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. 1980 Jan;77(1):381–384. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.1.381

Alternative method for identifying reconstituted cells

Jerry W Shay 1, Mike A Clark 1
PMCID: PMC348274  PMID: 6244555

Abstract

Enucleation techniques combining mild centrifugation in the presence of cytochalasin B permit cells to be separated into nuclear fragments (karyoplasts) and cytoplasmic fragments (cytoplasts). These fragments, though stable for a short time, will ultimately degenerate by the procedures described in this report. One can, however, fuse cytoplasts to karyoplasts by using polyethylene glycol and obtain viable reconstituted cells whose properties may be useful for understanding some aspects of the nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions associated with tumorigenicity and steroidogenesis. However, the presence of cybrids, hybrids, and parental whole cell contaminants along with the reconstituted cell population make it necessary to have genetic markers that reside in both the nucleus and cytoplasm in order to preferentially identify reconstituted cells derived from a karyoplast fused to a cytoplast. By utilizing the Y-1 cell line, which is tumorigenic and responds to corticotropin by secreting steroids, and the AMT-BU-A1 (AMT) cell line, which is nontumorigenic and does not respond to corticotropin but has a nuclear marker, BrdUrdr, and a cytoplasmic marker, CAPr, we have reconstituted cells containing Y-1 karyoplasts and AMT cytoplasts. In this report we extend our previous techniques by describing an identification procedure that allowed us to isolate cells reconstituted from AMT karyoplasts fused to Y-1 cytoplasts. The results of these experiments support the concept that with these cell lines the nucleus (karyoplast) is ultimately sufficient to control the phenotypic expression or suppression of tumorigenicity and steroidogenesis.

Keywords: enucleation, polyethylene glycol-induced fusion, steroidogenesis, tumorigenicity

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