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ArticleIn vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal

In vitro growth of corpora allata from Diploptera punctata.

W H Tsai, G L Holbrook, C Schal, A S Chiang

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  1. Improved conditions for culture of biosynthetically active cockroach corpora allata.In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal · 1997
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W H TsaiInstitute of Life Science, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
G L Holbrook
C Schal
A S Chiang

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An in vitro organ culture system was established to support growth of corpora allata from the cockroach Diploptera punctata. During a 1-wk incubation in L-15B medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 10% cockroach hemolymph, adult male corpora allata exhibited a cycle of de novo DNA synthesis followed by cell division. The number of S-phase cells and metaphase cells per corpus allatum were counted from whole-mount monolayers after labeling in vitro with 5'-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine and exposure to colchicine, respectively. While both FBS and cockroach hemolymph were essential for proliferation of allatal cells, the growth-promoting effect of insect hemolymph was not species-specific and adult female hemolymph was more potent than hemolymph from adult males. Furthermore, DNA synthesis of corpus allatum cells was stimulated in vitro by 20-hydroxyecdysone. This sensitive assay system will be of immense utility in the search for allatal growth factors.

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AnimalsCattleCell DivisionCockroachesCorpora AllataCulture MediaDNAEcdysteroneHemolymphMaleMitotic IndexOrgan Culture TechniquesSerum Albumin, BovineCulture MediaDNAEcdysteroneSerum Albumin, Bovine

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PMID8528503

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