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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 958, Issue 2, Pages 371-380Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03683-1
Keywords
choroid plexus; choroidal epithelial cell; blood-CSF barrier; transthyretin; immortalization; Z310 cells; transferrin receptor; sucrose; Z310 cells
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- NIEHS NIH HHS [R01 ES008146, R56 ES008146, ES08146] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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The choroid plexus plays a wide range of roles in brain development. maturation, aging process, endocrine regulation, and pathogenesis of certain neurodegenerative diseases. To facilitate in vitro study, we have used a gene transfection technique to immortalize murine choroidal epithelial cells. A viral plasmid (pSV3neo) was inserted into the host genome of primary choroidal epithelia by calcium phosphate precipitation, The transfected epithelial cells, i.e., Z310 cells, that survived from cytotoxic selection expressed SV40 large-T antigen throughout the life span, suggesting a successful gone transfection. The cells displayed the same polygonal epithelial morphology as the starting cells by light microscopy. Immunocytochemical studies demonstrate the presence of transthyretin (TTR), a thyroxine transport protein known to be exclusively produced by the choroidal epithelia in the CNS. in both transfected and starting cells, Western blot analyses further confirm the production and secretion of TTR by these cells. The mRNAs encoding transferrin receptor (TfR) were identified by Northern blot analyses. The cells grow at a steady rate, currently in the 110th passage with a population doubling time of 20-22 h in the established culture. When Z310 cells were cultured onto a Trans-well apparatus, the cells formed an epithelial monolayer similar to primary choroidal cells, possessing features such as an uneven fluid level between inner and outer chambers and an electrical resistance approximately 150-200 Omega-cm(2). These results indicate that immortalized Z310 cells possess the characteristics of choroidal epithelia and may have the potential for application in blood-CSF barrier (BCB) research. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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