin-converting enzyme. Smooth muscle cells were spindle shaped and specific alpha-actin was revealed by immunochemistry and quantitated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Their ultrastructure featured an intermediate contractile-synthetic phenotype. Permeability studies to different molecules showed a marked reduction of the albumin clearance. Finally, in coculture in the presence of endothelial cells, the smooth muscle cells proliferation was increased, whereas it was not the case in autologous cocultures. In conclusion, such a coculture model may help to a better understanding of the interactions between endothelial and smooth muscle cells that may be important in the pathogenesis of vascular diseases.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 1997
Journal information "In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal" - Vol. 33, no. 2, p. 92-103 (1997)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 1071-2690
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SC/BIOL - Département de biologie
MESH Subject Actins - analysis ; Animals ; Cell Division ; Cell Membrane Permeability ; Cells, Cultured ; Coculture Techniques - methods ; Endothelium, Vascular - chemistry - cytology - ultrastructure ; Membranes, Artificial ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - chemistry - cytology - ultrastructure ; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A - metabolism ; Polyethylene Terephthalates ; Proteins - analysis ; Pulmonary Artery ; Swine ; von Willebrand Factor - analysis
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Bibliographic reference Kinard, Fabienne ; Sergent-Engelen, T ; Trouet, André ; Remacle, Claude ; Schneider, Yves-Jacques. Compartmentalized coculture of porcine arterial endothelial and smooth muscle cells on a microporous membrane.. In: In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, Vol. 33, no. 2, p. 92-103 (1997)
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