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Tissue Cell ; 33(2): 154-60, 2001 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11392668

RESUMEN

In mollusks, the mantle is responsible for the secretion of an organic matrix that mineralizes to form the shell. A model of mantle cell culture has been established from the nacreous gastropod Haliotis tuberculata. First, viability of cells, quantified by the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) reduction assay, was monitored in order to determine a cell density and a time-culturing period in order to investigate biomineralization processes in vitro. During the first 11 days of culture, an increase of MTT response demonstrated an activation of cultured cells mitochondrial activity as confirmed by the total protein content assay. The effect of a water-soluble extract from the organic matrix of Pinctada maxima (WSM) was tested on this cell culture system for 11 days-period exposure. WSM reduced the global viability of mantle cells in a dose-dependent way which corresponded to a cell death. Alkaline phosphatase activity normalized to total protein content increased in the presence of WSM. This increase may be due to an activation of cells and a selection of one (or a few) cell type(s). Further investigations will help us to determine this selectivity issue.


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Estructuras Animales/citología , Técnicas de Cultivo de Célula/métodos , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular/farmacología , Moluscos/metabolismo , Estructuras Animales/fisiología , Animales , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Supervivencia Celular/fisiología , Células Cultivadas , Minerales/metabolismo , Solubilidad , Agua
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Toxicol In Vitro ; 14(3): 245-51, 2000 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10806375

RESUMEN

Short-term primary cell cultures were derived from adult marine bivalve tissues: the heart of oyster Crassostrea gigas and the gill of clam Ruditapes decussatus. These cultures were used as experimental in vitro models to assess the acute cytotoxicity of an organic molluscicide, Mexel-432, used in antibiofouling treatments in industrial cooling water systems. A microplate cell viability assay, based on the enzymatic reduction of tetrazolium dye (MTT) in living bivalve cells, was adapted to test the cytotoxicity of this compound: in both in vitro models, toxicity thresholds of Mexel-432 were compared to those determined in vivo with classic acute toxicity tests. The clam gill cell model was also used to assess the cytotoxicity of by-products of chlorination, a major strategy of biofouling control in the marine environment. The applications and limits of these new in vitro models for monitoring aquatic pollutants were discussed, in reference with the standardized Microtox test.


Asunto(s)
Moluscocidas/toxicidad , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua/toxicidad , Animales , Bivalvos , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Ostreidae
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Cytotechnology ; 16(2): 109-20, 1994.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7765789

RESUMEN

Media supplements have been investigated for their influence on the viability of primary cell cultures from the heart of Crassostrea gigas oysters. Soluble factors of vertebrate origin were tested, belonging to five families of supplements that had proven to increase the viability of insect and mammal cell cultures. Using two-level complete factorial assays, factors and mutual interactions were screened within each family with a MTT reduction assay. Results pointed out the positive influence of hormones, growth factor, antioxidants and lipids on the mitochondrial metabolism of oyster's heart cells. Consequently, a new concentrated complex supplement was developed. At 10% (v/v) final concentration in modified Leibovitz L-15 medium, it increases by 30% the cellular viability of one-week old cultures as compared with non-supplemented medium, a similar improvement as the one obtained with 10% (v/v) fetal calf serum. Combined with fetal calf serum, this new supplement doubles the cellular viability of one-week old cultures and allows networks of cardiomuscular cells to be maintained functional over three months in vitro.


Asunto(s)
Medios de Cultivo , Sustancias de Crecimiento/farmacología , Ostreidae/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Ostreidae/citología
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