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Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells
Some cells cultured in vitro have multiple nuclei. Since cultured cells are used in various fields of science, including tissue engineering, the nature of the multinucleated cells must be determined. However, multinucleated cells are not frequently observed. In this study, a method to efficiently ob...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6412785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30823567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10020156 |
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author | Sugita, Shukei Munechika, Risa Nakamura, Masanori |
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description | Some cells cultured in vitro have multiple nuclei. Since cultured cells are used in various fields of science, including tissue engineering, the nature of the multinucleated cells must be determined. However, multinucleated cells are not frequently observed. In this study, a method to efficiently obtain multinucleated cells was established and their morphological properties were investigated. Initially, we established conditions to quickly and easily generate multinucleated cells by seeding a Xenopus tadpole epithelium tissue-derived cell line (XTC-YF) on less and more hydrophilic dishes, and incubating the cultures with medium supplemented with or without Y-27632—a ROCK inhibitor—to reduce cell contractility. Notably, 88% of the cells cultured on a less hydrophilic dish in medium supplemented with Y-27632 became multinucleate 48 h after seeding, whereas less than 5% of cells cultured under other conditions exhibited this morphology. Some cells showed an odd number (three and five) of cell nuclei 72 h after seeding. Multinucleated cells displayed a significantly smaller nuclear area, larger cell area, and smaller nuclear circularity. As changes in the morphology of the cells correlated with their functions, the proposed method would help researchers understand the functions of multinucleated cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-64127852019-04-09 Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells Sugita, Shukei Munechika, Risa Nakamura, Masanori Micromachines (Basel) Article Some cells cultured in vitro have multiple nuclei. Since cultured cells are used in various fields of science, including tissue engineering, the nature of the multinucleated cells must be determined. However, multinucleated cells are not frequently observed. In this study, a method to efficiently obtain multinucleated cells was established and their morphological properties were investigated. Initially, we established conditions to quickly and easily generate multinucleated cells by seeding a Xenopus tadpole epithelium tissue-derived cell line (XTC-YF) on less and more hydrophilic dishes, and incubating the cultures with medium supplemented with or without Y-27632—a ROCK inhibitor—to reduce cell contractility. Notably, 88% of the cells cultured on a less hydrophilic dish in medium supplemented with Y-27632 became multinucleate 48 h after seeding, whereas less than 5% of cells cultured under other conditions exhibited this morphology. Some cells showed an odd number (three and five) of cell nuclei 72 h after seeding. Multinucleated cells displayed a significantly smaller nuclear area, larger cell area, and smaller nuclear circularity. As changes in the morphology of the cells correlated with their functions, the proposed method would help researchers understand the functions of multinucleated cells. MDPI 2019-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6412785/ /pubmed/30823567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10020156 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sugita, Shukei Munechika, Risa Nakamura, Masanori Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title | Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title_full | Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title_fullStr | Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title_full_unstemmed | Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title_short | Multinucleation of Incubated Cells and Their Morphological Differences Compared to Mononuclear Cells |
title_sort | multinucleation of incubated cells and their morphological differences compared to mononuclear cells |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6412785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30823567 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi10020156 |
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