Proliferation of Cells Undergoing Chondrogenesis in Vitro

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1983

Abstract

Continuous exposure of chicken embryo limb bud mesenchyme cells undergoing chondrogenesis in vitro to [3H] thymidine thymidine [(3H]TdR) revealed that more than 90% of the cells synthesized DNA at least once during 120 h of culture. When cells were exposed to [3H]TdR for 24 h beginning at various times throughout the culture period, the percentage of cells which incorporated [3H]TdR during each period was approximately 92%. However, when the period for incorporation of radioisotope was limited to two hours, the number of cells which incorporated [3H]TdR was found to decline during chondrogenesis in vitro. This decline was coincident with the appearance of extracellular matrix material and occurred in those cells which had, and had not, expressed the cartilage phenotype. We conclude from these studies that (1) practically all of the cells continue to proliferate while chondrogenesis is occurring in vitro, (2) there is an increase in the length of the cell cycle during chondrogenesis in vitro, and (3) withdrawal from the cell cycle is not required for differentiation of mesenchyme into cartilage.

Publication Title

Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity

Volume

24

Issue

3

First Page

245

Last Page

249

PubMed ID

6628881

Comments

This article was published in Differentiation; research in biological diversity, Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 245-249.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-0436.1983.tb01327.x.

Copyright © 1983.

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