Binding of asbestos fibers to the cell surface appears to be important in the initiation of intracellular signaling events as well as in initiation of particle uptake by the cell. We have previously shown that cigarette smoke increases the uptake of asbestos fibers by tracheal epithelial cells in explant culture. Whether smoke acts by increasing surface binding of fibers is not known. In this s...

Cultured explants of mouse mammary gland were investigated for their capacity to secrete a cathepsin B-like cysteine proteinase. This enzyme had been shown previously to be secreted excessively from cultured explants of human breast tumors and spontaneous mouse mammary carcinomas. We now show that secretion is also observed from cultured explants of mammary gland. Lactating tissue and tissues o...

Elias N, Rafii B, Rahman M, Otulakowski G, Cutz E, O’Brodovich H. The role of -, -, and -ENaC subunits in distal lung epithelial fluid absorption induced by pulmonary edema fluid. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 293: L537–L545, 2007. First published May 18, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00373.2006.—Edema fluid (EF) increases epithelial Na transport by rat fetal distal lung epithelia (FDLE) and i...

A method for culturing explants of lamellar hoof was developed to investigate the process of lamellar separation that occurs in laminitis. Explants, consisting of hoof wall, dermal and epidermal lamellae and the adjacent sub-lamellar connective tissue remained intact when cultured in tissue culture medium for 2 days. However, when cultured in the presence of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) a...

necessary conditions for callus production from leaf and stem explants of norfolk island pine (araucaria excelsa l.) have been studied. ms and bm culture media containing 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mg/l naa, iba, 2,4-d and picloram supplemented with 30 g/l sucrose were used. callus was initiated in both culture media only in the presence of picloram and in the dark, but bm culture medium produced mor...

PURPOSE To study the kinetics of growth and the phenotype of cells cultured from human limbal explants in a cholera toxin-free medium with no feeder cell layer. METHODS Human organ-cultured corneas were used to prepare limbal explants (full-thickness and superficial limbal explants) and corneal stromal explants. Cell growth kinetics and phenotypes were assessed by cultivating explants in chol...

Endothelin (ET) peptides stimulate vasopressin (AVP) secretion via ET(B) receptors at hypothalamic loci. Nitric oxide modulates the actions of ET in the cardiovascular system and also influences neurotransmission and specifically suppresses firing of magnocellular neurons. The purpose of these studies was to ascertain whether nitric oxide, generated in response to ET(B) receptor stimulation, bu...