Effects of dexamethasone, epidermal growth factor, and retinoic acid on rat submandibular acinar-intercalated duct complexes in primary culture

Robert S. Redman1, David O. Quissell2, Katherine A. Barzen2
1Oral Pathology Research Laboratory (151-I), Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC
2Oral Sciences Research Center, School of Dentistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver

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Mature acini with attached segments of intercalated ducts were dissociated from the submandibular glands of rats and grown in primary culture on gels of reconstituted rat tail collagen. Screening evaluations indicated that the following new conditions promoted a substantial improvement in the survival of the cells as compared with our previously reported results: a) adding dexamethasone, epidermal growth factor, and retinoic acid to the medium, b) decreasing the fetal bovine serum in the medium to 1%; and c) adjusting the oxygen in the gas phase to 50%. A detailed evaluation, including light and electron microscopy and biochemical analysis, then provided the following observations. The acinar-ductal complexes enlarged throughout the 22-d culture period, and after 4d sheets comprised of a one- to two-cell thick layer of acinar cells spread among the complexes. Synthesis of mucin, and its secretion in response to norepinephrine or cAMP, dropped precipitously to very low levels after 2 d. However, synthesis of DNA, general proteins, and glycoproteins dropped only transiently after 2 d, rising to levels approaching those of freshly dissociated complexes by 22 d. These data indicate that a shift occurred from the synthesis of large quantities of secretory proteins and glycoproteins, especially mucins, during the first 2d in culture, to other materials thereafter. Overall, the new culture conditions resulted in substantial growth and survival of acinar cells through 22 d in primary culture, but the important acinar characteristic of the synthesis and secretion of mucins was essentially lost after 4 d.

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