PMID- 6345690 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19830817 LR - 20220410 IS - 0022-202X (Print) IS - 0022-202X (Linking) VI - 81 IP - 1 Suppl DP - 1983 Jul TI - Calcium-regulated differentiation of normal human epidermal keratinocytes in chemically defined clonal culture and serum-free serial culture. PG - 33s-40s AB - An improved serum-free culture system has been developed for normal human epidermal keratinocytes (HK). Short-term clonal growth and differentiation studies are routinely performed in a defined medium consisting of optimized nutrient medium MCDB 153 supplemented with epidermal growth factor, insulin, hydrocortisone, ethanolamine, and phosphoethanolamine. A small amount of whole bovine pituitary extract (wBPE) is added for initiation of primary cultures, for frozen storage, and for serial culture. The need for feeder layers, conditioned medium, serum, and specialized culture surfaces has been eliminated entirely. With an optimal level of calcium ion (0.3 mM), colony-forming efficiency is about 30 percent and cellular multiplication rate is 0.96 doublings per day in the defined medium. A high-calcium concentration (1.0 mM) induces stratification and terminal differentiation, which can be quantified by counting cornified envelopes that are resistant to boiling in sodium dodecyl sulfate plus dithiothreitol. Under optimal conditions with wBPE present, cellular senescence occurs after about 40 population doublings. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has verified the occurrence of stratification during differentiation in the defined medium with high calcium. High-voltage electron microscopy (HVEM) after detergent extraction of human epidermal keratinocyte (HK) colonies grown in the defined medium with low and high calcium has revealed specific changes in the intermediate filament network and keratohyalin granules corresponding to changes in cellular differentiation. Indirect immunofluorescence studies have verified that the intermediate filament network observed with HVEM is composed of keratin proteins. FAU - Boyce, S T AU - Boyce ST FAU - Ham, R G AU - Ham RG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Invest Dermatol JT - The Journal of investigative dermatology JID - 0426720 RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Blood MH - Calcium/*pharmacology MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Clone Cells/metabolism MH - Culture Media MH - *Epidermal Cells MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Humans MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning EDAT- 1983/07/01 00:00 MHDA- 1983/07/01 00:01 CRDT- 1983/07/01 00:00 PHST- 1983/07/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1983/07/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1983/07/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0022-202X(15)43109-4 [pii] AID - 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12540422 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Invest Dermatol. 1983 Jul;81(1 Suppl):33s-40s. doi: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12540422.