Influence of supramammary lymph node extract on in vitro cell proliferation.
OBJECTIVE
Experiments were conducted to evaluate whether or not bovine supramammary lymph node extract (LNE) could support cell proliferation when it was substituted for bovine growth serum (BGS) in cell culture media.


METHODS
Two different preparations of LNE were tested. The first yielded protein concentration of 3 mg/mL and the second contained 27 mg/mL protein. Three cell lines (MDA-MB-435, MAC-T and 1C6) were used in serum starvation assays to evaluate LNE. Cell proliferation assays were used to determine growth stimulation in the presence of LNE, and short-term or rapid adaptation cultures were evaluated for LNE effects on cell survival.


RESULTS
Heat-inactivated preparation 1 supported cell proliferation as well as or better (12-39%) than BGS following 2 days of serum starvation in culture. The second lymph node preparation provided a stimulatory effect (263-702% greater than BGS across all cell lines) following serum starvation at 2.7 and 5.4 mg/mL protein supplementation. A gradual adaptation process with lymph node supplementation into media maintained cell population growth on a short-term basis. However, once cells were trypsinized or scraped and re-seeded into 2.7 mg/mL LNE protein containing media, cells were unable to re-adhere, leaving them detached, and eventually appearing to be dead.


CONCLUSIONS
Substitution of BGS with LNE protein dramatically stimulated cells to proliferate, but did not allow for rapid cell population growth adaptation in vitro.
Duffy
D M
DM
Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0311, USA.
Garrett
S M
SM
Ellis
S E
SE
Scott
T R
TR
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D003470:Culture Media; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine