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In vitro culture of rabbit growth plate chondrocytes. 2. Chondrodystrophic mutants.

Abstract
The epiphyseal plates of newborn normal (Cd/?), dwarf (Dw/Dw) and achondroplastic (ac/ac) rabbits were grown in organ culture for 48 hours. The 3H-thymidine labeling index of proliferating zone chondrocytes from both mutants was below that of normals. The generation time of Dw/Dw animals was longer than that of normals (greater than 24 vs. 17 hours respectively). Inasmuch as the medium was supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum, which presumably contains somatomedin, these data suggest that the Dw/Dw mutant cannot be considered simply a model for pituitary dwarfism. Pituitary fibroblast growth factor (FGF), 50ng/ml, decreased the labeling index of chondrocytes from both Dw/Dw and ac/ac animals. Thus neither a lack of FGF nor an end-organ non-responsiveness to this factor seems to play a role in the pathogenesis of either growth disturbance.
AuthorsR J Webber, R R Fox, L Sokoloff
JournalGrowth (Growth) Vol. 45 Issue 3 Pg. 269-78 ( 1981) ISSN: 0017-4793 [Print] United States
PMID6458543 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Growth Substances
  • Peptides
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
Topics
  • Achondroplasia (pathology)
  • Animals
  • Cartilage (pathology)
  • Cell Division
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Dwarfism (pathology)
  • Epiphyses (pathology)
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Growth Substances (pharmacology)
  • Mutation
  • Organ Culture Techniques
  • Peptides (pharmacology)
  • Rabbits

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