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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Growth Factors. 1997;15(1):1–27. doi: 10.3109/08977199709002109

TABLE IV.

a Distribution of Cells Positive for MyoD, Myogenin, or Cyclin A in C2 Cultures
Number of Cells Per Ten Fieldsa
Days
in 2%
FCS
Growth
Factor
Added
Total
Number
of Cells
MyoD+ cells
Myogenin+ cells
Cyclin A+ cells
Number % of Total
Cells
Number % of Total
Cells
Number % of Total
Cells
1 None 216.5 ± 6.5 4 ± 2.2 1.9 ± 1.1 - - 30.0 ± 3.8 13.8 ± 1.3
PDGF 318.2 ± 9.2 5.5 ± 0 1.7 ± 0.0 - - 68.2 ± 6.2 21.8 ± 2.6
FGF 395 ± 28.2 7 ± 1.5 1.7 ± 0.2 - - 15.0 ± 0.5 3.8 ± 0.1
2 None 657.5 ± 21.5 82.5 ± 18.5 12.4 ± 2.4 - - 24 ± 7.0 3.6 ± 0.9
PDGF 1762.5 ± 120.5 159 ± 28 8.9 ± 0.9 - - 175 ± 8.0 10 ± 1.1
FGF 2599 ± 136.0 305 ± 31 11.8 ± 1.8 - - 179 ± 12.0 6.9 ± 0.1
3 None 649 ± 17 - 31 ± 1 5.1 ± 0.3 20.5 ± 5.5 3.1 ± 0.7
PDGF 1452.5 ± 84.5 - - 67.5 ± 8.5 3.8 ± 0.2 163 ± 2.6 9.2 ± 1.0
FGF 2349.5 ± 27.5 - - 156.5 ± 11.5 6.9 ± 0.2 169.5 ± 29.5 7.2 ± 1.3
b Dual Expression of MyoD/Cyclin A or Myogenin/Cyclin A in C2 Cultures
Number of Positive Cells Per Actual Number of Fields Anayzeda
Days
in 2%
FCS
Growth
Factor
Addeda
Actual Number
of Fields
Analyzed per
Plate
MyoD/Cyclin A
Myogenin/Cyclin A
All MyoD+ MyoD+ which are
also Cyclin A+
All Myogenin+ Myogenin+
which are also
Cyclin A+
1 None 23 4 0 - -
24 15 4 - -
PDGF 20 11 6 - -
20 11 2 - -
FGF 20 17 0 - -
20 11 0
3 None 10 101 7 35 3
10 64 1 32 2
PDGF 10 187 9 60 1
10 131 8 76 0
FGF 10 274 13 155 10
10 336 17 170 2
a

Cultures were initiated at 4.8 × 104 cells per 35 mm plate using proliferation medium. Following 24 hours cultures were switched to the 2% FCS medium ± growth factors. Numbers reflect mononucleated cells. Fusion into myotubes was not observed at any of the time points. Data for day 3 are based on assaying 10 microscopic fields per plate and represent the average of duplicate plates. Data for day 1 were obtained by analyzing 20–24 microscopic fields per plate using duplicate plates; numbers were then averaged per ten fields per plate.

a

For all details refer to Table IVa