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Fibroblastlike primary cells from human colon adenocarcinoma explants: Collagen biosynthesis

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Fibroblastlike primary cells have been obtained from human colon adenocarcinoma explants. Such cells disappear during cell culture and thus have not been previously studied. These cells have a number of altered phenotypic characteristics: a) morphology; b) growth behavior and adherence to culture substrate (they required 3 h for 90% attachment and only presented a flattened morphology 40 h after platting); and c) collagen metabolism. Increased protein biosynthesis (about double than control colon-derived fibroblasts) and maintained ability for collagen biosynthesis have been observed for the tumor-associated fibroblastlike cells. Thus, the collagen to noncollagenous proteins ratio was decreased for these cells. They exhibited an altered type I:type III collagen (5:1 instead of 3:1 in colon fibroblasts) and procollagen (2:1 against 5:1 in colon fibroblasts) ratios as well as a decreased secretion of collagen with an abnormal deposition of procollagens in the cell layer. These studies show a permanent phenotypic alteration in the tumor-associated fibroblastlike cells.

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    Javier Turnay, Nieves Olmo, José G. Gavilanes & María A. Lizarbe

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Turnay, J., Olmo, N., Gavilanes, J.G. et al. Fibroblastlike primary cells from human colon adenocarcinoma explants: Collagen biosynthesis. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 27, 447–452 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02631143

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