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1 January 2003 PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF XENOPUS A6 CELLS UNDER HYPERGRAVITY AS REVEALED BY TIME-LAPSE IMAGING
MIKIHITO TANAKA, MAKOTO ASASHIMA, YORIKO ATOMI
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Abstract

Xenopus laevis A6 cells, which are cloned epithelial cells from the Xenopus kidney, differentiate into a dome structure when the cells reach confluence. We investigated the gravitational responses of A6 cellular motility during normal differentiation and differentiation under hypergravity conditions using centrifugation (1–100 × g). Progression to dome formation was analyzed by time-lapse micrography. Dome formation and increased expression of Na /K –adenosine triphosphatase were used as markers of differentiation. Interestingly, a high rate of cellular proliferation was observed at a low level of hypergravity (5 × g). Despite this, there was no difference in the time to dome formation between the control cells at primary cell density and those that differentiated under hyper- or hypogravity conditions. In conclusion, this experiment on amphibian cells revealed that the proliferation of A6 cells was strongly affected by gravity conditions, but the differentiation step appears to be controlled by an intra- or intercellular clock.

MIKIHITO TANAKA, MAKOTO ASASHIMA, and YORIKO ATOMI "PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION OF XENOPUS A6 CELLS UNDER HYPERGRAVITY AS REVEALED BY TIME-LAPSE IMAGING," In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal 39(1), 71-79, (1 January 2003). https://doi.org/10.1290/1543-706X(2003)039<0071:PADOXA>2.0.CO;2
Received: 4 September 2002; Accepted: 8 January 2003; Published: 1 January 2003
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KEYWORDS
A6
differentiation
hypergravity
motility
Xenopus laevis
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