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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 259: L415-L425, 1990;
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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 6 415-L425, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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A novel epithelial cell from neonatal rat lung: isolation and differentiated phenotype

P. E. Roberts, D. M. Phillips and J. P. Mather
Department of Cell Biology, Genetech, South San Francisco, California 94080.

A novel epithelial cell from normal neonatal rat lung has been isolated, established, and maintained for multiple passages in the absence of serum, without undergoing crisis or senescence. By careful manipulation of the nutrition/hormonal microenvironment, we have been able to select, from a heterogeneous population, a single epithelial cell type that can maintain highly differentiated features in vitro. This cell type has characteristics of bronchiolar epithelial cells. A clonal line, RL-65, has been selected and observed for greater than 2 yr in continuous culture. It has been characterized by ultrastructural, morphological, and biochemical criteria. The basal medium for this cell line is Ham's F12/Dulbecco's modified Eagle's (DME) medium plus insulin (1 micrograms/ml), human transferrin (10 micrograms/ml), ethanolamine (10(-4) M), phosphoethanolamine (10(-4) M), selenium (2.5 x 10(-8) M), hydrocortisone (2.5 x 10(-7) M), and forskolin (5 microM). The addition of 150 micrograms/ml of bovine pituitary extract to the defined basal medium stimulates a greater than 10-fold increase in cell number and a 50- to 100-fold increase in thymidine incorporation. The addition of retinoic acid results in further enhancement of cell growth and complete inhibition of keratinization. We have demonstrated a strategy that may be applicable to isolating other cell types from the lung and maintaining their differentiated characteristics for long-term culture in vitro. Such a culture system promises to be a useful model in which to study cellular events associated with differentiation and proliferation in the lung and to better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in these events.


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