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. 2019 Aug;55(7):533-547.
doi: 10.1007/s11626-019-00365-0. Epub 2019 Jun 10.

Development and characterization of a stable bovine intestinal sub-epithelial myofibroblast cell line from ileum of a young calf

Tirth Uprety  1 , Brionna B Spurlin  1 , Linto Antony  2 , Chithra Sreenivasan  1 , Alan Young  2 , Feng Li  1 , Michael B Hildreth  1 , Radhey S Kaushik  3
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Development and characterization of a stable bovine intestinal sub-epithelial myofibroblast cell line from ileum of a young calf

Tirth Uprety et al. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Intestinal sub-epithelial myofibroblasts (ISEMFs) are mesenchymal cells that do not express cytokeratin but express α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin. Despite being cells with diverse functions, there is a paucity of knowledge about their origin and functions primarily due to the absence of a stable cell line. Although myofibroblast in vitro models for human, mouse, and pig are available, there is no ISEMF cell line available from young calves. We isolated and developed an ileal ISEMF cell line from a 2-d-old calf that expressed α-smooth muscle actin and vimentin but no cytokeratin indicating true myofibroblast cells. To overcome replicative senescence, we immortalized primary cells with SV40 large T antigen. We characterized and compared both primary and immortalized ileal ISEMF cells for surface glycan and Toll-like-receptor (TLR) expression by lectin-binding assay and real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) assay respectively. SV40 immortalization significantly decreased surface lectin binding for lectins GSL-I, PHA-L, ECL, Jacalin, Con-A, LCA, and LEL. Both cell types expressed TLRs 1-9 and showed no significant differences in TLR expression. Thus, these cells can be useful in vitro model to study ISEMF's origin, physiology, and functions.

Keywords: Bovine; Intestinal sub-epithelial myofibroblast; Lectin; Toll-like receptors.

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