ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (1): 75-82.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2017.01.009

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Primary Culture of Villous Cytotrophoblasts Isolated from Pig Fullterm Placenta

DONG Shu-sheng, TIAN Liang, YAN Pei-shi*   

  1. (College of Animal Science & Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China)
  • Received:2016-07-27 Online:2017-01-23 Published:2017-01-23

Abstract:

This research was conducted to establish a simple and effective method for isolation and purification of pig chorionic trophoblast cells. Single cell suspension was prepared from pig fullterm placentas by the method of trypsin-DNaseⅠdigestion and two density (35% and 45%, v/v) Percoll gradient centrifugation.Morphology observation,growth curve measurement, immunofluorescence and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were applied to cells identification. The results showed that the cells were polygon or quasi-circular in shape, which exhibited epithelioid and paving-like spreading growth. After 48 hours culture, some cells started developing into syncytiotrophoblasts. Immunofluorescence assay showed that the proportion of Cytokeratin 7 positive cells was more than 91%, indicated the high purity of pig chorionic trophoblast cells. The results of TEM revealed that the cells had typical structural features of trophoblasts. These results indicated that our research could be used to obtain high-purity pig chorionic trophoblast cells simply and effectively by the method of trypsin-DNaseⅠdigestion and 2 density (35% and 45%, v/v) Percoll gradient centrifugation.

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