Explant culture of rat colon: A model system for studying metabolism of chemical carcinogens
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant
- Vol. 14 (10), 868-877
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02616157
Abstract
An explant culture system has been developed for the long-term maintenance of colonic tissue from the rat. Explants of 1 cm2 in size were placed in tissue-culture dishes to which was added 2 ml of CMRL-1066 medium supplemented with glucose, hydrocortisone, β-retinyl acetate, and either 2.5% bovine albumin or 5% fetal bovine serum. The dishes were placed in a controlied-atmosphere chamber which was gassed with 95% O2 and 5% CO2. The chamber then was placed on a rocker platform which rocked at 10 cycles per min causing the medium to flow intermittently over the epithelial surface. The explants were incubated at 30°C. The viability of the tissue was measured both by incorporation of specific precursors into cellular macromolecules and by monitoring of tissue morphology with light and electron microscopy. Cultured rat colon was able to metabolize benzo[a]pyrene, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene, aflatoxin B1, dimethylnitrosamine, 1,2-dimethylhydrazine, and methylazoxymethanol acetate into chemical species that bind to cellular DNA and protein.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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