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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol. 19, 316-324, March 1978
Copyright © 1978 by Lipid Research, Inc.

Isolation and characterization of cells from rat adipose tissue developing into adipocytes

Per Björntorp , Majvor Karlsson , Håkan Pertoft , Per Pettersson , Lars Sjöström , and Ulf Smith

Clinical Metabolic Laboratory of Departments of Medicine I and II, Sahlgren's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, and the Department of Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

To identify cells developing into adipocytes by accumulation of triglyceride, rat epididymal fat pad cells from small rats were exposed to 3H-labeled chylomicron fatty acids in vivo and then liberated with collagenase. Tissue remnants were removed by filtration and mature fat cells by flotation. Aggregating cells were then removed by filtration through a 25-µm nylon screen. Further purification of cells labeled in vivo was obtained by removing floating cells from those adhering to the bottom of a culture dish. The adhering cells multiplied to a confluent monolayer when cultured in Medium 199 containing serum, glucose, insulin, and a triglyceride emulsion. The cells then gradually enlarged due to granulation of the cytoplasm by a lipid-staining material. After about 2 weeks these granules had coalesced forming mature adipocytes of typical signet-ring appearance. Free adipocytes could then be recovered from the cultures by collagenase treatment. After about 2 weeks of culture these cells had the same size (about 30 µm) as adipocytes recovered in the original collagenase preparation of the rat epididymal fat pad. They contained triglyceride lipase activity and incorporated glucose into triglycerides to the same extent as cells developed in vivo but had higher lipoprotein lipase activity. In vitro, heparin in a low concentration, prostaglandin E1, isobutylmethylxanthine, and cholera toxin markedly promoted the development of these cells into adipocytes. This could be shown to occur almost completely indicating that this fraction of cells was homogeneous and consisted of cells with the capacity to form adipocytes. The duplication time was about 2 days and did not change with subculturing. Preadipocytes could be obtained by density gradient centrifugation, isolating triglyceride-containing cells either directly from the pad or after 3 days in culture. All of these cells developed into adipocytes as described above but did not multiply as readily. It was concluded that cells from the epididymal fat pad from small rats can be isolated in a homogenous fraction that develops in culture into cells of identical morphology and function as adipocytes formed in vivo. The differentiation of these cells into adipocytes may be manipulated in vitro.

Supplementary key words preadipocytes • collagenase

Submitted on June 20, 1977
Accepted on November 7, 1977


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