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. 1969 Sep;64(1):311–315. doi: 10.1073/pnas.64.1.311

ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNCTIONAL CLONAL LINES OF NEURONS FROM MOUSE NEUROBLASTOMA*

Gabriella Augusti-Tocco 1,†, Gordon Sato 1
PMCID: PMC286163  PMID: 5263016

Abstract

Clonal lines of neurons were obtained in culture from a mouse neuroblastoma. The neuroblastoma cells were adapted to culture growth by the animal-culture alternate passage technique and cloned after single-cell plating. The clonal lines retained the ability to form tumors when injected back into mice. A striking morphological change was observed in the cells adapted to culture growth; they appeared as mature neurons, while the cells of the tumor appeared as immature neuroblasts.

Acetylcholinesterase and the enzymes for the synthesis of neurotransmitters, cholineacetylase and tyrosine hydroxylase were assayed in the tumor and compared with brain levels; tyrosine hydroxylase was found to be particularly high, as described previously in human neuroblastomas. The three enzymes were found in the clonal cultures at levels comparable to those found in the tumors. Similarly, there were no remarkable differences between the three clones examined.

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