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A defined, controlled culture system for primary bovine chromaffin progenitors reveals novel biomarkers and modulators

Masjkur, Jimmy; Levenfus, Ian; Lange, Sven; Arps-Forker, Carina; Poser, Steve; Qin, Nan; Vukicevic, Vladimir; Chavakis, Triantafyllos; Eisenhofer, Graeme; Bornstein, Stefan R.; Ehrhart-Bornstein, Monika; Androutsellis-Theotokis, Andreas

Authors

Jimmy Masjkur

Ian Levenfus

Sven Lange

Carina Arps-Forker

Steve Poser

Nan Qin

Vladimir Vukicevic

Triantafyllos Chavakis

Graeme Eisenhofer

Stefan R. Bornstein

Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein

Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis



Abstract

We present a method to efficiently culture primary chromaffin progenitors from the adult bovine adrenal medulla in a defined, serum-free monolayer system. Tissue is dissociated and plated for expansion under support by the mitogen basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). The cultures, although not homogenous, contain a subpopulation of cells expressing the neural stem cell marker Hes3 that also propagate. In addition, Hes3 is also expressed in the adult adrenal medulla from where the tissue is taken. Differentiation is induced by bFGF withdrawal and switching to Neurobasal medium containing B27. Following differentiation, Hes3 expression is lost, and cells acquire morphologies and biomarker expression patterns of chromaffin cells and dopaminergic neurons. We tested the effect of different treatments that we previously showed regulate Hes3 expression and cell number in cultures of fetal and adult rodent neural stem cells. Treatment of the cultures with a combination of Delta4, Angiopoietin2, and a Janus kinase inhibitor increases cell number during the expansion phase without significantly affecting catecholamine content levels. Treatment with cholera toxin does not significantly affect cell number but reduces the ratio of epinephrine to norepinephrine content and increases the dopamine content relative to total catecholamines. These data suggest that this defined culture system can be used for target identification in drug discovery programs and that the transcription factor Hes3 may serve as a new biomarker of putative adrenomedullary chromaffin progenitor cells.

Citation

Masjkur, J., Levenfus, I., Lange, S., Arps-Forker, C., Poser, S., Qin, N., …Androutsellis-Theotokis, A. (2014). A defined, controlled culture system for primary bovine chromaffin progenitors reveals novel biomarkers and modulators. STEM CELLS, 3(7), https://doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2013-0211

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 16, 2014
Online Publication Date May 22, 2014
Publication Date Jul 1, 2014
Deposit Date May 12, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal STEM CELLS
Print ISSN 1066-5099
Electronic ISSN 1549-4918
Publisher AlphaMed Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 7
DOI https://doi.org/10.5966/sctm.2013-0211
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/995384
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5966/sctm.2013-0211/abstract

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