Primary Oviduct Epithelial Cells Research Articles

Using the Air-Liquid Interface Approach to Foster Apical-Basal Polarization of Mammalian Female Reproductive Tract Epithelia In Vitro.

Oviduct and uterus are key female reproductive organs lined by ciliated simple columnar epithelia, which are the first line of maternal contact with gametes and the developing embryo during reproduction and which warrant the optimal developmental environment for the conceptus. A major challenge for modeling these epithelia in vitro is the preservation of apical-basal polarization and cilia formation. The air-liquid interface (ALI) culture approach is a technology originally invented for modeling epidermal and airway epithelia. It has recently been shown that it also allows the establishment of highly differentiated in vitro models of epithelia that do not have access to ambient air in vivo. In this chapter, we present a comprehensive ALI procedure to model female reproductive tract (FRT) epithelia of different mammalian species in vitro over extended time periods. As a working example, the protocol focuses on primary oviductal epithelial cells (OEC) isolated from domestic pig. Hints on protocol variations for the culture of OEC from other species are provided in the Subheading 4.

TRANSFECTION OF EXOGENOUS DNA IN CHICKEN OVIDUCT CELLS IN VITRO

Effective production of pharmaceutical proteins using transgenic poultry may be achieved only from a construction of expression vector for chicken oviduct bioreactor. This study was focused on development of temporary expression system by using primary oviduct epithelial cells in which transfected gene expression can be studied. The present work was aimed to study three manners for preparation of primary oviduct cells, but only one was effective. Selective digestion of chicken oviduct tissue pieces in trypsin at 38° C and mechanical withdrawal of upper cell layer resulted in the isolation of purity primary culture. Experiments indicated that monolayer cultured for 2-3 d were fit to be passaged. Then after 1-2-d, the cells were transfected. Based on our result with primary culture, we did not used complicated enzyme treatment and extra equipment in order to increase the purity of epithelial cells. Liposomes «Lipofectine® 2000» were used for primary oviduct cells transfection of a plasmid designed based on the pIRES EGFP2 vector (Clontech, United States). The ratio of cells carrying GFP activity was 5-8% of the total number of cultured cells. This researches was focused on development in vitro of temporary expression system in which transfected gene expression can be tested for 4-5 d.