Abstract
Dispersed cells from anterior pituitary glands of male rats were cultured embedded in collagen gels or on a plastic surface. After 6 or more days in culture, cells in collagen produced more prolactin than those on plastic. The cultures in collagen had fewer fibroblasts than those on plastic. Many cells cultured in collagen developed processes, and a few cells in every culture had long extended processes that sometimes branched and resembled those of neurons. About 60% of the cells in culture including cells with well developed processes bound the monoclonal antibody A2B5, an antibody that binds to neuronal cells in culture. Fibroblasts did not have detectable binding of A2B5. Some cells with short processes reacted with antiserum to prolactin or ACTH, but the cells with neuronlike processes did not. Collagen gels may provide a matrix in which cells from the anterior pituitary gland can differentiate into neuronlike cells.
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