TY - JOUR
T1 - A three-dimensional cell culture model for bovine endometrium
T2 - Regeneration of a multicellular spheroid using ascorbate
AU - Yamauchi, N.
AU - Yamada, O.
AU - Takahashi, T.
AU - Imai, K.
AU - Sato, T.
AU - Ito, T.
AU - Hashizume, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN), Japan. N.Y. and O.Y. are postdoctoral fellows supported by the BRAIN. We are grateful to Drs T. Konno, Y. Kubo, C. B. Herath and T. Takezawa for helpful suggestions and comments.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The development of a multicellular spheroid comprising bovine endometrial epithelial cells (BEE) and bovine endometrial stromal cells (BES) is described in this study. The BES were cultured to confluence in medium with L-ascorbic acid phosphate magnesium salt n-hydrate (AsA-P) which stimulates collagen synthesis in BES. The BEE were co-cultured on a BES cell-sheet for 24 h before detachment of the cell-sheet to generate a hetero-spheroid. After EDTA treatment and agitating with pipette, the floating cell-sheet shrank and became an aggregated cell mass in a few days; it finally formed a round-shaped hetero-spheroid composed of BES and BEE. Histological examination found that hetero-spheroids were covered with BEE on the outer laver. When cell viability was examined with TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling), no positive signal was detected in the spheroid for up to 10 days. Immunofluorescence observations showed that spheroids contained abundant extracellular matrices, including type-I, -III, -IV collagen, fibronectin, and laminin. PGF2α produced by hetero-spheroids in response to oxytocin was significantly higher than those produced by monolayer cultured BEE (P<0.05). MMPs were not detected in media from spheroids cultured for 5 days after detachment of the cell sheet. These results indicate that bovine endometrial cells have the capacity to regenerate as a multicellular spheroid after treatment with ascorbate in vitro. The spheroid displays an endometrium-mimic feature. Thus, we conclude that spheroids formed by BES and BEE are a useful in vitro model of bovine endometrium.
AB - The development of a multicellular spheroid comprising bovine endometrial epithelial cells (BEE) and bovine endometrial stromal cells (BES) is described in this study. The BES were cultured to confluence in medium with L-ascorbic acid phosphate magnesium salt n-hydrate (AsA-P) which stimulates collagen synthesis in BES. The BEE were co-cultured on a BES cell-sheet for 24 h before detachment of the cell-sheet to generate a hetero-spheroid. After EDTA treatment and agitating with pipette, the floating cell-sheet shrank and became an aggregated cell mass in a few days; it finally formed a round-shaped hetero-spheroid composed of BES and BEE. Histological examination found that hetero-spheroids were covered with BEE on the outer laver. When cell viability was examined with TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling), no positive signal was detected in the spheroid for up to 10 days. Immunofluorescence observations showed that spheroids contained abundant extracellular matrices, including type-I, -III, -IV collagen, fibronectin, and laminin. PGF2α produced by hetero-spheroids in response to oxytocin was significantly higher than those produced by monolayer cultured BEE (P<0.05). MMPs were not detected in media from spheroids cultured for 5 days after detachment of the cell sheet. These results indicate that bovine endometrial cells have the capacity to regenerate as a multicellular spheroid after treatment with ascorbate in vitro. The spheroid displays an endometrium-mimic feature. Thus, we conclude that spheroids formed by BES and BEE are a useful in vitro model of bovine endometrium.
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U2 - 10.1053/plac.2002.0901
DO - 10.1053/plac.2002.0901
M3 - Article
C2 - 12566253
AN - SCOPUS:0012900968
VL - 24
SP - 258
EP - 269
JO - Placenta
JF - Placenta
SN - 0143-4004
IS - 2-3
ER -