title: [Morphological characterization of cell lines of human uveal melanoma].
abstract: Several cell lines have been derived from an ocular melanoma obtained from an enucleated patient. Three cell types are observed during the time in culture of all the cell lines under study. Two of them have epithelial and spindle shape respectively. A third cell type, having a spheroidal shape, is formed from spindle cells and may be transformed into epithelial cells upon re-seeding. Further experiments showed that the same cell may change of shape following the cycle: spheroidal-->epithelial-->fusiform-->spheroidal. Scanning microscopy shows the coexistence of the three cell shapes in the same culture and the presence of several filaments and processes protruding at the surface of the cells. Transmission electron microscopy shows that the cell lines, in general, contain melanosomes empty or fairly pigmented and several filaments and microtubules. The presence of melanin may be stimulated by seeding of melanoma cells over a "feeder layer" of fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches Nucléaires, Laboratoire de Chimie Nucléaire, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Massarelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belkhou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunel-Erb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Abbé
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pignol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moutaouakkil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sahel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
vernacular_title: Caractérisation morphologique de lignées cellulaires de mélanome uvéal humain.