TY - JOUR
T1 - Studies on the mechanism of cell attachment to a substratum with serum in the medium
T2 - Further evidence supporting a requirement for two biochemically distinct processes
AU - Grinnell, Frederick
N1 - Funding Information:
Drs. Richard Anderson, Robert Decker, and Charles Hackenbrock participated in helpful discussions during the course of these studies. This research was supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health CA14609.
PY - 1974/12
Y1 - 1974/12
N2 - Treatment of baby hamster kidney cells with cytochalasin B or omission of divalent cations from the culture medium are conditions resulting in an inhibition of cell attachment at rest; however, these conditions do not result in inhibition of cell attachment in a centrifugal field. In marked contrast, treatment of cells with trypsin or with tranquilizers such as fluphenazine results in an inhibition of cell attachment at rest or in a centrifugal field. The evidence is interpreted to indicate that cell adhesion involves at least two biochemical processes: formation of the adhesive bond per se (inhibited by tranquilizers or trypsin) and a mechanical process of cell-to-substratum contact and/or spreading (inhibited by cytochalasin B or omission of divalent cations from the medium).
AB - Treatment of baby hamster kidney cells with cytochalasin B or omission of divalent cations from the culture medium are conditions resulting in an inhibition of cell attachment at rest; however, these conditions do not result in inhibition of cell attachment in a centrifugal field. In marked contrast, treatment of cells with trypsin or with tranquilizers such as fluphenazine results in an inhibition of cell attachment at rest or in a centrifugal field. The evidence is interpreted to indicate that cell adhesion involves at least two biochemical processes: formation of the adhesive bond per se (inhibited by tranquilizers or trypsin) and a mechanical process of cell-to-substratum contact and/or spreading (inhibited by cytochalasin B or omission of divalent cations from the medium).
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-9861(74)90278-1
DO - 10.1016/0003-9861(74)90278-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 4474838
AN - SCOPUS:0016377502
SN - 0003-9861
VL - 165
SP - 524
EP - 530
JO - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
JF - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
IS - 2
ER -